On May 29, 1:31*pm, Doug wrote:
On May 29, 10:48*am, Tom Crispin wrote:







On Sun, 29 May 2011 10:25:51 +0100, Tony Dragon

wrote:
On 29/05/2011 10:04, Tom Crispin wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2011 00:11:31 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

A most excellent ride.

Reports here...

http://london.indymedia.org/articles/9160

and here...

http://www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk/main.html

Seems a bit pointless to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnUKOohD9W4

Quotes "we're stopping the traffic for a bit of fun"
"Why are you stopping traffic? , I don't know"

Can anybody tell me what this does for the image of cycling?
After 'events' like this is it any wonder why some people hate cyclists?

I expect most people realise that CM is not representative of
cyclists.

Why do they assume that most cyclists are alike with a standard image
and are somehow representative?

It seems to be the conclusion you draw about motorists.
You talk about a 'licence to kill', 'killer motorists', 'the motorists
mob', etc


CM includes a wide range of individuals with differing views. Also you
may have noticed that this particular ride was mainly led by a bunch
of skateborders, who definitely are not representative of cyclists. So
what?

Doug.

But the ones that you highlight are always the lawbreaking, anti-
social ones, you seem to admire them.