August 28, 2004
Critical Mass & the RNC
lasts nights critical mass ride was the raddest i`ve ever been on.it was mostly peaceful, but the cnn report here that BW posted is also true: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-PLS&idq=/ff/story/0001/20040828/0627542632.htm
but that didn`t happen till way later- while we were riding all over manhattan things were great and there were no disruptions. there were thousands of us. way later when people didn`t dispurse and when a cycle cop accidently rode over a biker... things got messier. they also blocked off all the west going streets with city buses later in the evening. after getting dinner and drinks after the ride i went to check out the mayhem and i saw some people in paddy wagons and the saddest of all - bikes on top of seized bikes in a huge truck.
the ride that i was a part of was great - it was much longer than usual and went all over the place - up through times square - by madison garden - up madison - across houston - through both the west and east village... up 7th ave. just all over the place, it was great.
lotsa bikes:
the flag backdrop is most appropriate....
paul revere rides again and i love his tatoo
decent into times square
watching in times square
bad shot of the pile of seized bikes in the wagon
