Didn't go, heard it was huge. Will be there next month.
laura
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:07 pm
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The Red Square to Westlake group was a mini-CM in and of itself. You guys were taking over Fairview as I was heading up Eastlake. It was quite a sight, as usual.
While I was in the simulator on Friday morning, I got a rad back spasm and got to go to the doc who gave me some more little friends. They're a horsepill sized muscle relaxant or something. And they knocked me out solid from 4 in the afternoon until like three the next morning.
I had some really messed up dreams about you guys and onion-flavoured fruit and wee bree.
Oh, was there a bicycle ride too?
ethan
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:28 pm
Joined: 21 Jan 2008Posts: 920Location: Maple Leaf
Good times at, and great weather, too, for my first Critical Mass!!! I think I was grinning almost the entire time. What a fuckin' incredible experience, biking with like 200+ people or whatever it was. Wow.
Yeah this weekend had several “firsts” for me including, among other things.... first ever CM on Friday; first ever show at Studio Seven on Saturday; and today was my first times for both Todai Sushi and the SAM sculpture park! Ahh, fun stuff.... hope you alls had killer weekends too.
Hey Oldbiker82, I thought you were gonna ski Mt St Helens yesterday; maybe road conditions postponed it or something..?
Oldmesenger82
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:55 pm
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No skiing this weekend. Glad you liked CM.
FieryIrie
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:17 am
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Critical Mass rocks.
Todai sucks.
mechagodzilla
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:07 am
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I tried to remain a crotchety old hater when the mass decided to go over the Aurora bridge, but dammit, it really was a thing to be seen.
Met up with the Red Square contingent for the first time, too. Good stuff; a miniature CM on it's own.
Also, first group ride on a fixie.
My knees hurt.
MyNameIsJeff
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:58 am
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Did that fucking bike hobo take CM on Aurora? Was it him?
Someone please put a stick in his wheel.
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:11 am
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I had a pretty good time at mass. Some dude got his wheel taco'd by an angry motorist, but honestly it looked like the dude got what was coming to him.
Lesson: Do not cork the middle of the road. Cork intersections. Cars expect to be allowed to move forward in the middle of the block. Plus, the bulk of the group was already blocks ahead at the time and there was no reason to cork the car anyway. The dude stopped in front of the car, and the car moved forward to nudge him out of the way. Wheel got taco'd. Dude should have just let it go. Pick your battles.
Other than that, the ride was fun. Great weather, big turnout. We rode south to Safeco where the thongs of M's fan looked at us like we we're aliens, then up to the ghetto velo and on to the Aurora bridge.
koos42
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:39 am
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mass was awesome. It was huge, and tons of people wound up drinkin' on gasworks. Matt let me borrow his Pugsley for an epic ride down the hill. I need one of those bikes.
Matt, sorry & thanks.
mechagodzilla
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:43 am
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MyNameIsJeff wrote:
Did that fucking bike hobo take CM on Aurora? Was it him?
You mean that old hippie who kept saying patronizing things like, "Now remember guys, if you go too fast then it's not fun for the slow people, and if it's not fun for everyone then it's not fun at all, etc etc..."? That guy?
Don't think so. But that dude sucked. Seriously.
surlykat
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:00 pm
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Seriously, if CM is going to go on Aurora, the way we did it this month is the way to go. We took Mercer to Dexter, then Dexter to QA Ave (?) and then got on Aurora at the last entrance before the bridge, then promptly exited at the bottom of the bridge. Best way to do it.
Also, i don't care if he was an old hippie, or if he was annoying, he has a point. CM needs to be a *mass*, not a snake, as has happened a ton of times in the recent past.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:17 pm
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critical mass isn't good enough.
it needs to change to more accurately reflect my own opinions/seat color.
mechagodzilla
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:25 pm
Joined: 07 Mar 2007Posts: 55Location: hipster ghetto, wa
surlykat wrote:
Seriously, if CM is going to go on Aurora, the way we did it this month is the way to go. We took Mercer to Dexter, then Dexter to QA Ave (?) and then got on Aurora at the last entrance before the bridge, then promptly exited at the bottom of the bridge. Best way to do it.
