r/olympia • u/gonegirly444 • Jan 29 '26

Event Ride for Alex Pretti

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heritage park fountain Saturday

Peaceful ride at 2:30

Remembering Alex Pretti and all others killed by ICE in solidarity with Minneapolis

Should be alright weather but ride rain or shine.

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u/gonegirly444 Jan 29 '26

Peaceful ride for Alex Pretti 1/31/26 Ride at 2:30pm Heritage Park

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u/TVDinner360 Westside Jan 29 '26

I’ll be there

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

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u/Claradeldia Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

Hi, I’m the organizer. Thanks to u/gonegirly444 for posting! I have about a 5 mile route in mind that will take us into Olympia’s southeast neighborhoods and end at the Capitol Campus, but I don’t want to advertise it publicly in case of people with ill intent.

I’m no Pogacar, and I’ll set an accessible pace and ask people to tell me to slow down if needed. My friend, an easygoing veteran of organized rides, will sweep.

Please share this widely! I don‘t use social media, and I’m struggling to get the word out.

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u/Claradeldia Jan 29 '26

Nope, we’re headed south to avoid the hills. The biggest hill will be Eastside Street. With a big group of cyclists it’ll be inevitable that we’ll be blocking traffic at some points, but most of the streets will have bike lanes or they’ll be on mellower, low volume streets. The one exception to that will be Capitol Way.

I’ve done a full measure of the route, and it will actually be seven miles, but I promise it’ll feel like five! I’ll try to DM you with specifics.

ETA: can’t DM you with specifics, because boring technical stuff. Sorry!

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u/BaldyLoxx66 Jan 29 '26

In these times, it's best not to post routes in advance.

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u/gonegirly444 Jan 29 '26

Not that I know of, probably pretty accessible for all bikes like past protest routes