[van-announce] ride with pride!

[Critical Mass Vancouver Lover]

While the Vancouver Pride Parade is Sunday, August 5th. There is a slightly 
faster version on the last friday of the month.
 >>>July Pride Ride Critical Mass!

Be proud to ride a bicycle or skate in the city, come out of the gutter.
5.30pm on the lions side of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Maybe a little more colour and costumes this month?
Dress up or down as much as you like!
The more fun you put in, the more of a gay ol' time we will all have.
http://www.velolove.bc.ca
http://vancouvercm.blogspot.com

This will be a ride to the beach. All are invited, young and old. 
Especially families of all sorts. Let's celebrate our strength in one 
another: our diversity. In the streets, social and human and without fear 
of cars or bigots.

Post ride festivities will be at the beach or at the Anza Club Velofusion 
Pride Themed Party.
http://pedalfusion.org

It will be hot!

     * Saturday night is the annual illuminaries lantern festival.
     Besides chopper bikes there will be carfree
     victoria drive this year! Fun. http://publicdreams.org/

     * world record naked bike ride, sunday the 29th,
     at sunset beach. At noon, bodypaint, at 2pm
     the ride. You get a feeling of freedom that is
     unmatched by cycling naked.
     http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/vancouver

     * don't forget this thursday night is the midnight
     mass ride. A cooler mass that will get you
     dreaming of bicycles in real life the night
     before the big thing. http://midnight-mass.blogspot.com/

     * garbage strike!? Don't fret, Recycle!
     Computers: http://freegeekvancouver.org/
     Bike Depot: http://www.pedalpower.org/