Started in San Francisco, but now happening in over 300 cities around the globe, Critical Mass is a bicycle event held on the last friday of every month. Founded in 1992, the ride was originally to demonstrate how unfriendly the city was to cyclists, but the leaderless structure of Critical Mass makes it impossible to assign it to any one specific goal. To be honest, I don't think the purpose of it is any more formalized than the meeting in a set location and time and travelling through the city streets to celebrate the bike and its relationship with the urban context and the bicycle as the most efficient, peaceful and perfect mode of transport.
Join us (at 6PM outside the Town Hall on the last Friday of every month) for a monthly cycle ride in the city. Bring someone you know who's got a bike; bring EVERYONE you know who's got a bike; make some flyers and go around Sheffield sticking them on bikes or giving them to cyclists; speak to the person next to you at the traffic lights and tell them about it; do whatever you think will make more people come; come YOURSELF.
This isn't a protest, its a celebration.
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