Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Slow Roll Buffalo will return to the streets Monday evening for their 2021 season of neighborhood bike rides.
The organization will kick things off at Big Ditch Brewing at 6:30 Monday evening for a 10-mile roundtrip ride with two stops to regroup. They are releasing only the first half of the six-month schedule of rides, in anticipation of changing regulations later in the year.
As was the case last year, masks will be required for the ride.
"We did it last year, it went great," organizer Seamus Gallivan said about the mask rule. "We're still in a state where guidance from the CDC is if you are in a public space with strangers, than you should wear a mask."
While the Slow Roll was able to go on last year, Gallivan and other organizers hope this year's rides can help rebuild a sense of community that was lost in the past year.
"We're just so excited to get back to gathering," Gallivan said. "In so many ways we've come back to life as a community, and even personally as someone who just lives for gatherings and bringing people together I've been on hibernation, and just the planning of these and getting out and riding with our squad as we're getting ready has felt like coming back to life."
Slow Roll rides every Monday starting at the following locations:
May 3rd - Big Ditch Brewing Company
May 10th - The Terrace at Delaware Park
May 17th - Zone One Entertainment Complex
May 24th - Central Park Grill
May 31st - Liberty Hound
June 7th - Olivencia Community Center
June 14th - Buffalo Irish Center
June 21st - Je Ne Sais Quoi
June 28th - Community Beer Works
July 5th - The Cave
July 12th - Groove Lounge
July 19th - Five Points Bakery
July 26th - Kerns Ave Bowling Center
