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Re: CRITICAL MASS THIS FRIDAY!

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From: jon winston
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:00
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I live in San Francisco, the birthplace of Critical Mass. I hope the
upcomming CM ride inspires people to get a real Critical Mass going in
DC unlike the ride described below that seems to have been commandeered
by a group with some kind of agenda.

I prefer a true "organized coincidence" ride where people get to make of
it what they wish.

Jon

shawn bega wrote:
> 
> we've gotten several calls about this, and i just want to make clear that
> this friday's crit mass is in no way associated with the monthly solidarity
> ride hosted by the dc bicycle courier association. it is our hope that this
> mass will be properly associated with the imf protests and not with the
> movement by the cyclists in this area to be allowed to share the road. it is
> the opinion of the dcbca that traffic jamming bike rides are detrimental to
> the pro-cyclist movement. we have no opinion either way on the imf protests.
> 
> --
> Shawn Bega
> President, DCBCA
> http://www.dccourier.com
> please ride safely
> 
> >    This Friday, April 14, a critical mass ride will start at Dupont
> > Circle at 5:00 PM. It is being organized by the Bike Collective of the
> > Mobilization for Global Justice(A16).
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