Police Escorted Ride
Has anyone did this before?

http://www.americas911ride.org/

 

I plan on doing it this year. I am in Ashburn, VA

 

I've not done this one, but I have done the Rattle the Runway ride from Dulles to the Pentagon. I'll be doing that again this year as I have for the past 3. THe website is: http://www.rattletherunwayride.com/

 

A 9-11 ride on 8-26?

That's silly. It's like celebrating the 4th of July in June.

 

I participated in this ride last year. What a great experience. The EMS Service I work for sent myself (On my scoot) set up for medical emergencies and 2 EMTs, to provide medical assistance if needed. I will definatly being doing this again this year. I cant say enough about the way this ride takes on a life of its own. Left Connecticut for PA, with 50 bikes and by the time we made our stops, we had over 200 pulling into PA. By the time we ended up in NYC we had well over 1000 bikes in the pack.

 

I am looking for information on America's 9/11 ride. Anyone who did it this year or previously, how was it?

 

I did it this year. A buddy of mine and I rode from Orlando, FL to Somerset, PA were we met up with the official ride. There were somewhere between 700 and a 1,000 bikes involved. We rode from Somerset (Flt 93 crash site) to Arlington, VA (the Pentagon) and finished in NYC at Ground Zero.

In response to someone's knucklehead comment on why it's held in late August, the reason is it's such a huge logistical issue that with the other people wishing to pay their respects and hold memorials at the various sites it's just too much. In addition, the ride organizers leave the actual anniversary to the families of the victims.

My overall impressions are as follows: 1) the organizers and volunteers that stage this event every year are tremendous. They are efficient and courtious attempting to make you feel welcome and get through the process; 2) The escorts do a tremendous job of blocking the intersections and entrance ramps and moving the line through as rapidly and safely as possible; 3) Rest stops are well thought out and are at facilities capable of handling the volume of bikes and people; 4) Although it isn't gourmet, lunches are filling and there's enough for everyone; and, 5) There are first-responders and even some of the victims relatives put in appearences at the sites to thank us for remembering and honoring the heroes of that day. They fill in a lot of missing details that never get covered by the media and really give you an appreciation of the herculean efforts put in by so many to save as many as they could, even at the expense of the supreme sacrafice themselves.

We had some really nasty weather out of Somerset on some really bad backwoods PA and MD roads but everyone kept their heads and road safely. We had few mechanical or other issues amongst all of those bikes and riders. The organizers had trailers and mechanics at the major rest or lunch points though ready to assist anyone who had an issue.

This is like Rolling Thunder and a few other "must rides" I could think of. It was a 3,000 mile round trip for us, and I'd do it again tomorrow.