FW: [criticalmass] wow!
Gerbasi, Jenny
It is Jenny here. Donald Benham and I were both there.
Congratulations to everyone for having a respectful and peaceful and massive ride! I have to say I really enjoyed it. My son Joe was there too and he described the Critical Mass ride as a "portable folk festival"
thanks to everyone for getting out an effective message and increasing awareness about cycling.
Jenny Gerbasi
I agree.
I was part of a CM ride in 1999 (?), but I regretted it, so this one
was my first one since. Kudos to all you guys and gals who have been
working so hard at this for so long. It was easy for someone like me to
hop onboard, and I met at least 20 cyclist friends/acquaintances
who were doing their first CM ride. You've done more for bicycling
advocacy in the last two months than anybody else in years.
CJOB, The StupidStation, says "200 riders". There were way more than
that. A friend of mine heard "700", and I'd estimate 500+ at all times,
plus there would be riders who started and left early, and
others who joined enroute. What is the consensus estimate?
I did not see Jenny Gerbasi or Donald Benham, Were they there?
Thanks.
Kevin Miller <mailto:k.a.m...@mts.net>
Jim Sanders wrote:
>
> wow! historic moment today for winnipeg. truly critical mass was
> reached.
> good job everyone. i hope there are even more people next time.
>
> now we just have to make sure the assault charges are dropped and that
> the police behave themselves.
>
> best activist event in winnipeg in years!
>
> take care everyone,
>
> jim
>
> i will have new video up soon about the ride.
On Friday, June 30, 2006, at 12:11 PM, Cliff Lee wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> The Hammer and I were just on CJOB. The guy was a bit of an ass, but
> that was to be expected.
>
> The usual questions and answers: what is CM, why do you ride, are you
> there to instigate fights with the cops, if you're holding up traffic
> shouldn't the cops haul your ass to jail, etc. Not much else of note,
> except that Tim promised to ride naked and oiled-up today. Further
> updates as events warrant.
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nils
600 people in the ride. The whole group took up all of Assinboine Ave
and stretched onto Main St (that was after many riders left when
turning off of Osborne before the bridge)
This was my first Critical Mass and I was very happy with how
everything went. However, I would like to see a ride devoted to
cyclists rights in which all traffic laws would be obeyed.
Great job! See you next month.
Nils