Critical Mass - Rochester Wiki

Next Regularly Scheduled Ride:

Friday, May 30, 2008 (6PM at the Liberty Pole or 5:30PM at the U of R Clocktower)

"Critical Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists' right to the road. The idea started in San Francisco in September 1992 and quickly spread to cities all over the world. Critical Mass has no leaders, and no central organization licenses rides. In every city that has a CM ride, some locals simply picked a date, time, and location for the ride and publicized it, and thus the ride was born. CM is an idea and an event, not an organization." — criticalmassrides.info

For more information, see http://www.critical-mass.org/ or http://critical-mass.info/

Don't have a bike? UR students may borrow bikes from City Cycles.

To plan critical mass rides in Rochester or to find out when the next ride is happening, sign up for the Rochester Critical Mass mailing list or send an e-mail to [rochester-critical-mass-subscribe@googlegroups.com]. Critical mass rides traditionally occur on the last Friday of the month. The ride departs from the Wilson Commons clocktower on the UR campus at 5:30pm and from the Liberty Pole (downtown) at 6:00pm, as agreed on the April 2006 ride.

Rochester Critical Mass MySpace page: http://myspace.com/rochestercriticalmass

Photos of Critical Mass worldwide: http://flickr.com/photos/tags/criticalmass/

Want to know more about Critical Mass? There's a great article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass

Past Rides and Pictures

For a list of past rides and events, see Critical Mass/Past Rides or take a look at the pictures.

Nearby Rides

Syracuse — Critical Mass was organized in Syracuse in September 2005, with a hugely successful inaugural ride on Wednesday, October 5th. Check out the movies and a picture!
Buffalo — There are Critical Mass rides seemingly every week in Buffalo. Flyers and word-of-mouth have turned these events into usually large gatherings, including an off-shoot group that normally rides in various levels of intoxication at midnight. It is appropriately named "Midnight Mass." Rochester should totally do this.

Bicycle laws, rules, regulations

Community Bike Alliance

The Community Bike Alliance exists to create community, solidarity, and safety for all on the roads through the use of direct action, education, and legislation, while fostering personal responsibility, growth, and autonomy. The CBA doesn't appear to be meeting right now.