More on the London Critical Mass ride on Friday.

On 28 Mar, 21:11, ashley filmer wrote:
On 28 Mar, 06:44, Doug wrote:



"Bike ride for three London cyclists killed by lorries
Miranda Bryant
26.03.10

Hundreds of cyclists are joining a mass bike ride today to raise
awareness of the dangers that lorries pose to cyclists in London.

The event is in memory of three cyclists who have died in the capital
in the past few weeks. They were killed in collisions with HGV
lorries.

Another cyclist is critical in hospital after being hit by a police
car in Islington on its way to a shooting in Hackney on Wednesday
night.

The cyclist, 59, who has not been named, was said to have been thrown
through the air by the force of the collision.

The ride, starting at 6pm on the South Bank under Waterloo Bridge,
goes to Tower Bridge Road, where the accident involving university
professor David Vilaseca, 46, occurred, then Weston Street in
Southwark, where student Haris Ahmed, 21, was killed and Lauriston
Road in Hackney, near where singer Shivon Watson, 28, died. There will
be a minute's silence at each site.

Maxwell Watson, 53, Ms Watson's father, said of the mass bike ride: "I
am very grateful to them for highlighting how bad the traffic is in
London and how irresponsible drivers are.”"

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...-bike-ride-wil...

I thought that critical mass was all about 'reclaiming the streets'
and a ride which has no beginning, no end and no direction. Who are
these people hijacking critical mass in the name of these fallen
cyclists, and why are you letting them get away with it Doug ?

Two points here.

Critical Mass is not ALL about anything. It is about different things
to different participants at different times.

Secondly, from time to time CM is hijacked by people who take over the
front of the ride for their own purposes. Usually those at the front
discuss among themselves which way to go and a consensus wins.
However, this does not mean that the mass at the back will inevitably
follow. My guess, and that is all it is, is that a majority of
participants on this ride were sympathetic to the aims of those at the
front or else they didn't care which way they went.

--
Critical Mass London
http://www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk
"Get out of my way you f*ing cyclist"

On 29 Mar, 08:15, Doug wrote:
On 28 Mar, 21:11, ashley filmer wrote:



On 28 Mar, 06:44, Doug wrote:

"Bike ride for three London cyclists killed by lorries
Miranda Bryant
26.03.10

Hundreds of cyclists are joining a mass bike ride today to raise
awareness of the dangers that lorries pose to cyclists in London.

The event is in memory of three cyclists who have died in the capital
in the past few weeks. They were killed in collisions with HGV
lorries.

Another cyclist is critical in hospital after being hit by a police
car in Islington on its way to a shooting in Hackney on Wednesday
night.

The cyclist, 59, who has not been named, was said to have been thrown
through the air by the force of the collision.

The ride, starting at 6pm on the South Bank under Waterloo Bridge,
goes to Tower Bridge Road, where the accident involving university
professor David Vilaseca, 46, occurred, then Weston Street in
Southwark, where student Haris Ahmed, 21, was killed and Lauriston
Road in Hackney, near where singer Shivon Watson, 28, died. There will
be a minute's silence at each site.

Maxwell Watson, 53, Ms Watson's father, said of the mass bike ride: "I
am very grateful to them for highlighting how bad the traffic is in
London and how irresponsible drivers are.”"

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...-bike-ride-wil....

I thought that critical mass was all about 'reclaiming the streets'
and a ride which has no beginning, no end and no direction. Who are
these people hijacking critical mass in the name of these fallen
cyclists, and why are you letting them get away with it Doug ?

Two points here.

Critical Mass is not ALL about anything. It is about different things
to different participants at different times.

Secondly, from time to time CM is hijacked by people who take over the
front of the ride for their own purposes. Usually those at the front
discuss among themselves which way to go and a consensus wins.
However, this does not mean that the mass at the back will inevitably
follow. My guess, and that is all it is, is that a majority of
participants on this ride were sympathetic to the aims of those at the
front or else they didn't care which way they went.

--
Critical Mass Londonhttp://www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk
"Get out of my way you f*ing cyclist"- Hide quoted text -

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So if the ride does not have a purpose, what is the point ?

On 29 Mar, 08:15, Doug wrote:

On 28 Mar, 21:11, ashley filmer wrote:
On 28 Mar, 06:44, Doug wrote:

"Bike ride for three London cyclists killed by lorries

So how much did this sponsored ride raise?

Anyone know?