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Past Rides

October 2004 — 22 riders (writeup)
November 2004 — 3 riders (writeup)
March 2005 — ?
April 2005 — 25 riders (Ried's report, Marty's report, Tobin's report)
May 2005 — 15 riders (Andrew's report)
June 2005 — 19 riders
July 2005 — 11 riders
August 2005 —
September 2005 — 27 riders and a screening of Still We Ride at Saint Joseph's House
October 2005 — 19 riders and a screening of The Winking Circle at Ant Hill Cooperative
November 2005 — 2 riders (Ted and Tobin!)
December 2005 — 1 (Ted!)
April 2005 — around 12 riders
September 2006 — 30-40 (Anyone have an exact count?) with a screening of Taken for a Ride at Saint Joseph's House
October 2006 — 20-30(?) in the rain(!) (Pretty hardcore folks! Let's keep it up!) with a screening of Hell House at Saint Joseph's House
November 2006 — 9 folks!! That's up from 2 last year! Ahhh I miss you Tobin...
December 2006 — 10 people. 50 degrees (probably). Go figure...
January 2007 — 4 people — we're talking single digit degrees, snow falling and all over the ground. Bitter cold was unable to crush the indomitable human/bicycle spirit!
February 2007 — 7 people with a screening of Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. media and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict c/o Rochester Indymedia
March 2007 — 35 to 40 bicyclists!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was an indymedia screening about JROTC at St. Joe's.
April 2007 — 35 riders!
May 2007 — 40 riders. One person got a flat and the whole mass did a U-Turn to go back and help them change their tire. Awesome. :)
June 2007 — 70 riders! A full 2-hour Mass that went out to Pittsford Plaza, then back down Park Avenue. Liveblogged at RocBike.com. Aftermass screening of Born in Flames
July 2007 — 50 riders! Shitty weather (rain, thunder storms), but a lot of fun. An hour and 45 min ride.
August 2007 — 50 + riders. Beautiful night. Between the history tour and the mass there were well over 100 bikers on the roads that night!
September 2007 — 50 cyclistas. Rode to West Irondequoit for Homecoming and then circled back into the city. Road Raging Driver kept trying to veer into the mass. It was ugly, but we prevailed!
October 2007 — 40 + 1 or 3 Riders! Some light, yet steady rain; around 55 degrees or so. ROCin' the Road, Rochester Critical Mass's first zine was passed out. Lot's of costumes!! A sound system on a trailer was cranking out music! Lot's of fun despite the rain.
November 2007 — 12 Riders! Mass went to the Alternative Fair! Rochester Indymedia screened "Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad" (a little bit of so much truth).
December 2007 — 15 riders or so
January 2008 — 3 riders
February 2008 — 8 bikers!
March 2008 — 12 bikers + one block of wood.
April 2008 — 35-40 bikes! It was warm (75 degrees); we were happy; people were out. At one point on Monroe, someone in a black Infinity hurled a glass bottle at the mass. No one was injured, but upon hitting the ground, a few riders felt glass/heard noise. Gender representation wasn't as equitable as it could have been.
May 2008 — 40 riders Cloudy yet warm; no rain; sound system trailer was operational. There were a few instances of bicycles breaking down prompting stops to fix bikes. Ended at the playground at Manhattan Sq. Park!
June 2008 — 70-75 bicycles. Rode along Norton eventually moving from the northwest side of the city to the northeast side. We then came back down through Humboldt, Culver, Park, and ended at the Liberty Pole.
July 2008 — ? Can anyone fill this in? Approximate numbers?
August 2008 — ? What about this one? I know mass happened.
September 2008 — ? Again, anyone have numbers? I heard it was slower than August's ride.
October 2008 — 45 bikers. Don't forget to dress up! Lot's of fun was had! Nice weather too! Critical Mass was pulled over by a rogue cop determined to ticket anyone who didn't look him in the eye. After he left, we continued what we were doing. His cop car and lights blocked more traffic than we did. Bad cop! No doughnut.
November 2008 — 12 riders. A bit cooler, but a nice night nonetheless.
December 2008 — 3-5 riders
January 2009 — 3-5 riders.
February 2009 — 6-8 riders
March 2009 — 45-55 riders—50 degree weather! Sunny!
April 2009 — 65-70 riders—80 degrees!!!!
May 2009 — 83 people! Beautiful weather.