Cycling News
2025 Community Grants Awarded
The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Community Challenge Grant Awards for the 2025 funding cycle
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
This year's ride has been canceled due to short notice conflict.
We are sorry to announce the annual Ride of Silence (ROS) scheduled for May 21, 2025, is canceled this year due to short notice conflict with another event occurring in the city park and requirieng use of the Maryville Courthouse parking lot. Thank you for your patience.
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.
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