Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest

I'm going to get yelled at for this ... but Memphis has a Critical Mass. The average moving speed of Seattle's CM rides is about 6 to 7 mph. There are more types of bikes than I knew existed, so your flat bars won't be out of place at all. You'll have a lot of fun, and meet dozens or more of other cyclists. But you'll also see some rudeness and lawbreaking ( running of reds, corking of intersections, and probably the younger folk drinking while "driving" ). It's probably worth going once and making up your own mind about it, and if you talk to the other cyclists who show up, you'll probably get a lot of advice on other, local group rides and good trails to check out.



Actually it looks like the Memphis Critical Mass has been infiltrated by "follow all laws" folks, so my caveat might not apply:

http://sites.google.com/site/memphiscriticalmass/