Also, i don't care if he was an old hippie, or if he was annoying, he has a point. CM needs to be a *mass*, not a snake, as has happened a ton of times in the recent past.
Agreed, but the guy still had this totally condescending way of saying it. Like he was coaching soccer practice or something.
The Aurora jaunt did go about as smoothly as it could... At least it wasn't over the viaduct again.
joby
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:45 pm
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jeff wrote:
I had a pretty good time at mass. Some dude got his wheel taco'd by an angry motorist, but honestly it looked like the dude got what was coming to him.
Lesson: Do not cork the middle of the road. Cork intersections. Cars expect to be allowed to move forward in the middle of the block. Plus, the bulk of the group was already blocks ahead at the time and there was no reason to cork the car anyway. The dude stopped in front of the car, and the car moved forward to nudge him out of the way. Wheel got taco'd. Dude should have just let it go. Pick your battles.
Other than that, the ride was fun. Great weather, big turnout. We rode south to Safeco where the thongs of M's fan looked at us like we we're aliens, then up to the ghetto velo and on to the Aurora bridge.
Yeah, I hate that. It's easy for the guy blocking the car to end up being as big an ass as the driver. It's a tough situation though; an agressive car trying to force its way through the mass is bad news.
MyNameIsJeff
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:23 pm
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surlykat wrote:
Also, i don't care if he was an old hippie, or if he was annoying, he has a point. CM needs to be a *mass*, not a snake, as has happened a ton of times in the recent past.
The bike hobo I'm thinking of is more interested in creating chaos/a riot rather than achieve what CM is supposed too.
Stanglor
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:47 pm
Joined: 28 Jan 2006Posts: 555Location: Wallingford
MyNameIsJeff wrote:
The bike hobo I'm thinking of is more interested in creating chaos/a riot rather than achieve what CM is supposed too.
Mass is supposed to achieve something?
News to me.
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ksep
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:29 pm
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MyNameIsJeff wrote:
The bike hobo I'm thinking of is more interested in creating chaos/a riot rather than achieve what CM is supposed too.
Well, T.J. does come to the midnight greenlake race sometimes, what'd you expect?
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jeff
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:40 pm
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Stanglor wrote:
Mass is supposed to achieve something?
News to me.
Riding bikes with like-minded people.
Mission accomplished.
derrickito
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:40 pm
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personally, i like going on aurora more than anything else critical mass does. the feeling of taking a space that i cant normally ride on and having it open, quiet, and safe is great to me. but not for everyone i guess
my biggest pet peeve is when people start blocking oncoming lanes. i told a couple cap-fixsters to get the fuck out of the street and stop being dickfaces last CM i was on. no reason to block cars that are coming AT us.
MyNameIsJeff
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:43 pm
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derrickito wrote:
personally, i like going on aurora more than anything else critical mass does. the feeling of taking a space that i cant normally ride on and having it open, quiet, and safe is great to me. but not for everyone i guess
my biggest pet peeve is when people start blocking oncoming lanes. i told a couple cap-fixsters to get the fuck out of the street and stop being dickfaces last CM i was on. no reason to block cars that are coming AT us.
I agree about riding on the Aurora bridge, but the potential for danger and douche-baggery is quite high up there. I remember a CM that took the bridge where a kid (early-20-something-ish) ALMOST got creamed by swerving out into an oncoming lane while he was whooping it up with his friends. A truck nearly hit him and he was roundly yelled at.
I also saw a lot of unnecessary corking going on. In fact, one bunch of corkers let a guy roll through 'cos he was already in the intersection and as he was trying to clear it a bunch of other riders tried to cork him and keep him from leaving the intersection. Erm, what? People just get so caught up in the idea that they can cork traffic that they don't consider when it's appropriate to do so.
