Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Why??! Why? WHHHYY???!

does it have to rain everytime when there's a critical mass....

i want to go :(
edit* its not that i dont ride in rainy weathers.
but less people go, when its cold, wet out.

so stop calling me a sissy! :mad:

Because even the Gods drive cars!

what, you can't get a little wet?

weather.com says its not suppose to rain till after midnight.

don't move to the northwest.

californians melt in the rain. i lived there. i would know.

does it have to rain everytime when there's a critical mass....

i want to go :(

Rain sucks, but it can be ridden in.

californians melt in the rain. i lived there. i would know.

ah, like wicked witches of the west coast?

marqueemoon...rain does suck...i always just count it as the price i pay to live in a town i love as much as portland, so it stops bothering me after a bit.

what, you can't get a little wet?

seriously. last fall i rode to the bar during a hailstorm. mother nature hasn't killed me yet.

from http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/CAZ006.php?warncounty=CAC075&city=San+Francisco

Today...Mostly cloudy with a chance of light rain. Highs in the 50s. Light winds.

Tonight...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain late. Lows in the upper 30s and 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

you can buy special gear for the rain. hell, even this dog knows what's up:

http://www.sitstay.com/store/pics_lg/CLWRA.tilli.lg.jpg

Sissy.

its clearing up now,
plus its not me that dont have the balls to ride out. but others, they dont wanna ride in the rain!! less people go. and i havnt heard anything about SF critical mass yet.
anyone going? :/

from http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/CAZ006.php?warncounty=CAC075&city=San+Francisco

Today...Mostly cloudy with a chance of light rain. Highs in the 50s. Light winds.

Tonight...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain late. Lows in the upper 30s and 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

...wait...so he's worried about a "chance" of rain?

wow, don't move here. it was sunny for about 20 minutes earlier and i thought that kicked ass. if i'm lucky, it might get that way again.

marqueemoon...rain does suck...i always just count it as the price i pay to live in a town i love as much as portland, so it stops bothering me after a bit.

I totally agree. I love my town. Rain is just part of the package.

I moved here from the midwest and compared to the hot, humid summers and bitterly cold winters a little rain is nothing. Big props to all of you 3 pairs of gloves wearin' studded tire types out there.

its clearing up now,
plus its not me that dont have the balls to ride out. but others, they dont wanna ride in the rain!! less people go. and i havnt heard anything about SF critical mass yet.
anyone going? :/

trust me, people will be riding. but not me...

that dog is pimpin...dog!

believe me, i moved from Wales.. the weather is wayyyy crappier there.
californian weather's got nothing on me

its clearing up now,
plus its not me that dont have the balls to ride out. but others, they dont wanna ride in the rain!! less people go. and i havnt heard anything about SF critical mass yet.
anyone going? :/

Well... Mass is lame if it's not massive, but you could always go check it out and see how many people show.

does it have to rain everytime when there's a critical mass....

i want to go :(
edit* its not that i dont ride in rainy weathers.
but less people go, when its cold, wet out.

so stop calling me a sissy! :mad:

oh, sorry about that. that edit and the thing about being from wales...i see.

meh, i think i just wanted to ***** about the rain for a moment...oooh! the sun's out again!

yeah i know, but the thing is.. i've never been to one. and i was hoping to hear some 411 from here about it.. so i can actually know where to go and find these ppl.

last critical mass, tons of ppl posted stuff on here about it. so i'd assume that at least 30% of the participants are from BF.

so i'd assume that at least 30% of the participants are from BF.

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sorry dude

Come on down to Santa Cruz. Except that our mass started about an hour ago.

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sorry dude
woot i saw you today wes! and i made a total fool outta my self!

i dont know, you just didnt fit my "imaginary" wes look, and your avatar made me thin you're a big, buff dude!

anyway nice meeting you, and CM was tight :D

what, i dont look like mike tyson?

haha yeah...critical mass was uhh interesting tonight. i pretty much finished off the new tire i just put on last weekend with all the hills and lombard stuff.
it was definitely not fixed friendly tonight with all those steep grade downhills up in russian hill.
and the pricks throwing the firecrackers into the crowd early on were pretty lame.

