Hi all,

Well it's the last Friday of July and did you go to CM? I did and what a
great night it was.  I hugged a FUZZ and met some new friends too.  Even met
a guy who was at the last two CMs in Budapest.  I watched the video of those
CMs and they IMO were the best show on earth.  So it was great talking to
someone who was actually there  (CM is special folks).

It started a bit late today but that seems to happen every CM now.  Later
and later? But never mind.  The spirit of Flocking Around (That's what I
call it) is truly liberating.   Not sure of the route but we went down some
side roads and there was definitely no organizing.  The FUZZ were great too.
Bitching any drivers that dare complain.  I felt a bit sorry for some of the
motorists but this is just a monthly event promoting the joys of cycling.
And what a joy is was/is to ride around my great city.

The past few days I have ridden over sixty miles and feeling it as I write
this.  So no Papa funny business tonight :( But I did take my Dual Saft VHD
modules and will report back in another thread with some exciting
observations.  

Below are a few pictures.  I was not on form today so not many good ones I'm
afraid.  But I did capture some nice video and will Google that later, sorry
for anyone on dial up :9(

Cheers,

Rich

Btw, Gabriel, if you read this I wish you god speed on your adventure!!!
Take care my friend and see you next year.  

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You can physically see the bikes reach critical mass as we left.  As every
min past the more bikes turned up.  

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This shop was weird? They had bikes hanging inside their shop/garage all
over? Very strange.  But they did cheer the MASS as it pasted.  I stopped
and educated them on the Joys of Electrickery but forgot I left my friend
Gabriel and had to shoot after him....

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Lots of Flocking Around!  

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 Less Flocking and more stopping :(

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The FUZZ next to me in this photo is the nicest person you could meet! As
were all the FUZZ (Cycle Police) this night.  I tried to get a shot of this
guy as he seemed to go out of his way to make sure we were all alright.  I
watch carefully as all the FUZZ did their thing and was quite impressed.
Shame I messed the photo up.

Also, I spent a bit of time up front.   Would go off in the lead, stop and
take some shots as the MASS passed.  It was nice up front and several riders
were very good at doing stunts (Wheelies ect..) and I was very impressed how
the FUZZ turned a blind eye.  Especial the sprint race! Real fun  (Sorry I
left everyone (Honest!). But we must try and not take advantage of a good
thing :)  ( Again, Honest!) I did mess up several times trying to get my
Sony camera to focus.  So I missed some great shots :( Especially as night
came and the rain started pouring.  My damn camera shots were FUZZY (Stop
Laughing)

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This guy went to the other side of the road and lay down and went to sleep?
The FUZZ soon came alone as he was block traffic on the other side of the
road. Silly boy.

He & the FUZZ had a friendly laugh and the guy was asked to move on. which
he did. All is well that ends well.  

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This is where my camera goes fuzzy.  But you can just make out the FUZZ
"Marveling" at my machine.  Did you see them Marvel?

As this is bad camera work I'm adding a small 250kb video of the guy
sleeping in the road.  It was funny!

The Rest of the video I will try and work on tomorrow.  I'll Google
something up.  

Thanks for taking the time,

Rich  

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