20,000 people attend Budapest Critical Mass “Fashion ride”
Cool bikes, Critical mass, Joie de vivre, Tuesday night ride, imminent death of car-based culture October 1st, 2009
So says Copenhagen Cycle Chic.
This Critical Mass had a less agro attitude than ours tend to — they stopped at lights, for example. I can hardly imagine what 20,000 riders must look like, but I’d sure like to see it some day.
Our own Tuesday Night Bike Ride had 215 riders this week, or about one percent of what they mustered over there in Hungary. But I’m not complaining. This week we passed by a house with a woman on the lawn who had apparently heard of the ride before. She come out to watch when she heard us go by and yelled out how happy she was to see us. We rang our bells and hollered back.
That’s so much more fun that yelling back at motorists after you cut them off.
–Erik Ryberg
October 5th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Hi Erik–
Are the TNBRs still at 8 p.m., meeting at the UA flagpole? I’d like to take some pictures for my photo class…I think what you all do is so cool!
Thanks!
October 5th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Hi Christine, yes, people start to meet around 8 PM but most don’t really show up till 8:15, then leave around 8:30.
April 18th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Heyhey, thanks for the image. We are about to play a show there and we expect 1000s for the 10th anniversary of their Earth Day Critical Mass!