Cyclists will roll out of a Las Vegas parking lot at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, bound for the small town of Jean and back, in a ride meant to keep one rider's memory — and a message about sharing the road — alive. The Ride to Remember begins at Camping World, 13175 S. Las Vegas Blvd., and sends participants south along Las Vegas Boulevard before looping back to the starting line.
The event honors Pete Makowski, who was killed on June 19, 2013, while riding his bicycle on South Las Vegas Boulevard, according to KLAS / 8 News Now. The ride grew out of Three Feet for Pete, a nonprofit dedicated to bicycle safety awareness that organizers say eventually became the Ride to Remember. This year's edition carries the Centennial Subaru Ride to Remember name and is once again built around a noncompetitive, family-friendly format rather than a race.
A Flat, 28-Mile Course With Room to Bail Early
According to organizer Three Feet for Pete, the course covers approximately 28 flat to rolling miles out and back, traveling south on Las Vegas Boulevard to Jean before returning to Camping World. Riders will be sent out onto the boulevard in groups of 50, and the event's own materials spell out that the controlled pace will run 12 to 14 mph — a pace they're careful to note is not a training ride, a race or anything competitive. The route takes cyclists past Seven Magic Mountains, and anyone who's had enough before reaching Jean can simply turn around at any point along the way, the station's report notes.
Registration runs $35 per rider, and the same organizer materials specify that an online waiver and a helmet are required for every participant. Enhanced safety coverage is planned for the day, with five LVMPD officers — one sergeant and four officers — working the event alongside additional support from the Nevada Highway Patrol and the Bureau of Land Management, per the organizer materials.
Soft Closure Planned Along the Route
A soft closure will be in place on Las Vegas Boulevard between the Sloan exit and Jean while riders are on the road, though people heading to or from work will still be able to get through, 8 News Now reported. The boulevard is expected to generally reopen around noon.
Organizers say the ride is backed by a wide list of community partners, including the Southern Nevada Bicycle Coalition, Ghost Bikes Las Vegas, LV5, Spirit of CAN, Velofix Las Vegas, Pedal & Pour, Club Ride RTC, and law enforcement and other community partners.
Why the Three-Foot Rule Still Matters
Nevada law requires drivers to allow cyclists three feet of space and to change lanes if possible to leave more room, a rule that sits at the heart of the ride's safety message, according to KLAS / 8 News Now. The statute falls under Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 484B, which the Nevada Legislature says addresses a driver's duty of due care around vehicles, bicycles, electric bicycles, electric scooters and pedestrians. Friends of Makowski have said he was extremely safety-conscious and actively sought out safe riding routes, a detail that underscores why the three-foot law remains central to the event even more than a decade after his death.
The stakes behind that message aren't hypothetical. In March 2026, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported a fatal vehicle-versus-bicycle collision on North Rancho Drive south of West Sunset Drive, in which the bicyclist was taken to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and later died at the hospital. Speaking to News3LV in past coverage of the event, organizer Gebbia said Las Vegas roads have become safer overall even as cyclist fatalities and accidents continue to rise.
A Decade-Plus of Riding in Makowski's Name
The Ride to Remember has deep roots in Southern Nevada's cycling community. More than 440 bicyclists once pedaled 25 miles south of Las Vegas to remember Makowski, who was 33 when he was killed by a gravel truck during a training ride in Sloan, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. By 2023, the event marked its 10th year with hundreds of cyclists returning in his honor, News3LV reported at the time. In 2022, the ride followed the same essential blueprint it uses today: a 28-mile out-and-back route from Camping World to Jean, as 8 News Now described it in earlier coverage, with a free six-mile Bike2Art ride highlighting downtown Las Vegas art scheduled for the following day that year.
