We’re sorry if any information you received from this site prompted you to travel to Chicago this past weekend, only to discover that the WNBR wasn’t happening, or to make plans to visit Philadelphia at the end of this month. Some cursory research this morning has turned up new information about the rides the Cities of Wind and Brotherly Love.
Philadelphia’s organizers have announced that the situation is not safe enough to ride as planned on 29 August. Rather than push the date back, and then possibly push the date back again, they have decided to cancel for 2020.
Chicago’s crew has not given up, setting the new date at 10 October. Any later than that risks weather that would discourage all but the hardiest riders. (World Naked-Except-for-This-Parka Bike Ride, anyone?)
In the spirit of the WNBR Movement, the Chicago organizers remind prospective riders not to burn fossil fuels getting to the ride. The starting location remains unannounced until just before the day of the ride, and it will not provide parking for motor vehicles.
Conditions for group rides seem to be better in Canada. Vancouver BC, where WNBR originated (North American version), appears to have had a successful ride on Saturday the 8th. Montréal QC had two rides, afternoon and evening, all the way back on 18 July; somehow we missed that.