Cyclists Aim to Block Traffic

The Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | 3/28/03 | Chris Dovi

[outabounds]

Downtown drivers, set your cruise controls to slow.

Critical Mass, the monthly bicycle awareness event aimed at forcing motorists to take notice of their two-wheeled lane mates, typically barely gathers enough momentum to ruffle feathers, let alone rattle commuters.

Today at 4:30 p.m. that may change.

[outabounds]

Here we go again, Richmond...I see more potential human shields!!!!!

[Noumenon]

Visualize broomsticks in spokes. Thumbtacks work wonders as well.

[meowmeow]

Cyclists aim to block traffic Group to call attention to selves, U.S. use of oil

Of course, no petroleum products are used in the manufacturing of bikes and associated equipment, and those tight little spandex pants. </sarcasm off>

[EggsAckley]

critical mass-holes.

[SquirrelKing]

VRRROOOOOMMM....

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

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[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

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[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Great, just great. Their "leader", C.T. Lawrence Butler, is a "free love" kinda guy.

http://www.polyamorysociety.org/

[bmwcyle]

SUVs VS Bikes, you decide.

[outabounds]

So many bicyclists, so little time...

[Wolfie]

Sounds like a job for the Mangler.

[mhking]

Rumble Strips! Take 'em at full speed!

[Southern_Republican]

Time to bleed the brakes and take it out for a spin.

[mhking]

ROTFLMAO!!!!

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[Grampa Dave]

When events like this happen or bad cyclists threaten me, I just take my heavy duty cane out.

It isn't my fault when a poor old 64 year man in a stage of panic due to a dangerous bike terrorists accidentally gets his cane in the front wheel spokes.

Amazing how those tough clymers before the cane, just lay there and moan and groan and cry on the sidewalk with their crashed bike all around their body parts.

[AppyPappy]

And old people have trouble holding stuff, say for instance, boxes of thumbtacks. It would be a shame if they accidentally spilled them.

[Grampa Dave]

Actually I have found that a box of the old style jacks that kids play with, work even better as a shaky old man drops his jacks.

[Steve0113]

ping

[Protagoras]

Just a group of whackjobs who are a discredit all of us who love to cycle. I think I'll put a flag on my bike like we did when I was a kid on memorial day.