If you’re afraid to ride your motorcycle again after winter, you are not alone. Every spring, riders quietly admit the same thing: “I’m not sure I feel as confident as I did last year.”

On the evening of Friday June 27, 2025, the quiet streets of Swindon, Wiltshire, transformed into a roaring boulevard of solidarity and hope. Hundreds, possibly thousands of bikes—roaring, shining, and wholeheartedly unified—descended upon the town to escort Josh, a young man who had endured relentless school bullying, to his prom.