im gonna go ahead and say that a significant amount of the people who attend the ride now (like 85%+) dont read bikeforums. so in a sense you are preaching to the choir.

that said, i was there from close to the beginning as well. i have been on pretzel rides where its just been me and one other person. ive watched it grow in size. i did really enjoy it when it was small. getting together with a few good people and taking a leisurely ride. but really, i dont hate on the fact that it has gotten so big. the whole taking up both lanes and going through lights to keep the ride together is just something that happens when you are doing a group ride with 50+ people in the city. i dont think ive ever seen anyone on the pretzel ride intentionally messing with cars like the jerks at critical mass. its still leisurely and its still fun. i hope you guys come out more when it gets down to 15 degrees and there will be less people. i miss the original pretzel ride crew.