<div dir="ltr">I am a semi regular participant of Critical Mass, you may remember me from riding the black tall bike with, and without the truck horn, and the high wheeler on Halloween.<br>I am de- lurking myself to this list.<br>
I love riding in the mass, and I think many of you have raised some good points about how it effects peoples views of bikers. Now, I am all for the slightly anarchistic methods of the Mass, but I would like to try a slightly different approach that might appeal to a wider rider base(Read Mass Bike). We could call it Courteous Mass.<br>
<br>What? A ride much like Critical Mass, with the difference being that it would stop for lights( and if a light changes mid mass, stop, mass up, and wait for the rest of the group), pedestrians, and when possible leave one lane open for passing traffic. It is still a leaderless group of bicyclists, but they would just be agreeing to some basic guidelines. But Ah ha! you might say, who will organize it and make sure everyone follows the "rules"? Well, how about that by your participation you are deciding that this is how you want it to go. Kind of like the fact that you don't #2 in the middle of the street, because you wouldn't want anybody else to do that either.<br>
<br>Who? Anybody that uses wheels and their own power to get around.<br><br>Where? Copley Square<br><br>When?The second Friday of the month, 5:30-6 ish. The first ride will be August 8th. Tell you friends.<br><br>Why? Because everyone with wheels should feel good about celebrating their awesomeness, and sharing them with other people.<br>
<br>See you there!!!<br> <br>Brendan Larrabee<br>
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