Saturday, May 20, 2006

Ride of Silence - 25,000 riders?

Ride of Silence - 25,000 riders?

Early rough estimates from various Ride of Silence reports indicate that about 25,000 bicyclists hit the streets on Wednesday May 17 at 7PM for a ride. An early count estimates 269 rides with many newspaper and email reports.

In Dallas, the home of the original Ride of Silence it was estimated that as many as 2000 cyclists attended the event. Ride of Silence rides are intended to be contiguous (unbroken). The Dallas ride may be one of largest contiguous rides every executed outside of San Francisco and New York City. (Critical Mass rides have drawn larger crowds in those cities).

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