Chicago Critical Mass: The Southside Ride

Peace All,

Red Bike & Green + The Pioneers Bicycle Club present...

The Southside Ride for Chicago Critical Mass

This Critical Mass route proposal is a 14-mile tour of some of Chicago's African-American cultural & historical landmarks. Highlights along the route will include the site of the Chess Records studios, the Bronzeville Victory Monument, Ida B. Wells' home, the Harold Washington Cultural Center, the DuSable Museum, the Obamas' house and much more. The ride will end at the new 31st Street marina and beach.

Check out the map at:
http://chicagocriticalmass.org/
Scroll down on the home page and click on the flyer for the full size image.

A special thanks to the lovely Eboni Senai, a true gem in our city. Her work as the Founder of Red Bike & Green - Chicago is energizing bicycling culture in the African American community of Chicago. Also want to share a huge thanks with John Greenfield, Willow Naeco, and Steven Lane for their early, active, and consistent support of this effort.

We will meet up at 5:30pm on Friday, August 31st at the Picasso statue at Daley Plaza. Please join us for a beautiful ride through parts of the Southside of Chicago!

...how about a post-ride afterparty?
Peoples DJs Collective 3YR Anniversary BBQ
2236 S. Marshall Blvd., Chicago
(block west of California & Cermak)
http://www.facebook.com/events/273511979429664/

Rock on,

Oboi
The Pioneers Bicycle Club
@theycallmeOboi

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Permalink Reply by Olatunji Oboi Reed on August 31, 2012 at 8:48am

hey Adam - riding by.

Adam Herstein said:

Are we going to be stopping at any of these landmarks or just riding by?

Olatunji Oboi Reed said:

Southside stand up! We ride South tonight. Mass up 5:30pm, Daley Plaza. Check yo bike and check da map. Vamos (lets go)! - @theycallmeOboi
Permalink Reply by Olatunji Oboi Reed on August 31, 2012 at 8:49am

adam - in the deraileur is more info about each landmark. be sure to get one from willow tonight.

Adam Herstein said:

Are we going to be stopping at any of these landmarks or just riding by?

Olatunji Oboi Reed said:

Southside stand up! We ride South tonight. Mass up 5:30pm, Daley Plaza. Check yo bike and check da map. Vamos (lets go)! - @theycallmeOboi
Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on August 31, 2012 at 8:50am

Will do! I guess I'll be attempting to take some photos on my phone whilst riding. :-)

Olatunji Oboi Reed said:

adam - in the deraileur is more info about each landmark. be sure to get one from willow tonight.

Adam Herstein said:

Are we going to be stopping at any of these landmarks or just riding by?

Olatunji Oboi Reed said:

Southside stand up! We ride South tonight. Mass up 5:30pm, Daley Plaza. Check yo bike and check da map. Vamos (lets go)! - @theycallmeOboi
Permalink Reply by Olatunji Oboi Reed on August 31, 2012 at 8:52am

awesome. would love to see the photos also.

Adam Herstein said:

Will do! I guess I'll be attempting to take some photos on my phone whilst riding. :-)

Olatunji Oboi Reed said:

adam - in the deraileur is more info about each landmark. be sure to get one from willow tonight.

Adam Herstein said:

Are we going to be stopping at any of these landmarks or just riding by?

Olatunji Oboi Reed said:

Southside stand up! We ride South tonight. Mass up 5:30pm, Daley Plaza. Check yo bike and check da map. Vamos (lets go)! - @theycallmeOboi
Permalink Reply by Josh.E on August 31, 2012 at 8:52am

I was just thinking I was in need of a new button.  Will also try to help pass out them out

Crafty Cycling Chick said:

There will be 750 copies of The Derailleur in bundles of 30 at the base of the Picasso ~5 p.m. Please take a bundle (or more) and pass them out!

The Derailleur is FREE. People wearing button aprons can accept donations to help offset the costs associated with making the zine. (See my expenses here.)  Leave the rubberbands/extra zines at the base of the Picasso when the Mass starts to leave...or take some copies to your favorite bike shops.

Please please please help pass out The Derailleur. I cannot pass them all out on my own.

Thanks!

xowillow

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on August 31, 2012 at 10:26am

It's critical mass.  There are no rules.   You can stop at any time -nobody is going to hassle you.

If you want to be sure of the route find Willow or one of her  minions helping her in handing them out.  Usually she sets up on the South side of he Picasso with her boxfull of Derailleurs. 

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on August 31, 2012 at 4:13pm

For more photos from the 10-31-12 Chicago Critical Mass: The Southside Ride, click here.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on August 31, 2012 at 4:37pm

That was fun!

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on August 31, 2012 at 4:41pm

The nicest part was I had the best two partners to ride with.


Lisa Curcio said:

That was fun!

Permalink Reply by David Holmquist on August 31, 2012 at 4:44pm

Great route, great ride!!

Thanks, Oboi, et al.

Permalink Reply by ilter on August 31, 2012 at 5:53pm

ditto.

Kids were so cute, "what is this happy friday ride for?" asked a boy :)

David Holmquist said:

Great route, great ride!!

Thanks, Oboi, et al.

Permalink Reply by Olatunji Oboi Reed on September 1, 2012 at 2:48am

Peace y'all - Last night was a dream come true for me. And an awesome way to be welcomed home after living in Brazil for 6 months. 1000+ of my closest friends riding through the streets on the Southside of Chicago was an incredibly amazing experience. The love on the streets of the Southside was overflowing. We shared love and we received it back in multiples. I know in my heart that we energized biking on the Southside last night. We inspired people - young & old, active & inactive, the naysayers & the believers. We made an important statement last night. We proudly proclaimed that the City of Chicago is one city and biking is for everyone. We shouted loudly that we all deserve access to biking resources and the myriad benefits associated with those resources. The Pioneers Bicycle Club exist to get more Black folks and Southsiders riding in an effort to improve the health of our community. Our journey continues. A very special thanks to Eboni Senai and Red Bike & Green - Chicago. Eboni is doing the critical work of making biking cool and more Black folks in Chicago ride today as a result of her work and the work of RBG. It was indeed a pleasure for The Pioneers to partner with RBG on this effort. I especially want to thank John Greenfield for the encouragement to propose a Southside route for Critical Mass over a year ago. He has been a consistent supporter of the idea and happily did the work to make it happen. Thank you to Willow Naeco for enthusiastically supporting our route with prime real estate in The Deraileur Magazine. Thanks to Steven Lane for the early, active support and for promoting the route online. A big shout out and the tip of the hat to all the folks that loved the idea from the beginning and to all the folks that needed convincing. Together we put a dent in the universe, however small, a dent nonetheless. For this, I thank you deeply! - @theycallmeOboi

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