Houston Critical Mass, December
12-17-08 | 05:28 PM
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Houston Critical Mass, December
I might be stuck in the Houston area on the day after Xmas. Who's going? I won't know anyoneeee if I go. Which is fine, but it's always more fun with drinking buddies, of course.
12-18-08 | 02:00 AM
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Thats another thing I'm worried about. I'll probbly have to call someone to come get me towards the end. I don't know Houston well enough to get back to my family's house with a safe route.
I'm not positive I'll be there yet anyways, just wanted to make sure it wasn't totally dead.
I'm not positive I'll be there yet anyways, just wanted to make sure it wasn't totally dead.
12-18-08 | 08:15 AM
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Thats another thing I'm worried about. I'll probbly have to call someone to come get me towards the end. I don't know Houston well enough to get back to my family's house with a safe route.
I'm not positive I'll be there yet anyways, just wanted to make sure it wasn't totally dead.
I'm not positive I'll be there yet anyways, just wanted to make sure it wasn't totally dead.
12-18-08 | 11:09 AM
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Not every Critical Mass is the same. The Houston one is pretty mild and generally tries to stay out of the way of motorists where possible, in my experience. Yes lights are rolled, but only when there's not oncoming cross-traffic.
12-18-08 | 12:06 PM
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12-18-08 | 01:54 PM
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How do I find out more about this? It sounds like fun.
12-18-08 | 04:51 PM
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I just asked if anyone was going and would want to hang out. Your contribution was not called for, and I respectfully disagree.
12-18-08 | 05:06 PM
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Just google Critical Mass Cityname. For Houston its a Myspace page. Austin's some other thing. A vast majority of Critical Masses (Houston included) are on the last Friday of the month, though there are a few exceptions.
Critical Mass has a history. There's a 50 minute documentary: https://video.google.com/videoplay?do...14458200750949
"We're not blocking traffic. We are traffic."
I see your horns, so here's info on the Austin one:
https://www.atxbs.com/
Critical Mass has a history. There's a 50 minute documentary: https://video.google.com/videoplay?do...14458200750949
"We're not blocking traffic. We are traffic."
I see your horns, so here's info on the Austin one:
Start: 12/26/2008 - 5:00pm
This weather has been crazy lately, almost as crazy as that venerable Austin bike insitution: CRITICAL MASS! This month the ride meets on the UT West Mall at 5pm on the 26th, aka the last Friday of the month, as has been decreed by those who came before us. This is the day after Christmas and EVERYONE has it off, unless you work at a nuclear power plant or something, but the point is that you have no school, you have no work, and chances are you have relatives hanging around, so lend them your spare bike and COME RIDE CRITICAL MASS! With any luck you won't be sweating on this ride, but with the way the weather has been lately there are no guarantees. The last couple rides have ended at kegs on the east side, but who know what's going to happen this month. I'll actually be riding Critical Mass in Portland this month (where my family resides), so I'll look forward to an awesome ride report from all of y'all. Remember to bring flashy lights and lots of them, the cops seem to have a problem seeing large groups of bicyclists and I'd hate to see another one plow into a cyclist unnecessarily. Waitaminute, when is it necessary? Nevermind, just bring lights.
This weather has been crazy lately, almost as crazy as that venerable Austin bike insitution: CRITICAL MASS! This month the ride meets on the UT West Mall at 5pm on the 26th, aka the last Friday of the month, as has been decreed by those who came before us. This is the day after Christmas and EVERYONE has it off, unless you work at a nuclear power plant or something, but the point is that you have no school, you have no work, and chances are you have relatives hanging around, so lend them your spare bike and COME RIDE CRITICAL MASS! With any luck you won't be sweating on this ride, but with the way the weather has been lately there are no guarantees. The last couple rides have ended at kegs on the east side, but who know what's going to happen this month. I'll actually be riding Critical Mass in Portland this month (where my family resides), so I'll look forward to an awesome ride report from all of y'all. Remember to bring flashy lights and lots of them, the cops seem to have a problem seeing large groups of bicyclists and I'd hate to see another one plow into a cyclist unnecessarily. Waitaminute, when is it necessary? Nevermind, just bring lights.
12-18-08 | 11:28 PM
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That **** looked like it hurt!
12-19-08 | 07:02 AM
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