CM gets a big 'mehh' from me.

californians melt in the rain. i lived there. i would know.


I agree, I am so over ridin in the rain. I am a *****, I hate mudd, rain, snow, and anything else that gets me dirty.

what, i dont look like mike tyson?

haha yeah...critical mass was uhh interesting tonight. i pretty much finished off the new tire i just put on last weekend with all the hills and lombard stuff.
it was definitely not fixed friendly tonight with all those steep grade downhills up in russian hill.
and the pricks throwing the firecrackers into the crowd early on were pretty lame.

CM gets a big 'mehh' from me.

they were actually chucking the firecrackers? i thought everybody knew.. hhmm that's not cool..
i left at geary and polk though, so nothing fixed unfriendly for me tonight. its my first time riding CM so yeah it was still an experience!

me and my right arm give a big meh to cm too.

me and my right arm give a big meh to cm too.

Nah.. SF critical mass was great. The ride sucked, but it usually sucks. You take off at 3mph down market while the activist types yell slogans and the agro types mix it up with drivers. There is always some naked guy, some kids doing a documentary, and Gino pumping the 80s hit. Invariably some yuppie lays down his USPS trek on the tracks and some out of towner eats it on the slotted grates. Later on you get to watch kids on $2k brakeless track bikes walk up and down russian hill. I think some brakeless rider actually lost it last night and nailed and trashed someone else's bike. CM always delivers spectacle/drama. Go at it like NASCAR: get drunk, heckle, and keep an eye out for the crashes.

yea last time i rode it i was one of the crashes. hence the comment about my right arm.. stupid stoned ass hippie on a mountain bike cut me off going down haight, snapped my arm in half. never riding cm again.

****... sorry to hear about the arm.

How do you find out about these critical mass things?

****... sorry to hear about the arm.


heh, no worries. its better now. now if only my leg would hurry up and get back to normal... helvetica - its always the lats friday of the month, meets at the same place same time. (embarcadero, infront of the ferry terminal, 5 i think)

How do you find out about these critical mass things?
its always on the last friday of the month.

its always on the last friday of the month.


where do they meet?

the plaza by the Hyatt hotel.

I still like the nice chill Berkeley mass and the Halloween mass in SF, but other fridays I'm going with the Montano Velo crew...actual riding, great folks, etc.

I think some brakeless rider actually lost it last night and nailed and trashed someone else's bike. CM always delivers spectacle/drama. Go at it like NASCAR: get drunk, heckle, and keep an eye out for the crashes.

that would be my dumb ass:) After being successful with Lombard turns, I thought for sure I could tackle the next hill. Guess that hill had chuck norris on its side. Luckily, neither of us got hurt:) I ****ed up his back tire (not trashed the bike) and I gladly paid for a new back wheel.
So howz that for a polite crasher. eh?
as foolish as my attempt was, I am still riding the feelin of being a kid and riding down a steep hill on a bike/skateboard/roller skates/tire throwing caution to the wind. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

that would be my dumb ass:) After being successful with Lombard turns, I thought for sure I could tackle the next hill. Guess that hill had chuck norris on its side. Luckily, neither of us got hurt:) I ****ed up his back tire (not trashed the bike) and I gladly paid for a new back wheel.
So howz that for a polite crasher. eh?
as foolish as my attempt was, I am still riding the feelin of being a kid and riding down a steep hill on a bike/skateboard/roller skates/tire throwing caution to the wind. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Good on you for being cool about the wheel. Taking 20% hills brakeless in the middle of a CM pack is not so fun. Not as much space to throw the bike sideways and no place to go if you pick up too much speed.

I don't know if CM would take em, but the neighborhood does have much worse hills. filbert is 32% grade going down from hyde. Anyone ever try a short skid contest to see who could take a hill and stop shortest? I guess there would have to be certain minimum time to cover filbert between hyde and leavenworth and whoever stops shortest after crossing leavenworth wins. I would certainly loose and possibly hurt myself, but it would be interesting to watch those who could pull it off.