I was at the ride last night as well, and it was so disappointing. I was riding with Varo before he got arrested, and he was being hassled the whole time. There's a reason that we took bike routes: so people like him can ride something like a tall bike and not have to be bunched in with other riders. It was ridiculous. At one of the many stops the cops made us take, I told the 300 pound copper to my left to ride bikes next time, because his exhaust coupled with the other dozen motorcycle cops was really disgusting. He shook his head no and told me "I respect what you guys are doing, but this is just a job". "I get that, but don't you think it's a little counterproductive to what we're trying to do here?". Nothing. Nice. Funny how in the Tuesdays prior, things have gone swimmingly without the influence of the fuzz. I don't think we can stop doing it, the negativity from the law enforcement can't defeat the positive things that we are trying to do. Hopefully it won't be that bad next week, I wrote to TPD, requesting "bicycle" officers if they are in fact going to have them at our next ride, because the flashing lights and exhaust of the motorcycle officers were just obscene. Will it do much? Probably not, but having a defeatist attitude won't either.