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*Courteous* Mass

Aug 2008 8
Fri 5:30 PM
Location
Copley Square

580 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

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How to find us
"Orange Messenger Bag / Brown Bike with Blue Wheels"

Estimated attendance
 8  people attended.
4.00 4.004

Who organized?
Jon Ramos

You may have heard of a monthly ride called Critical Mass. Critical Mass is a leaderless bike ride that wanders through the streets of Boston and the surrounding neighborhoods.

Many people feel that the Critical Mass bike ride does more harm than good for the cycling community because the mass will cork motorist traffic, and not obey the laws of the road...

A brand new group ride is being created called COURTEOUS MASS! It will essentially be the same principal as Critical Mass (lots of fun, safety in numbers, party on two wheels, etc) except that we will stop at red lights and not cause any unnecessary tension between cars and riders.

You now have a chance to help make this idea take flight, because the very first ride will be Friday August 8th @ 5:30pm (ride leaves at 6) meet in Copley Square near the big fountain.

Feel free to be creative with your bike, attire, boombox, etc... I have seen riders of Critical Mass strap an upside down bucket to their bike and jam on it with some drumsticks. Just because we are following the rules doesn't mean it cant be fun.

see you there!
- Jon

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Talk about this Meetup

  • Tim Pierce
    Posted Aug 10, 2008 1:44 AM
    Tim Pierce
    This was ten kinds of awesome. Absolutely exceeded my expectations despite the pouring rain. Looking forward to doing it again next month.
  • Pre-Meetup comments below
  • Jon Ramos
    Posted Aug 8, 2008 12:13 AM
    Jon Ramos
    Assistant Organizer
    SOoooo.... I am still biking to work friday morning despite the rainy forecast. If it is pouring rain at 5pm, I may not stick around for the ride. If it is just a drizzle, then I will be there. Look for me with my orange messenger bag, and my brown bike with light blue wheels.
  • Ken
    Posted Aug 7, 2008 9:50 PM
    Ken
    I'v ridden the criticle mass ride and this sounds fun even without the chance of a disorderly conduct charge.; ) lol ~Ken~

Who attended?

  • 8 attendees
    • Ken
      “ The meet was a blast in spite of the rain. there will be a ride every month. Maybee next month we all grab some drinks afterwards. ~Ken~ ”
    • “ too bad it rained... only got as far as the north end before I bailed out and biked home in the pouring rain. ”
    • “ Well-we got rained on, but it was fun anyway. ”