On my ride home from work yesterday I was on my usual route at the usual time when suddenly I found myself in a sea of bicyclers. Traffic was completely stopped as hundreds - maybe thousands? - of bikers did the equivalent of strolling down the street.
I had heard of this before but never come across it. This phenomenon is known as Critical Mass.
It was started in San Francisco (of course) in 1992 and now happens in more than 300 cities every last Friday of the month. It might be to draw attention to biker's rights in the city. Or it might just be fun to stop traffic. I don't know. But they happened to be going my way, so I joined the throng* and let them escort me the rest of the way home.
It was quite wonderful.
*I said "throng"
Saturday, June 27, 2009
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I ran into them, too! I felt like one of those little bunnies on a different planet that suddenly enters a field full of other bunnies.
(PS: is it weird if I comment on your blog? if it is, let me know!)
Yes! It was so neat. I am going to try to time my ride in the future to run into them. We can go together the last Friday in July.
Not weird - fun! More!
What? You have never seen critical mass before. Dude! You don't go out on Fridays enough!!!!! Bad ellie! I was first trapped in a streetcar surrounded by critical mass back in the ye olden days of 2000.
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