My First Critical Mass
Critical Mass was a lot more fun than I expected it to be. There’s sort of a feeling of invincibility when you are in a big group. I finally got to meet fellow blogger Josh after reading his blog for a long time, so that was cool.
I think the ride was about 12 miles total - all flat - with an average speed of 10mph, so it’s definitely within the athletic abilities of pretty much anyone.
The only real law-breaking was running of red lights, which was pretty much necessary to keep the group together.
I didn’t take very many pictures. You can see the ones I took here.
I’m used to being jealous of Portland and Minneapolis for their crazy hoards of bike people. It’s awesome that we have crazy bike people here, too.
Photos by recycle bicycle stitched with Hugin
Today: 17 miles
July: 49 miles
2008 Utility Miles: 184
2008 Total Miles: 346 miles
July 28th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
[...] Bone, the Blasphemous Biker, has a recap and some photos on his site here. I know I saw more cameras and even some video being shot, so if you have something to share, please leave a comment. [...]
July 28th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Thanks for stitching the start pics together - it’s great to see all the friendly faces instead of back sides as WE RIDE
July 30th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
[...] Last Friday morning the legs felt heavy, so I skipped the Critical Mass ride. Kinda bummed about that, but I really didn’t feel like saddling up. If’n yer interested, there are write-ups here and here. [...]