The 2025 Ride of Silence

Cycling News

2025 Community Grant Cycle is closed

The 2025 Community Grant program is closed to applications for the current funding cycle. The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation thanks all who submitted grants by the March 25 deadline and anticipates announcing the recipients of the 2025 Community Challenge Grant Awards soon.

Middle TN Veloteers Promote STR License Plate

Our friend Bill Anderson and the Middle TN Veloteers promoted the STR license plate recently in the Bike Ride across Wilson County @ the TN State Fair and The Elk River Valley 100 during the Labor Day Weekend. Thanks for your Efforts. Ride Fast, Live Slow and always keep the rubber side down.

2025 League Cycling Instructor Seminar

Save the Date: The JRCF 2025 League Cycling Instructor Seminar at Henry Horton State Park has been scheduled for September 26-28, 2025

Chapel Hill TN 2025 LCI Seminar

Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Courses (2025)

The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is offering Smart Cycling instruction at the Blount County Library on these dates in 2025.

May 31, 2025

Register now for the May 2025 course

Sept 27, 2025

Register now for the September 2025 course

The 2025 Ride of Silence

May 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM local time worldwide

We are pleased to announce the annual Ride of Silence (ROS) scheduled for May 21, 2025, leaving from the Maryville Courthouse as in previous years. Please visit the ROS website, www.rideofsilence.org for more information.

Information about the Maryville TN 2025 Ride of Silence.

Click here to visit the Ride of Silence web site for more information.
http://www.rideofsilence.org/main.php

MARYVILLE TN RIDE OF SILENCE, BLOUNT COUNTY COURTHOUSE
MAY 21, 2025, 7 PM

On Wednesday evening (5/21/2025) at 7pm bicyclists will assemble at the Blount County Courthouse in Maryville Tennessee to roll-out for the annual Ride of Silence in memory of their friends, family, and associates killed or injured by motor vehicle operators. The Maryville Ride of Silence is one of over 300 rides that occur worldwide on the 3rd Wednesday of May each year. In 2024 an estimated 12,000 riders from 40 states, 13 countries, and 3 continents participated. Over 700 cyclists are killed each year while riding. Most of them occur in our cities, and suburbs.

With this ride, The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation hopes to educate motorists that cyclists have the legal right to the road and to watch out for cyclists whenever they see them. The Ride of Silence is similar to a funeral procession. The ride will be a slow paced 4-mile loop of Maryville, ridden no faster than 12mph. There will be no talking, only silence, to remember our fallen brothers and sisters. Black armbands are often worn in memory of those who have been killed; red armbands may be worn by those injured while riding.

The Maryville Ride of Silence is sponsored by The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation. The ride is open to all individuals interested in participating. Participants are asked to arrive at the Blount County Courthouse by 6:30 pm with ride departing promptly at 7pm. Helmets are required, front and rear lights are strongly recommended. Additional information about the ride can be obtained by contacting The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation @ (865) 309-5723.