Ride of Silence (2021)
Wed, May 19
|Hilton Head Island
Due to COVID-19, the annual Ride of Silence will be a KABC Members Only Ride. Hope to see you all there.
Time & Location
May 19, 2021, 6:30 PM
Hilton Head Island, 95 Mathews Drive, 11 Port Royal Plaza D, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926, USA
About the Event
Gear Up: 6:30p.m.
Start:7:00p.m.
Starting Location: The ride starts in the Hilton Head Island Port Royal Plaza - 95 Mathews Drive (parking lot next to Street Meet).
After the ride safety briefing and reading of the ROS Poem, at 7:00 p.m. a bagpiper will play "Amazing Grace" as a patrol car from the Beaufort County Sheriffs Office escorts riders out of the parking lot onto U.S. 278 South to the Red Light at Queens Way. A patrol car will stop North bound traffic while the cyclist do a "U turn and head North on U.S. 278 back to the Plaza for fellowship at Street Meet. The ride is 9 miles long and will proceed at a slow speed (10-12 mph). This is a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. The same COVID restrictions will apply as on any Saturday Ride.