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1 11, 2023

A Message from Slow Roll Buffalo Cofounder Seamus Gallivan

By |2023-11-01T19:45:22-04:00November 1st, 2023|News|0 Comments

As Slow Roll Buffalo cofounder and our lead messenger for the past decade of providing inclusive community experiences that connect people, places and causes by bicycle, I’m here to share that I’ve lovingly resigned from my positions on our board, staff and squad, effective today. I’ve been working quietly for a while to ensure a smooth exit, and throughout the final rides of the season have savored the beauty in this community we’ve created together.  […]

1 11, 2023

Statement on the Future of Humboldt Parkway

By |2023-11-01T18:16:28-04:00November 1st, 2023|News|0 Comments

    Since the founding of Slow Roll Buffalo in 2014, we have advocated for safer streets and social connection as an antidote to segregation, most notably beginning with our 2016 Parkway Revival Ride that took over the Scajaquada Expressway for bicycles to envision a better-connected community. From that point on, we’ve been members of both the Scajaquada Corridor Coalition (SCC) and Restore Our Community Coalition (ROCC), the latter serving as the lead advocate for the restoration of Humboldt Parkway, which was destroyed to build the Kensington Expressway in a shameful act of systemic racial segregation – or as ROCC leaders called during a 2016 Slow Roll, “the greatest planning mistake in the history of Buffalo.” […]

16 05, 2023

Ticket to Roll Schedule Revealed!

By |2023-08-25T11:09:52-04:00May 16th, 2023|News|0 Comments

Our Ticket to Roll fundraiser ride series offers limited-capacity, curated experiences with distinct themes — this year, we’re offering four rides aimed at providing a unique excursion by bicycle while supporting our nonprofit mission to connect people, places and causes by bicycle. Tickets are limited and sell out quickly, so please consider purchasing a Ticket To Roll today — your generous support offsets costs associated with our free and open Monday Night Community Rides. […]

16 05, 2023

Slow Roll’s 10th Season Schedule Revealed!

By |2023-05-16T15:53:58-04:00May 16th, 2023|News|0 Comments

Now a renowned movement and nonprofit organization, Slow Roll Buffalo started on a whim in the summer of 2014, when the concept for a free community bike ride popularized in Detroit was offered for expansion to bike lovers in Buffalo. Slow Roll Buffalo’s maiden voyage gathered more than 200 bicyclists for a spirited roundtrip ride guided by a safety squad of volunteers from downtown to the Central Terminal and MLK Park with a party back at its starting point; after doubling in size for the next ride on the West Side, founding riders knew that something special was forming.  […]

29 11, 2022

Much More Than Just A Bike Ride…

By |2022-11-29T12:21:16-05:00November 29th, 2022|News|0 Comments

Good morning! Tis’ the season of giving and today’s the day known as Giving Tuesday. I’m sure by now many of us are well aware that this is the time of year that fundraising is ramped up by every nonprofit on the planet. But did you also know that Slow Roll Buffalo is more than just a bike ride? Originally established in Detroit and then founded here in Buffalo (and in Cleveland) Slow Roll was geared as a movement to connect rust belt communities from the start. We believe in a truly better Buffalo for all through inclusion, awareness, discussion and collaboration; this is at the core of the educational purpose of our nascent 501c3, Wheel B Herd. Slow Roll Buffalo has grown leaps and bounds since we started riding in 2014. We’ve become adept at bringing partners to the table, initiating overdue conversations, conducting large scale as well as smaller curated rides and rocking a community-connecting afterparty. Yet as a nimble, volunteer-driven organization, we want to expand our capacity to be much, much more than a bike ride.  Slow Roll needs your help to expand and implement several new programs for 2023 –  initiatives like Buffalo Bike Bus, Cycle [...]

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