The Chainring Chronicles: May 2011

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Sioux Falls Ride of Silence

Join the thousands of bicyclists, worldwide, that will gather tonight and participate in the Ninth Annual National Ride of Silence. The message that is being delivered is one of “Sharing the Road, for the Safety of Everyone.”

Tonight in over 300 US communities and 18 countries, bicyclists go to the roads to honor those that have been killed and injured on the roadways.

Following a brief program, participants will ride in silent procession…the Silence will be Deafening! Come join me tonight…all you need is a bicycle and a helmet.

Sioux Falls Ride of Silence

Fawick Park (2nd Ave. and 11th St.)
6:30 PM Program and 7:00 PM Ride

Bring a helmet!

Prologue

"The gross and net result of it is that people who spend most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get heir personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them and you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who nearly are half people and half bicycles....And you would be flabbergasted at the number of bicycles that are half-human almost half-man, half-partaking of humanity."--Flann O'Brien

You can anticipate most of my entries will pertain to cycling--the pedaling kind! Clip-in and let's roll...I'll be pedaling my streaming consciousness...