I, like you, used to enjoy critical mass in Toronto, until it got out of hand.

I think I recall seeing you ride with your accordion slung, and stopping to play some nineinchnails along the way. Those were the days when someone would hand out bicycle cards and clothespins and 75 cyclists would cruise down the streets “motoring” along, and celebrating the youthful innocence of bicycle riding. (what was that, like, 10 years ago?)

I, also like you, stopped riding with this group when they got too aggressive, pushing and yelling at pedestrians and car drivers, and strangely, even other cyclists!?

I’d be there if Critical Manners were to show up in Toronto. Sounds like a good balancing out of the cyclist representation in traffic.

/rd

Well, if you’re in the San Francisco area, it’s happening on Friday November 9th — meet up at northeast corner of Larkin and Grove (where Civic Center Plaza is) at 5:30 p.m.; the ride starts at 6.

Since you and I are both in Toronto, one of us will have to get the ear of the more influential folks at Critical Mass Toronto to get the ball rolling here.