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Pix of Critical Mass London, Fri 27 May 05 - Set 1 of 2

Tim D Jones | 31.05.2005 12:25 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | London

Static and from-the-saddle pictures of Critical Mass London's first ride of its 12th year.

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For a link to other sets of photos/video, see the Links Comment at the foot of this page.

The S&M Pride flag flies proudly from one cyclists ride
The S&M Pride flag flies proudly from one cyclists ride

Have you seen the size of that bloke's chopper? ;-}
Have you seen the size of that bloke's chopper? ;-}

A more slender take on the chopper body plan
A more slender take on the chopper body plan

Just sittin' back 'n' catchin' some rays
Just sittin' back 'n' catchin' some rays

Four bike wheels and two steering wheels...
Four bike wheels and two steering wheels...

...plus lots of luggage space – neat, huh?
...plus lots of luggage space – neat, huh?

A horse, in a trailer, attached to a bike...
A horse, in a trailer, attached to a bike...

...a triumph of imaginative genius!
...a triumph of imaginative genius!

Yes, it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too
Yes, it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too

IndyMedia Trike – which will be a street net access point during the G8 protests
IndyMedia Trike – which will be a street net access point during the G8 protests

Flying the flag for S&M Pride...
Flying the flag for S&M Pride...

...and contrasting bikes with less green modes of transport
...and contrasting bikes with less green modes of transport

One slick silver folder
One slick silver folder

And then there's all those Bromptons...
And then there's all those Bromptons...

...all down there in black and white
...all down there in black and white

Part-folded as a leaning post
Part-folded as a leaning post

A suitable ride for Captain Scarlet...
A suitable ride for Captain Scarlet...

...and another for his mate Captain Blue ;-)
...and another for his mate Captain Blue ;-)

Passionate about cycling? Join the Mass!
Passionate about cycling? Join the Mass!


Several score people from children to elders converged on the south bank of the Thames from 18:00-19:00, under Waterloo Bridge and outside the National Film Theatre Café, to begin Critical Mass London's 12th year of rides with a human-powered vehicular tour of central London.

On the hottest day in May for decades, attire was minimal, and there were even "Critical Mass 11" t-shirts being handed out for free, a legacy of last month's 11th Birthday CM London ride. Many thanks to whomsoever produced these – I just love my "Freedom Rider" long-sleeved black one, although it was way too warm to wear on this particular ride.

Having been a Brompton folding bike rider for the last 10 years, I decided to shoot as many folders as possible, to emphasise their variety, popularity and utility – they travel on every other form of transport and very rarely get stolen. Mine's been on buses, trains, tubes, trams, barges, ferries, airliners, helicopters, taxis and cars; and it's not got nicked because it comes inside buildings with me, be they shops, homes, cinemas, theatres, cafés, restaurants, concert halls, galleries, museums, etc, &c.

Since I was off to see the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination G8 Touring Show in Mile End Park at 20:00, I had to leave this ride at the north end of Waterloo Bridge (see Links Comment below for pic's of that performance).

Critical Mass London happens 12 times a year, on the last Friday of the month. We meet on the south bank from 18:00-18:45, under Waterloo Bridge and outside the National Film Theatre Café. The slow-paced ride around central London is suitable for cyclists of all ages, and any human-power vehicle is welcome, from roller skaters and rollerbladers through wheelchairs and recumbent trikes to multi-person pedal-powered extravaganzas. For more info, and downloadable fliers which you can staple around the frames of parked bikes, please see:
 http://www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk

Critical Mass is an international phenomena, whereby bike owners in our millions in 300+ cities the world over assert our identity as cyclists, and celebrate the freedom we should enjoy as people-and-planet friendly road users -- while affording city users a brief glimpse of how peaceful, clean and quiet our urban streets could be if only we would break from their domination by dangerous, dirty and noisy motorised traffic.

In International Solidarity,

Tim D Jones

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Links Comment

31.05.2005 14:32

Here are clickable links to the two sets of photos of Critical Mass London's first ride in its 12th year, Fri 27 May 05 (and to other photo/reports of the event) (and to the pic's of the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination's G8 Touring Show, for which I had to curtail my Mass ride).

Critical Mass London - Set 1 of 2
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/05/312167.html

Critical Mass London - Set 2 of 2
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/05/312150.html

See also:
Photos from sludge, from later in the Mass
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/05/311998.html

Video clip from Doug - a fairly typical encounter
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/05/312035.html

Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination - Set 1 of 3
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/05/312237.html

Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination - Set 2 of 3
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/05/312214.html

Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination - Set 3 of 3
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/05/312187.html

Tim D Jones
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are you aware

31.05.2005 16:01

That a man in picture 6 and 7 Bears a strong look of a man who works for the Labour Party and is suspected of wearing a hidden pinhole video camera concealed in a bag strap thus passing information on to the authorities, we wondered where he had gone.

Jean-drefen wazensiki