Pope in Philly: Our Favorite Instagrams from the PopeRide


Yup, it happened — and seemingly without a hitch. This morning, hundreds of cyclists gathered at 30th Street Station for the PopeRide, a group bike ride through streets mostly closed to cars in anticipation of Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia this weekend. Carefree cyclists rode all around the so-called traffic box, enjoying the sites and sounds of a motor-traffic-free city. Imagine …

Well, you don’t have to. Here’s what it looked like this morning as the PopeRiders took to the streets. 

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