• To honor fallen cyclists,
• To raise awareness that we are here,
• To ask that we all share the road!

Visit RideofSilence.org for more information and and a history of the ride in the past 10 years.

Unfortunately, the following people are no longer with us.

• Most recently, Terri Hunt, 55, was hit on Airline Drive in Metairie. 
  
• Tragically, a 12 year old boy was killed while riding near Albany, LA on March 17. 
  
• According to the Times-Picayune, Steven L. Fickes, 50, died while trying to walk across Elysian Fields with his bicycle. 
  
• In Baton Rouge earlier this year on January 21, Nathaniel Crowson passed away after being hit by a drunk driver.
• Dustin Houston lost his life on November 27, 2011 at the age of 21 after an incident in Kenner, LA.
  An article by Ariella Cohen in The Lens describes these 3 deaths;
  
• Byron Orlando Sandoval Lopez, 42, lost his life after being hit from behind on the St. Claude Avenue Bridge
  
• "Kory Schenck, 26, was walking his bicycle across the Seabrook Bridge when a car fatally struck him."
  
• "William Eddington, 64 was biking across Broad Street on Ursulines Avenue, moving against oncoming traffic, when a collision killed him."
  
  

  This article was printed in the Times-Picayune on May 10th to promote this ride.
  

Any inquiries or additions should be directed to Donald Duzac, donaldduzac@yahoo.com.