Cycling News
2026 Ride of Silence (5/19/26 @ 7pm)
The 2026 Ride of Silence scheduled for May 19, 2026. We will organize and ride from the parking lot at Founder's Park (aka Farmer's Mkt). Please arrive by 6:30 pm to get your bike ready as we will depart the parking lot precisely at 7pm with police escort with the bell-chime from the tower. Additional information can be found under events.
Bike to Market, Maryville TN (May 2, 2026)
Bike to Market sponsored by Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation returns to the Maryville Farmers Market on May, 2, 2026. Visit our tent to learn more about the work of the Foundation and its work to improve bicycling safety in Tennessee.
2026 Community Grant Cycle is closed
The 2026 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 2026 Community Challenge Grant Awards soon.
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.
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.
Sept 27, 2025
Register now for the September 2025 course
The 2026 Ride of Silence
MARYVILLE TN RIDE OF SILENCE, FOUNDER'S PARK (aka FARMER'S MARKET)
On Tuesday evening (5/19/2026) at 7pm bicyclists will assemble at the Founder's Park parking lot 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.
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 parking lot by Founder's Park (aka Farmer's Market) by 6:30 pm with the 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.
Information about the Maryville TN 2026 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, FOUNDER'S PARK (aka FARMER'S MARKET)
MAY 19, 2026, 7 PM
On Tuesday evening (5/19/2026) at 7pm bicyclists will assemble at the Founder's Park parking lot 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 2025 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 2.5-mile loop of Maryville, ridden no faster than 12mph. Riders will be escorted by patrol officers from the Marville Police. The ride will be conducted in silence, to remember fellow cyclists as brothers, sisters, parents, and grandparents killed and injured by motor vehicle operators. Black armbands may be 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 parking lot near Founder's Park (aka Farmer's Market) 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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