Start: Cherry Street Pier
Meet @ 7pm, roll @ 7:10
End: Jerry's Bar, 129 W. Laurel St
Length: 8.3 miles, flat (+109/-106 ft)
Difficulty: Standard

Regroup @ Addison St and @ River Soundings.

Ride inspired by Bike JC's Light Up Rides, & led by WNR regular & volunteer marshal Daniel P.

Departing from the Toast to the Circuit Trails @ Cherry Street Pier: celebrating 500 miles of Circuit Trails is free, registration includes 2 drink tickets, tacos, and bike valet. The event runs from 5:30-7:30p, so it's perfectly timed to join before the ride. www.eventbrite.com/e/toast-to-t...

Last night on the ride, a guy in a tomato pie costume asked me which were the most successful and unsuccessful WNRs. I said something like, "I have no idea how to answer that question, every time we get a bunch of people together to ride bikes, it's a success"

The same NYC that just elected Mamdani elected Adams, a consummately corrupt machine insider, last cycle. The same cities can produce very different outcomes... also, I think ranked choice voting would help a LOT in Philly!

I agree Philly politics are often really frustrating, even disillusioning. But we've had (and will have) candidates like Mamdani. Nikil Saval has a lot in common, and Larry Krasner isn't too far off -- both ran progressive campaigns without party support and won, and continue to win, big

Last night on the ride, a guy in a tomato pie costume asked me which were the most successful and unsuccessful WNRs. I said something like, "I have no idea how to answer that question, every time we get a bunch of people together to ride bikes, it's a success"

Thinking about how when Thirteen by Big Star was released in 1972, the reference to Paint It Black was to a song released six years prior. Today's equivalent would be name-dropping Sunflower or Old Town Road