Because Critical Mass takes place without an official route or
sanction, participants in some cities have sometimes practiced a tactic
known as "corking" in order to maintain the cohesion of the group. This
tactic consists of a few riders blocking traffic from side roads so that the mass can freely proceed through red lights
without interruption. Corking allows the mass to engage in a variety of
activities, such as forming a cyclone, lifting their bikes in a
tradition known as a "Bike Lift" (in Chicago this is referred to as a
Chicago hold-up), or to perform a "die-in" where riders lie on the
ground with their bikes to symbolise cyclist deaths and injuries caused
by automobiles, very popular in Montreal. The 'Corks' sometimes take advantage of their time corking to distribute flyers.
Critics argue that the practice of corking roads
in order to pass through red lights as a group is contrary to Critical
Mass' claim that "we are traffic", since ordinary traffic (including
bicycle traffic) does not usually have the right to go through
intersections once the traffic signal has changed to red. Corking has sometimes led to hostility between motorists and riders, even erupting into violence and arrests of motorists and cyclists alike during Critical Mass rides.[20]
i found this exact copy of my bike parked over at D's school yard and looked all around for the owner~ and then saw that it had also been tagged by my favorite writer~ sick !
the super bike god Nando came by yesterday with this beautiful gem of a bike ~ which he generously gave to the lovely Ms. M~ now she has a bike that she can creep up all of these steep hills without too much complaint~ yaaahhh ! now let's ride True Bikes Of Liberty / SeedBombers / bike bloc warriors !
received this new bike as a gift from the man below ~ Univega !
The amazing Ginger donated this wonderful creation to our group
general bike ~ strike team
circle storm styled
seed bomb bike brigade !
even the pre-schooler crowd can join~ ride support and plant seeds for future foragers
the crew and i proceeded to SCCC to check out the Bike Bloc rally in solidarity with the student walk-out ~ rode support~ ran scouting missions and held intersections as an advance squad for three separate marches ~ owned the streets for 9 hours and meet up with some wild BMX kids, skaters and critical mass rollers ~ haven't had this much fun in a long time
thanks to everyone who rode and everyone who was arrested, pepper-sprayed, beaten and FREE !
Next up ~ a seed bomb rally and Bike general assembly date TBD
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