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Slow Roll News

Ken-Ton Pedal Party Preview

Tonight brings our fourth annual free and inclusive Ken-Ton Pedal Party, as we’ll return to North End Bar & Grill (2692 Elmwood Avenue on the Kenmore-Tonawanda line) for a 10-mile roundtrip ride with two stops of significance, highlighting the work of ride partners Clean Air Coalition of Western New York (CAC) and LaBella Associates. We’re grateful to local ride organizers Katie Burd, Allyson Stanz and Jim Jones for leading the charge every year, and this [...]

June 17th, 2022|Categories: News|

Roll with the Buffalo Architecture Foundation

Our free and inclusive Buffalo Architecture Ride this coming Monday, June 6th, brings us to the jewel of the Parkside neighborhood, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House (143 Jewett Parkway, 6:30pm sharp start), presented in partnership with the Buffalo Architecture Foundation (BAF). BAF is a nonprofit organization “dedicated to inspiring the exploration and appreciation of architecture and how it shapes our lives. BAF’s mission is implemented through educational activities for school-aged children and public awareness events [...]

June 3rd, 2022|Categories: News|

Dunkirk Pedal Party Preview

This Saturday, June 4th, brings our second annual free and inclusive Dunkirk Pedal Party, in collaboration with The Resource Center (TRC) and hosted by 64 on the Pier (The Pier, Dunkirk, 14058, rolling at 1pm sharp). Our 10-mile roundtrip route will include two stops at TRC as well as scenic Wright Park Beach, with lakefront and neighborhood scenes in between, returning to 64 on the Pier for an afterparty with […]

June 2nd, 2022|Categories: News|

Slow Roll Shifting Gears to Food Distribution This Monday

In light of Saturday’s white supremacist attack at Tops on Jefferson, Slow Roll Buffalo is shifting gears from the Monday night community bike ride originally planned nearby, to food distribution for residents affected by the indefinite closing of the only supermarket on Buffalo’s East Side. […]

May 15th, 2022|Categories: News|

Slow Roll and All of Buffalo in Mourning

Our Slow Roll Buffalo community is in mourning over today's white supremacist attack on our neighbors. Among the victims are family and friends of our squad and participants in our rides, including retired Buffalo Police Officer Aaron Salter. While we hold all the victims and their families in our hearts, we will dedicate this coming Monday's ride to them, and discuss as a community where we go from here.

May 14th, 2022|Categories: News|

Announcing Our Regional Pedal Party Series!

Happy Pedal Party season, y’all! On the wheels of previous announcements of our Ticket to Roll fundraiser ride series and our April 25th Schedule Reveal Party, we’re continuing our April full of ride announcements with our free and inclusive regional Pedal Party series! Our weekend Pedal Parties started in 2016 when we were asked to present a 13.1-mile Friday ride tied to the Buffalo Marathon on Memorial Day weekend, then folks in Niagara Falls invited us to bring [...]

April 19th, 2022|Categories: Uncategorized|

Announcing 2022 “Ticket to Roll” Fundraiser Ride Series!

Happy Monday, y’all! On the wheels of last week’s news about our Schedule Reveal Party and April rides, we’re continuing our month full of Monday announcements with the release of an expanded schedule of Ticket to Roll fundraiser rides! Our Ticket to Roll fundraiser rides offer limited-capacity experiences with distinct themes – from an […]

April 11th, 2022|Categories: News|

Schedule Reveal and New Rides in April!

Happy Monday, y’all! Great news from Slow Roll – we’ll soon roll out our most expansive calendar of community bike rides since our 2014 founding! Our 2022 schedule will be led by 27 straight free and inclusive Monday night rides throughout the City of Buffalo from May through October, beginning May 2nd at Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center, and our full Monday schedule will be revealed with a preseason party at Community Beer Works on Monday, [...]

April 4th, 2022|Categories: News|

Crash Victims Rights Ride Preview

This Saturday’s free and inclusive Crash Victims Rights Ride, hosted by Pausa Art House (19 Wadsworth Street, rolling at 3pm sharp), will serve as our *Snow* Roll season finale while spotlighting the proposed Crash Victims Rights and Safety Act that’s currently under consideration statewide – this package of seven bills “would grant […]

February 25th, 2022|Categories: News|

Get to Know Denise Saia Goller

Slow Roll squad member Denise Saia Goller became the face of bike-car crash victims this week, featured on the front page of The Buffalo News for her experience being hit by a driver while bicycling in North Tonawanda last year. Now in her fourth year volunteering for Slow Roll, Denise has become a frontline advocate for a package of seven statewide bills called the Crash Victims Rights and Safety Act (CVRSA), which reporter Caitlin Dewey [...]

February 25th, 2022|Categories: News|
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