All that said, it was a good CM and I'm happy that I went.
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NAHA
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:03 pm
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March CM = least fave ever
APRIL CM = best since last summer
tehschkott
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:47 pm
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jeff wrote:
The dude stopped in front of the car, and the car moved forward to nudge him out of the way. Wheel got taco'd. Dude should have just let it go. Pick your battles.
I dunno man. Taco my wheel with an intentional and aggravated "nudge" from your car and my U-lock goes through your windshield when I "nudge" back. Wheels are damn 'spensive.
We're not allowed to damage cars. Cars shouldn't be allowed to damage us. Cars don't nudge other cars without insurance companies and cops getting involved.
Maybe he got what was coming to him, maybe he didn't. Wasn't there. Just sayin.
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surlykat
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:10 am
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NAHA wrote:
March CM = least fave ever
APRIL CM = best since last summer
Agreed. Though Feb. may have been worse than March, and January wasn't too great either.
jeff
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:56 am
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tehschkott wrote:
Maybe he got what was coming to him, maybe he didn't. Wasn't there. Just sayin.
This speaks volumes about your ability to asses the situation.
lantius
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:10 am
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jeff wrote:
tehschkott wrote:
Maybe he got what was coming to him, maybe he didn't. Wasn't there. Just sayin.
This speaks volumes about your ability to asses the situation.
i can say it: he didn't get what was coming to him. if you're sitting in a car (or carrying a gun or u-lock) and somebody annoys you, you still don't get the right to mete out your own fucking justice. this isn't the wild west, and people who do that kind of shit aren't cool or heroes, they're just antisocial rejects. call the cops on your cellphone.
the fact that you think that he got what was coming to him speaks volumes about your level of socialization.
jeff
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:23 am
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lantius wrote:
the fact that you think that he got what was coming to him speaks volumes about your level of socialization.
I'm sorry, were you at mass last Friday? I didn't see you there. I stand corrected.
lantius
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:25 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
jeff wrote:
I stand corrected.
good.
tehschkott
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:31 am
daywalkerJoined: 09 Nov 2007Posts: 6108Location: Hatertown
lantius wrote:
jeff wrote:
tehschkott wrote:
Maybe he got what was coming to him, maybe he didn't. Wasn't there. Just sayin.
This speaks volumes about your ability to asses the situation.
i can say it: he didn't get what was coming to him. if you're sitting in a car (or carrying a gun or u-lock) and somebody annoys you, you still don't get the right to mete out your own fucking justice. this isn't the wild west, and people who do that kind of shit aren't cool or heroes, they're just antisocial rejects. call the cops on your cellphone.
the fact that you think that he got what was coming to him speaks volumes about your level of socialization.
Fair enough.
But, I am a bit of an anti-social reject.
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jeff
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:32 am
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Henry,
Lee says you aren't cool or a hero. So please stop using your U-lock to mete out your own brand of wild-west justice.
Also, I think he's telling mom.
lantius
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:42 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
jeff wrote:
Also, I think he's telling mom.
i totally gave your mom what she deserved last night.
jeff
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:43 am
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lantius wrote:
jeff wrote:
Also, I think he's telling mom.
i totally gave your mom what she deserved last night.
My mom takes pride in deflowering virgins.
lantius
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:52 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
jeff wrote:
lantius wrote:
jeff wrote:
Also, I think he's telling mom.
i totally gave your mom what she deserved last night.
My mom takes pride in deflowering virgins.
like mother, like son? nice van, got a bowl of candy for the kids in there?
derrickito
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:57 am
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will you two just kiss already?
jeff
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:59 am
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lantius wrote:
nice van, got a bowl of candy for the kids in there?
Says the guy who looks like the less kempt version of Ted Kaczynski.
lantius
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:59 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
derrickito wrote:
will you two just kiss already?
in this thread, derrick shows that he doesn't do foreplay. but there's rarely time for that in an alley, eh?
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