Why do you go on Critical Mass (Audio)
Critical Mass - A community of cyclists
CycleSavvy A Blog -Give your view on biking issues
In town without my car Campaign ?
" a unique moment in the year when the elected town councillors can test their transport policies in situ. "
Social effects of motorized transport
Critical Mass artwork
STILL WE RIDE - touring videomakers coming
Interested in collaborating with two touring filmmakers and/or screening a unique bike/police video from the USA - or know others who might be able to help - or have any ideas?... let us know!
Wikimass
Critical Mass is an event held typically on the last Friday of every month in cities around the world , where bicyclists and self-propelled people take to the streets en masse . Critical Mass has no leaders, and no goals other than to meet once every month and enjoy the security of riding, rolling and travelling through the city together. Critics, in particular the auto industry, have claimed that this is a deliberate attempt to obstruct traffic , and cause a disruption of normal city functions. Critical Mass does slow city traffic, but Critical Mass riders counter criticisms that they are causing congestion saying "We aren't blocking traffic, we are traffic. "
What's it about The last Friday of every month, George Square, 5: 30 A community of cyclists. Beginners guide
Bike as propaganda machine
I was just thinking if you had a wee device to clip on to your handlebars that could be used to hold flyers 1. It would make it safer to distribute flyers, selecting one at a time when needed instead of carrying a bunch in your hand. 2. You could use it to distribute any kind of flyers not only Critical mass ones. 3. And if the idea caught on you could leave some on the gizzmo when your bike is parked allowing people to help themselves. (only to the leaflets I hope) ?
Here are some links sent in by velorutioners
63xc.com is for everyone who likes to take their fixed gear bike off road. (That's a pretty small group right now, but numbers are growing.) Couriers and other urban fixers will find useful info here, too, and some bits should be of interest to anyone on a bike.
sheldonbrown.com If you're looking for my bicycle articles, here are some quick links:
Velo City Bike Dublin Velo-city conference aims: To promote cycling in modern urban living.To share the recent Dublin cycle experiences with developing cities. To provide a forum for the communication of ideas. To demonstrate the role of cycling within an integrated strategy. To provoke discussion, debate and action and prepare for Velo Mondial 2006.
The Bike Zone With or without Mint Sauce
Bike run pictures (Glasgow various pics)
The bike station
The Bike Station is a community project that accepts donated bikes from members of the public and recycles them for use by priority groups of people such as the long term unemployed, those who have been homeless and those with mental health problems. A proportion of renovated bikes are sold to raise funds.
Raging Bike
Raging Bike is run by a small group of people who got tired of being treated like second class citizens by motorists, when travelling to work by bike. As tax payers we believe roads belong to us and we have as much right to ride on them at 10 mph as a car has to drive on them at 30 mph. None of us are super fit cyclists. We just use our bikes to commute quickly, cheaply and conveniently.
50 years ago nearly 40% of UK road traffic was made up of bicycles. In the UK, cycling is still the fastest and cleanest means of transport for urban trips under 6 miles.
Pedal Power
PEDAL [Pedal Energy Development Alternatives] develops and promotes the use of pedal powered technology. We believe that bicycles and pedal driven technology are a key component to both reducing our negative environmental impact on the planet, and to improving the quality of life for people locally and globally...
Dandy Horse
Around 1840 a man called Kirkpatrick MacMilllan, a blacksmith, arrived in Glasgow from Dumfriesshire by his "bicycle", also known as the Dandy Horse. This was the first modern bike we know..with pedals, so he could ride without putting his feet on the ground : a perfect invention as a personal, clean, selfpropelled means of transportation. As he arrived in town, after two days trip (the bike wheight was 57 lb), the crowd was very curious to see what was that "thing",and little a girl was lightly injured going on his path. The man was fined 5 shellings at Police Court for speeding (8 mph!), but when the magistrate saw him riding, he let him go free. His niece Mary Marchbank is known as the world's first lady cyclist. In the late 1850 newspaper were talking about Glasgow traffic :"Motorist are blamed for selfishly causing congestion and they in turn accuse Glasgow famous tramcars for the hold-ups". In a short time all trams were gone. The new Glasgow needed motorway,high rise flats and supermarkets. Everything went in deference to the motor car, and it's not the trams folk miss as what they symbolize: their lost community. R.
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