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Critical Mass, May 1, 2009

So I have been doing some browsing and it kind of seems that the Critical Mass of Abq. is kinda in a recession.... How about a revival? Its MySpace page says the first Friday of every month, 5pm, at the duck pond on the UNM campus.

Anybody up for a ride tonight? Any news about a CM in Abq. that I'm not aware of?

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Permalink Reply by Benny the Icepick on May 1, 2009 at 3:41pm: I have class every other Friday afternoon, and just about every CM in the past six months has been on one of my class weekends. I saw the group last month, and there was a piddly dozen riders or so - stark contrast to the 150-200 riders we were getting last summer.

Hopefully there'll be a few more tonight, but I won't be able to join.

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Permalink Reply by Joshua McDowell on May 1, 2009 at 3:43pm: Well then I am looking forward to the "hundreds of people" days. Maybe moving it to 6pm tonight would help? 5pm seems super early when the sun is high in our New Mexico sky.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Benny the Icepick on May 1, 2009 at 3:49pm: They usually gather at 5:30, and don't start rolling until around 6pm.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joshua McDowell on May 1, 2009 at 3:55pm: Thanks Benny!

Hope to see you at the next one. To be honest, I am usually working so I rarely get to participate. I think there could be enough who wouldn't mind meeting two-three times a month . . . varying the days to get a variety of bikers.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Benny the Icepick on May 1, 2009 at 4:06pm: //there could be enough who wouldn't mind meeting two-three times a month //
There are plenty of clubs in ABQ of varying levels of formality. BiciAccion used to have weekly rides, and I think they still do. Find Julian the Bike Pirate on this site, and he'll tell you more.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Jane on May 1, 2009 at 11:26pm: I hate to say but I was pretty disappointed with the critical mass ride that I went on here in the 505. They rode up indian school to abq uptown... but it didnt really make much sense doing so as a "demonstration". We basically stayed in the bike lane, single file.... where's the "illegal demonstration" in that? Maybe I'm just a wild child, but if I was to organize a critical mass demonstration here, on a friday night, I'd head where the masses are (downtown, central, nob hill, rio grande, etc) not indian school and abq uptown.

They also rode pretty fast- but then again, I have a three speed million pound cruiser. If anyone goes and they decide to stick around the campus/nob hill/downtown area and actually demonstrate let me know, because I'd be down to go if it was a bit more demonstrative.; ▶ Reply to This