Slow Roll

Riders passing Antioch Baptist Church - Fillmore Avenue

Over 35,000 riders have attended the Buffalo Slow Roll to date.Tonight they rolled out of Martin Luther King, Jr. Park to wind their way through the East Side of the city. A mission to explore the various neighborhoods of Buffalo, spreading community while having a great time started in 2014. Taking it slow allows riders to connect with the neighborhoods they stroll through, exchanging a greeting with fellow residents that might not otherwise have a chance to meet. Claiming streets, if only briefly, for the mass of bicycles, gives riders and observers pause to reflect on our citizens as flesh and blood people unsheathed from their horseless carriages and propelled by their own power. Slow Roll started in Detroit, but has gone global, inspiring humans worldwide to put their foot down or their kickstand up and take back the streets, at least for the evening. The roll has definitely been taken to heart by Buffalonians and will explore another neighborhood every Monday through October. 

http://slowrollbuffalo.org/