On May 15, the 8th annual Bowling Green Ride of Silence will start and end at the Veterans Building Parking Lot, located at City Park.
Cyclists will take to the roads in a slow, silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways.
The ride will cover 8 miles, with a speed no faster than 12 MPH, and will have an escort provided by the Bowling Green Police Division. This event is free and open to the public and no registration is required.
The ride will depart promptly at 7 p.m. after a short presentation; participants should arrive by 6:30 p.m. Each rider is required to wear a properly fitted helmet and ride a correctly sized bicycle in safe, working mechanical order. It is highly recommended that young riders, not able to travel on their own, participate via a tow behind trailer or child bike seat.
Prior to the ride, the group will remember Eric Ramlow, who was killed in 2016 while riding on Sand Ridge Road; Larry Sattler, who was killed in 2020 while riding along Oil Center Road; Michael Szabo, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2023 while riding on Main Street; Robert Rausch, Tom Santoro, Sierah Joughin, Douglas Kania, Matthew Billings, James Lambert, Emilee Gagnon, Harvey Bell III, Andy Gast, Jimmy Hughey, Jeff Roth and others prior to the start of the ride.
This is a community event supported by the City of Bowling Green, the Bowling Green Police Division, the Bowling Green Bicycle Safety Commission, We Are Traffic, TMACOG, Maumee Valley Adventurers, and the Toledo Area Bicyclists.
For more information, visit https://WeAreTraffic.org/Ride-of-Silence-Bowling-Green.
