ROS Honor Roll
ROS Honor Roll
May 17th 2011
Dear fellow cyclists,
As the Ride of Silence approaches — Wednesday night, May 18, 2011 for most communities — let’s take a moment now to reflect why we ride in silence and for whom. As someone commented on the Ride of Silence’s Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/rideofsilence – “the great thing about the Ride of SILENCE, it’s the same spoken in any language.” Silence is truly a universal and powerful language.
Below in the comments, please list the name of a bicyclist (could be yourself as a crash survivor) that you honor and wish to always be remembered.
Then please take a moment to also add this honoree info here: http://bit.ly/jssjV1 (which will be collected by official ROS organizers for possible inclusion on the memorial page, which hopes to soon include injured cyclists). To see a list of all cyclists who have already been memorialized on the ROS site, visit the “In Memoriam” page.
Now – fellow bike bloggers… help us make another “silent” statement before the night of the ROS silent procession. Please re-post this exact post on your own blog asking the same of your readership (to comment with the names of bicyclists they honor and remember and to repost).
This is our “honor roll” for all bicyclists that the Ride of Silence (the global bike community) will never forget! We honor in this “silent” way all those who have been killed or injured by respectfully saying nothing at all… as we put a name to all cycling crash victims who we will never forget.
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Cloudscape
After the successful Ride of Silence Planning Camp this past Saturday, the out of town folks took a brief tour of Millenium Park in Chicago. Ben took this photo of Tim, Dave, Oren, and Gary reflected in the polished surface of the bean.
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Ride of Silence
I hosted the Ride of Silence 2011 Midwest Planning Camp at my home this past weekend. It was an afternoon of breathing, thinking, and living the Ride of Silence among 14 fellow local ride organizers, participants, and board members. We streamed the session live on the internet and recorded it for those unable to participate.
Post camp photo and participants:
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Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is stunning. We were there on a sunny Monday morning in June. This is one place where the photos cannot possible due justice to the wonder of the falls.
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A fish bicycle wrench
A friend sent me this link. I’m not quite sure what to make of it.
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Toronto
A modern symbol of Toronto is the CN Tower. With its position near the harbor, it is difficult to photograph the entire tower from land.
Toronto is long known for its neighborhoods.
We visited several during a recent trip.
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Gov. Quinn will sign 2 cycling bills on July 5
From: League of Illinois Bicyclists [mailto:lib@bikelib.org]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 5:21 PM
Subject: LIB Alert: ADDRESS CHANGE for bill signing
TIME AND ADDRESS CHANGE FOR MONDAY’S BILL SIGNING – (My apology – just after we sent notice of our bill signing, the Governor’s office let us know of a location and time change.)
We just received late notice that Gov. Quinn would like to have a bill signing ceremony for two bike-related bills THIS MONDAY at Campbell Street Bicycle Shop, 13 W. Campbell St., downtown Arlington Heights, at 9:00am. We need a bunch of bicyclists to attend! If your schedule permits, please drop by – and let us know via email so we can ensure good attendance and let you know of any changes to the schedule.
He will sign the following into law:
1) LIB’s bill creating permanent Share the Road license plates for Illinois. Plate income would sustainably fund our statewide education campaigns for both motorists and bicyclists. The plate design itself delivers the message, with a Share the Road sign and the phrase “Same Rights, Same Rules”.
2) Sen. Silverstein’s bill establishing penalties for motorists driving recklessly and unnecessarily close to, toward, or near a bicyclist. Depending on whether serious injuries result, this will be either a Class A misdemeanor or Class 4 felony.
More details here.
Thank you!
Ed Barsotti, LIB
2550 Cheshire Drive | Aurora, IL 60504 US
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Dutch Bikes
The Dutch Bicycle company has been importing bicycles to the US for a couple of years. I’ve read about them on the internet but hadn’t seen one up close. Last month I was at the Green Festival at Navy Pier and a Dutch Bike was on exhibit.
The bike on display looked perfect for using around town and hauling groceries and more. The front cargo container looked pretty large. I wonder how the bike handles with a bunch of weight up front.
Dutch Bike Company sells a variety of Dutch imported bikes in Seattle and in Chicago. I’ll definately put it on my summer agenda to stop by the store and check out the bikes. They even rent bikes by the hour so it is possible to try one out.
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Ann Arbor
I had a short visit to Ann Arbor mid-June and took a walk around campus. It had been at least 10 years since I was in Ann Arbor. Things change over the years, some buildings disappear while others are built. Walking around campus brought back memories of events and people. Summer time is quiet there and quite a bit different than the end-of-August through end-of-April school year.
Long before I was a student there, the Michigan Union was a men’s only building. By the time I showed up, such sillyness was long over. I took a required PE class (bowling) in the basement.
JFK arrived in A**2 early in the morning on October 14, 1960 and announced as part of his campaign for president the formation of the Peace Corps. There is a plaque and marker at the Michigan Union commemorating that event.
Michigan Union
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Black Hawk Colorado Bans Bicycles
A town in Colorado has banned bicycles from all streets in the town. Cyclists are upset and angry. Bicycle Colorado is staging a protest at the state capitol on Tuesday evening June 29.
Adventure Cycling is putting out a warning since one of their published routes goes through Black Hawk.
The League of American Bicyclists too is making a lot of noise.
Part of me says this is outrageous. How dare they ban cyclists!!!
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