Just for giggles I surfed over to a cycling forum, hoping to get some laughs from all the crying hippies.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the general consensus was that they don't give a ****. Apparently, they're well aware Critical Mass is composed of a bunch of asshats who give them all a bad name and this sort of thing was inevitable. Turns out most cyclists aren't bad guys after all.

Wow Ev, I guess Critical Mass is a lot crazier in San Francisco than San Diego, which isn't surprising at all actually. From the people I've talked to that do it, there's kind of a rift between the people who want to keep it somewhat legit and the people who are out to be total assholes.

If some dreadlocked asshole started jumping on my car with a bike and denting the roof, I'd have to get out and Hulk Hogan toss him on the ground and bend his skinny racing wheels with my heel. Then I'd probably have to fight an entire crowd of hipsters on bikes, which I think I'd actually have a decent chance of winning.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7301302


EDIT: did a quick search and came up with this 1997 Critical Mass in San Francisco video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWZ2YepNpHc

starting at :40 secs. you can see the huge numbers of SFPD working the "event"

from the YouTube description:

One month after two bicyclers are killed at the July, 1997 Critical mass event by impatient commuters angered by the bike coalition's blocking of the Bay Bridge on ramps as part of the protest. This event is the largest Critical Mass ever in San Francisco drawing over 10,000 bikers to make a statement that bike commuting is good for the personal health and good for global environmental health in combating auto generated greenhouse gases. Plus bike culture is fun and convivial.

Let's see, you're the one with the "home defense" fantasy, who would nuke all the Arab countries, and who finds that scene funny.
You should stick to South Park and GTA, since you don't know the difference between fiction and real life. But you can still dream, maybe there'll be an Arab Zombie Bikers Apocalypse, so you can mow them down from your home M60 turret.

don't talk to my boyfriend that way, or i'll give you one hell of a judo chop.

love you, devil :kisses:

Whilst reading this thread the constant reminder of "this **** wouldn't fly here" soothed me, then of course I had to look up "critical mass dublin", where I see this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyGxlTmght8

Where we have a bunch of hipster fuckwits annoying motorists (at 1:33 they start harassing a taxi driver who has a fare) and generally making motorists resent all cyclists even more.

Douche bag of the last decades would be more fitting
I think we should talk some Motorcycle gang to take some action against it, that would be so awesome

Isn't inciting a riot or civil unrest a crime for which they should be punished? And since no government can put them throught the legal system(too much money), why can't they just let riot police have a go at them?

It'd be real nice if a bunch of riot police came and screamed into a megaphone for people to close their windows, don't move and enjoy they show as they throw tear gas.

Then I'd probably have to fight an entire crowd of hipsters on bikes, which I think I'd actually have a decent chance of winning.

of course you would win, you're trained in the deadly choy lei fut, a type of southern chinese boxing. designed to fight multiple opponents.

especially if they happen to be a bunch of clueless skinny hipsters who can't fight.

Instead of fighting them, you could just as easily tie some fishing line to a lampost/traffic light on a narrow street along their route, the quickly run across the road and attach the other end as they approached.........

don't talk to my boyfriend that way, or i'll give you one hell of a judo chop.

love you, devil :kisses:

Hey I didn't know, sorry pal. I admit I got carried away, but I trust in your sweet loving to mellow him out a bit. I, too, like having boyfriends that seem to be picked straight from the Blues Brothers cast so I can relate.

My wife even laughed at this video last night.

My wife even laughed at this video last night.
You and your wife sound like lovely people. It'd be more than a little funny if one of those people who got mowed down was one of your kids.

Yep, real funny.

You and your wife sound like lovely people. It'd be more than a little funny if one of those people who got mowed down was one of your kids.

Yep, real funny.

We are lovely people. Quite lovely.

This wouldn't happen to my kids because they're not bicycle clusterfucking douche bags. If the same guy ran over some random people who were out riding for exercise, it wouldn't be funny. But running over people who are purposely fucking up other people's day is completely hysterical.

We are lovely people. Quite lovely.

This wouldn't happen to my kids because they're not bicycle clusterfucking douche bags. If the same guy ran over some random people who were out riding for exercise, it wouldn't be funny. But running over people who are purposely fucking up other people's day is completely hysterical.


Though Devil sounds extreme I see his point. The karma of people trying to cause trouble seems to have brought upon trouble for themselves.

ROFL @ it taking the ambulance twice as long to get there because of all of the traffic. Hilarious!

Similar events happen in London, not that often but they do involve hundreds of people and they screw up the capital for hours. The irony is, cars standing idle are still fucking the environment and when the meet ends all of the angry drivers are going to be gunning for cyclists on their way home to their spoilt dinners. It's a double fail.

This is my problem with HOV lanes... instead of using that extra lane (or lanes) to reduce traffic load, we use that lane to try and make a political statement; this leads to one generally free lane that is moving along rapidly, and 3-5 lanes of bumper-to-bumper, car-belching-CO-and-smog, aggravated hell. HOV lanes probably cause more pollution than they cure.