http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Critical Mass Tonight? en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:21:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1618#post-36721 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:33:08 +0000 kaputnik 36721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>those tyres (girl with silver helmet and shades, centre) would look nice on Anth's Cotic. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1618#post-36716 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:53:50 +0000 chdot 36716@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5987740701/in/photostream" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5987740701/in/photostream</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1618#post-15700 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:04:30 +0000 ruggtomcat 15700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yah its tempting but quite apart from everything else its too darn slow. I think we need to repackage the whole idea like <a href="http://bikehugger.com/tag/mobilesocial">mobile social</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1618#post-15695 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:42:57 +0000 RJ 15695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Not tonight, Josephine ..." ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1618#post-15683 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:39:48 +0000 wingpig 15683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What I've often thought would be a good alternative to these is something less Critical Mass and more sort of Unavoidable Significant Proportion. Instead of everyone collecting at a single starting point and travelling slowly around as a single bolus, for a given time period everyone could travel independently and at their own speed around a smallish but busy specified area, observing all signs, rules and regulations and so forth and being all nice and polite and visible. The extra density of cycles would ensure they would be noticeable to all but the most desperately unobservant of motorists. It would encourage cylists to watch out (take care) for other cyclists (arranging beforehand to nurse n00bs or the nervous through junctions and between lanes etc.) as well as watch out (eyes peeled) for other cyclists by not doing anything too selfish. There'd be no single mass for drivers to be trapped behind at 5mph but the volume and frequency of cycles could hopefully persuade them to stay behind the rearmost of several cyclists all doing between 12-25mph rather than attempting to pass each one immediately-just-to-get-past-the-cyclist, rather than waiting for a safe and sensible opportunity as they'd hopefully be forced to do if there were several cycles in front of them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1618#post-15680 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:11:56 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 15680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, sorry about that - I'm a bit in and out of the forum at the moment. Although as I say I couldn't hang around tonight.</p> <p>Was outside at 6.30 last night thinking 'ah, this is how dark it will be for me leaving work from next Monday'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1618#post-15679 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:07:11 +0000 spitfire 15679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, since nobody responded to my "who's attending" question on other threads I had forgotten it was tonight and probably will not do another one now as the clock change will see darker evenings.<br /> See you next year I guess. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1618#post-15678 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:02:25 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 15678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is it Critical Mass tonight? And if so is it a Hallowe'en version? And if so what time does it start?</p> <p>So many questions. Can't really do the ride, but thought I might be able to swing by the start and grab some fun pictures. </p>