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A-Whoooosh... exhales at last...
Just read all 93(?) posts - tried not to skip (skimmed the digression into suitable commuting clobber!)
I have been on a few CMs years ago and also demo'd about things I cared about...
Participants then were predominantly crusty trustafarians on bikes which did not look often used (where can I buy one of those rust-coloured chains
).
A demo on a bike it certainly was...
In this city, it fizzled out after a while. (restarted recently)
quote from earlier post "what can and will you do to create that change?"
Some years later I was asked to re-start CM here ("I see you on your bike every day...")
When I declined, gave my reasons and suggested my alternative, I just got a blank look...
I explained that I felt that for every supportive toot-toot, another 4 hated us just that bit more for acting like tw4ts and others who did not care either way became prejudiced against us.
Some of whom would badly treat the next cyclist they came across.
My alternative;
Everybody using their bikes at the same time while sticking to the rules of the road. In a group, if you so choose...
Critical mass yes, critical mess no!
P.S. I'm not anti-car, I just don't think it is an appropriate inner city mass-transit technology.
Just read all 93(?) posts - tried not to skip (skimmed the digression into suitable commuting clobber!)
I have been on a few CMs years ago and also demo'd about things I cared about...
Participants then were predominantly crusty trustafarians on bikes which did not look often used (where can I buy one of those rust-coloured chains

A demo on a bike it certainly was...
In this city, it fizzled out after a while. (restarted recently)
quote from earlier post "what can and will you do to create that change?"
Some years later I was asked to re-start CM here ("I see you on your bike every day...")
When I declined, gave my reasons and suggested my alternative, I just got a blank look...
I explained that I felt that for every supportive toot-toot, another 4 hated us just that bit more for acting like tw4ts and others who did not care either way became prejudiced against us.
Some of whom would badly treat the next cyclist they came across.
My alternative;
Everybody using their bikes at the same time while sticking to the rules of the road. In a group, if you so choose...
Critical mass yes, critical mess no!
P.S. I'm not anti-car, I just don't think it is an appropriate inner city mass-transit technology.