[van-announce] Augusty Massive Bicycles Roll

[Critical Mass Vancouver]

COME RIDE/RELAX/PARTY WITH US!



                                This Friday, Today
                                    August 26 2005
                                      Der Critical Mass Bike Ride
And Rollerblade, Skate, Wheel, Walk, Street Party
                         Meet 5-5:30pm  Depart 6pm
            From Vancouver Arte Gallery Georgia St
                                Downtown Vancouver
                        Ride To Be Free. Free Ride.



THE LAST RIDE OF THE SUMMER. come on out for a relaxing fun party
in your city streets. a comfortable ride for all riding sensibilities,
enjoy a safer riding experience with less cars, as we temporarily displace
the automobile and imagine a healthier city. rain or shine - forecast:
shiny rolling fun!



NO DECIDED upon costume theme, though costumes are always fun and 
encouraged. suggestions include: mythical creatures, gods and goddesses, 
puppies and kittens, fruits and vegetables, blue sky ride [a theme we've 
often advocated for september rides which never seems to work because of 
the september rain], mohawks, raised central head-hair planar unit, parkas, 
no pants, ride in circles [how big, circles are inevitable], everybody 
dresses up like couriers, bloodbath [shocking CARnage], burrard street bike 
lanes, no highway through east vancouver, september 22 car free day, 
support the striking telus/cbc workers, semi-formal cotillion, naked 
sockeye theme - your guess is as good as mine.

* www.velolove.bc.ca * www.bikesexual.org/cm * VANCOUVERCM.BLOGSPOT.COM * 
onedayvancouver.ca



 >>> LOOK OUT FOR FREE BREAKFAST on the bikeroute on friday morning, stop 
and help out promote the cm ride or donate food http://www.mcthree.ca/



 >>> PLEASE HURRY UP with the bike lane on burrard street bridge. it is not 
yet a done deal and needs lots of support. sadly, steadfast cyclist city 
councillor peter ladner, [who even rode in the 2000+4 wheels cm ride among 
other achievements] is caving into backroom corporate pressure instead of 
the city's grassroots 'powerful cycling lobby'. he currently says he is 
against the long needed improvement [it's been 12 years]. but he can't ride 
with that! it's stupid to cling to outmoded automobile-only facilities 30 
years into global warming with a looming oil crisis and repeated proof that 
human powered cities work better. [<a 
href="mailto:peter.ladner at vancouver.ca">email peter!</a>] this is not 
radical change peter, bike lanes replacing very few car lanes is the bare 
minimum. do you want to remain a solitary cyclist? or do you wish there was 
a mass every day!? cars take more space to carry less people, slower. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/burrard_street_bridge



 >>> HEY FINALLY, on thursday, september 22, 2005, vancouver will join 
1,500 other cities and 100 million people worldwide in celebration of car 
free day. from noon to 8:00 pm, people of all ages will be walking, 
jogging, skating, cycling, scootering, taking transit or ride-sharing to 
hip, historic gastown for a fun, friendly festival. water street and 1 
block of carrall street will be closed to vehicles and transformed into a 
traffic-free streetscape with music, performances and displays that 
celebrate the healthy and affordable ways people in our community can move 
around. http://onedayvancouver.ca/carfreeday.html


 >>> there have been TONS OF FUN rides this summer. many were announceed on 
the the vancouver cm blog and you can read about them in the archives. 
don't forget to post your photos, or link your photos there, so that 
everyone can share in the reminiscing http://vancouvercm.blogspot.com you 
can either post in a comment or post your own feature
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 >>> TUNE IN and listen to the pedal revolutionary radio program on citr 
101.9fm [or online citr.ca] on alternating thursdays from 5-6pm. now hosted 
by your excellent host conradical with many excellent insightful interviews 
on bike related culture and politics in this city.