About the Ride

Sample the nocturnal sights and sounds of the streets of Savannah from behind your handlebars on the second annual Midnight Garden Ride — Saturday Sept 4, 2010.

The Midnight Garden Ride is a non-competitive, nighttime charity bike ride through Historic Downtown Savannah, benefiting the Savannah Bicycle Campaign – a non-profit volunteer advocacy organization working for better bicycling for Savannah and Chatham County. Hundreds were there in 2009 to turn the night streets of Savannah into a wave of blinking lights, music and pedal powered fun.

You can make a weekend of it, too!  Join hundreds of others for rides on Saturday morning, September 4 and Sunday morning, September 5 for the Savannah Century (details at savannahcentury.com). We won’t let a little water slow us down either — we ride rain or shine!

Start – The Distillery in Historic Downtown Savannah

Our ride begins and ends at the Distillery at W. Liberty St. and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, a beautifully restored 1904 building opened initially as a whiskey distillery, now home to a fantastic restaurant. The inaugural 12-mile route included the landmark historic district, Ardsley Park and Daffin Park (click for map).  Check back in for an update on the route for next time!

Goodies

Entry fees

Registration for this year’s ride has not yet opened. As always, members of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign and participants of the Savannah Century will enjoy a reduced rate. Only preregistered riders are guaranteed a t-shirt.

Good and Evil Party

Thanks to the Distillery for opening its doors to us for this fantastic event after the ride! Costume contest with prizes for best lighting, individual and group theme, will be awarded.

Lights and Helmets are required!

Please check out our 2009 sponsors — Quality Bike, Bicycle Link and Star Bike if you need help getting set up with lights or a helmet.  We will also have a limited number of reasonably priced lights and helmets available for sale at registration.  Bicycle Link also has beach cruisers available to rent, and are located just a few blocks from the Distillery.