May ride report(s)
(thanks to Bert. Posted at indymedia)
Riders gathered at Victoria Square for a quick mass through the city. No hassles, some fun, and a flat tyre.
5:45 in the city of Churches. Red flashing lights gather at the fountain. Off into the distance they ride. More flashing lights join on Rundle Street for a trundle to Hindley and back up King William. Stop to fix flat tyre and disperse into the darkness. Till next month when the mass returns…
(and this from toto.ummm.net
We gathered, we rode, we vented our disgust openly towards the driver of a Ford Excursion (Nimeton, is that your car next to the 3900kg, 1.3 km/l, ahem “commercial vehicle”?)
You know what they say about boys with big cars… (they’re compensating)
Critical Mass turn out wasn’t fantastic, but then there weren’t too many bikes in at uni. People must be scared of the rain or something. My bike was out of order most of this week, the wheel started buckling due to a broken spoke. It’s in just the wrong spot (rear, non drive, inside spoke) and I can’t take the rear sprocket off, so I’m going to wait till after exams and take it to the bikeshop and get them to service it. Rode my sister’s mountain bike in instead. While it is considerably lighter than a Ford, it’s still a fairly gross weight. I don’t know how I ever rode one of those, I must be getting slack or just impatient.
