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I stopped counting after 400 bikes... - Apoc - 08-18-2006 ~reposted from HT~ I was out using my half day to my advantage accomplishing more errands in an afternoon that I had over the last month. As I'm walking out of a store in the Old Town section of Leesburg I realize that people are standing on the street waving little American flags and cops are blocking off the intersections all around me. I figured some sort of (insert oppressed people here) pride parade was going to take place and I didn't want to stick around to find out who it was for. I walked to my car on the opposite curb and just as I get there I hear a ridiculous amount of sirens. I turn around and see row by row by row of police bikes all headed my way, each of them with lights and sirens going. I then figured it was perhaps a police funeral and the locals had turned out to show their support for an officer killed in the line of duty. After 52 police bikes rolled by me I looked back to find the rest of the procession. Two blocks down the street I see an ambulance, fire truck and fire chief support vehicle with their lights and sirens on. At that point I realized it likely wasn't a funeral but rather an "official" parade of some sort. I couldn't figure out who had a parade on August 18th, a Friday for that matter. I asked one of the pensioner flag wavers about the nature of the parade and was informed it was a 9/11 memorial ride. A 9/11 memorial ride in August? Yes, a 9/11 Memorial ride in August. From behind the rescue vehicles emerged a column of chrome and rubber. They were running 2 by 2, in relatively close quarters honking their horns and revving their engines. I wondered how many there were and decided I'd try and count. Surely it couldn't be more than 40 or 50, right? I stopped counting after 400 bikes and the "parade" as it were went on for at least another 5 minutes after that. After the last rider when by the support vehicles appeared, pulling up the rear. At least 20 minutes had passed and while I did see some BMWs there wasn't a single sportbike in the lot. Surprising? No. Disappointing? Yes... for whatever reason. Here are my cell phone pics... it killed me not to have my dSLR there. - Feersty - 08-18-2006 Not sure why it wasn't next month, but that is cool to see all the support.