Critical Mass DC

Hello Critical Mass(ers)!

After the ride this Friday how about heading towards Mt. Pleasant for a Bike-In movie?! There will be popcorn, good movies, AND great people.

Chain Reaction & Women’s Garden Cycle Bike Tour present to you 2 nights that will inspire your bicycling and gardening spirits. You might not even ride a bicycle or have a green thumb but by the end of this weekend in March you will understand and enjoy the joys both activities bring to your heart and mind!

March 2nd - Bike-In Movie Night @ 7pm

showing:
* Breaking Away
* A doc film of sorts

providing:
* popcorn…lots of popcorn

$5 suggested donation PLUS please RSVP for this event - gardencycles@gmail.com

Location: Lamont Street Collective - 1822 Lamont Street, NW (Mt. Pleasant)

March 3rd - Art-o-bicycle @ 7pm till late

presenting:
* music shows and art of all types (if interested in hanging/presenting your art at this show, please contact me!)

$5 suggested donation

Location: Lamont Street Collective - 1822 Lamont Street, NW (Mt. Pleasant)

The purpose of this weekend is to raise some dollars, yes, but it also a weekend to raise awarness and support for D.C.’s only community bicycle shop. Chain Reaction Bike Shop educates youth about the role of the bicycle in sustainable communities, equips youth with job skills, and provides residents of Washington, DC, with safe, affordable, and pollution-free transportation.

The Youth Bike Shop, an entrepreneurial venture of Chain Reaction, hires youth mechanics to recycle donated bikes for resale and complete repairs for customers. All revenue generated supports educational workshops and the work of the youth mechanics.

Plus, you’ll also be hearing about the Women’s Garden Cycles Bike Tour. Three women are biking from D.C. to Montreal this summer/fall to document local alternatives to the industrial agricultural model - with dozens of stops along the way at urban community gardens, rural local foods movements, CSA farms, co-ops and projects in appropriate technology, etc. Our aim to connect such innovative projects along the east coast through thorough audio and visual documentation and a website… You’ll hear more about it if you come to these events!

So please, invite everyone and anyone and if you want to be involved with music, art, food, interpretive bicycle dancing number…let me know! EMAIL US - gardencycles@gmail.com
and we’ll coordinate art drop offs and musical numbers!

Thank you and look forward to seeing you all!

Liz

Women’s Garden Cycle Tour
organizer/participant

I’d like to take a little video of CM DC sometime at one of the first Friday rides. Would this pose a problem for anyone? I intend to use it to eventually in making a video for a song (”Bicycle Song”) by a band (”Nozebone the Band”) which ceased to exist years ago. There’s not much chance this video would be widely seen. Just thought I’d ask if this was okay.

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY - Dozens of cyclists rode nude through downtown Mexico City on
Saturday, demanding respect from motorists and protesting against the
car-oriented culture in this megalopolis.

Read More

Hey hey, check out this awesome video on Copenhagen’s cycling scene: City of Cyclists

They have FREE BIKES in the city - straight out of Ecotopia!!!

This would be my first time attending the ride. I have invited a friend to ride with me and it would her first time too. Can anyone give me an idea of what it is like and what should I expect to see and where will we be riding and for how long on the Jan 6th Critical Mass DC ride!?

Critical Massers,

Welcome to the new unofficial Critical Mass DC website powered by Wordpress blogware. We’ve gotten most of the kinks worked out and are now inviting everyone to register. You can then write new posts by accessing the adiministration screens, also found at the bottom of the homepage (click on write/write post, once you’re in).

So have a look around, drop some comments, make it your own.

See you on the streets,

Pooty T

We’re working on the Critcal Mass DC site. Please check back in a few days.