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Comment by David of the North (David606xx) on January 3, 2011 at 7:53am

Thanks to those that made it all the way to our NYE party in Rogers Park--some of whom stayed the weekend!  Would love to try again to host an end-party for a mass, maybe in warmer weather with a larger ride!

Comment by Todd Allen on January 1, 2011 at 11:11pm

The problem was a lack of experienced leaders at the front of the mass.

The bike cops were surprisingly hands off. They weren't actively corking and rushing us through intersections as they sometimes do when large masses become disruptive to traffic. If they kept an aggressive driver or two from cutting through the mass it didn't cause or contribute to our failures to mass up.

We rode perhaps 2 mph too fast, without much turning and without stopping to mass up caused by inexperienced leaders. I made half hearted attempts to guide the mass and succeeded a couple times.

Comment by Todd Allen on January 1, 2011 at 3:36pm

No, I don't think the cops had anything to do with it. I didn't see them do anything to manipulate the ride or control where it went. Any corking they might have done was likely helpful as we were too thin a group on our own.

Comment by Todd Allen on December 31, 2010 at 7:58pm

I agree, we should have massed up more. I'm not sure why, but small masses often tend to be faster and seem more prone to stringing out and dropping folks. The mass eventually stopped at a couple of traffic lights on Roosevelt, at Halsted or maybe Racine and I had hoped that everyone had caught back up, but apparently we were strung out too bad for that.

I was torn between wanting to lead and wanting to hang back and slow down the pace. Mostly though I chose to hang back because when I approached the front "the leaders" would speed up even more. Approaching Roosevelt, I almost made it to the front but the ride took off again.

But all considered I enjoyed the evening. It will surely be months before we have another mass with such pleasant weather.

Comment by Allen Wrench on December 31, 2010 at 3:24pm

Should've massed up at the Target, you guys - a bunch of people got left behind on Roosevelt. Cars in the bike lane. Cops all over. Happy new year.

Comment by Andrew Bedno on December 28, 2010 at 11:27am

There's a TCL event posting here.

And related Facebook event here.

Comment by David of the North (David606xx) on December 28, 2010 at 8:02am

Hey, everyone!  I'm sadly going to have to miss CM this Friday as I'll be busy making our house ready for you!  NYE House Party for all Bikeish and Bookish, and otherwise Awesomeish folk in town!  Amish, too, but they might not see this post.  Anyway, if someone out there is making a map for Friday, consider making Lunt & Paulina (heh heh) the endpoint and we'll be ready to toast you and get you toasty!

Comment by Bob Kastigar on December 22, 2010 at 5:57am

A discussion page: five debaters take part in the discussion.

Room for comments from YOU too!

    

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Comment by Bob Kastigar on December 2, 2010 at 10:32am

Comments have always been included on the CHI-CRIT-MASS@UIC.EDU mailing list. That's why it's always been more attractive.

Comment by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on December 2, 2010 at 8:54am

You know. Since the Chainlink started adding comments to mailings I have been just not going to the site and participating. Just lurking. Well I'm still alive everyone!

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