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Permalink Reply by Eduardo on September 27, 2010 at 5:58am

Yes I took part. Good turn out with about 50 riders. It was a 15 mile ride down some of the busier streets in Aurora. The overall reaction from the public was positive with people waving and honking their car horns. Kid especially got a kick out of the big group rolling through. Next ride is October 31 on Sunday at Aurora West High School on Galena. A lot more festive and hopefully more riders.

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on September 27, 2010 at 6:39am

The article had some laughably sad comments by typical cagers.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Jacque on September 27, 2010 at 8:33am

A great start! I'll definitely ride at the next one.

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Permalink Reply by Leah Jone on September 27, 2010 at 10:41am

I read about it on Let's Go Ride a Bike - she's got lots of photos and a bit more commentary.

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Permalink Reply by thang van ung on September 27, 2010 at 11:32am

my recollection of aurora, the neighborhood around the university, many intersections did not have stop signs. so i'm sure it is not the very conducive environment for practical cycling -- getting from point A to point B efficiently.
the lady's (dottie) comment really shut down the haters, who probably is unemployed. good the know that the burbs are geting into the mix.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Perz on September 28, 2010 at 3:27am

DuPage county seems like one of those places where people get in their cars to retrieve the mail from the ends of their driveways. While I enthusiastically defend people's freedom to do so, I also feel at liberty to mock them mercilessly for it. Aurora is a neat little city though.

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Permalink Reply by mindfrieze on September 28, 2010 at 3:40am

FYI: Aurora is in Kane County, not DuPage.

As it was incorporated in 1845, some of the older sections of Aurora are still walkable, but you're right; recent development (i.e. in the last 40 years) has been entirely based on car culture.

Michael Perz said:

DuPage county seems like one of those places where people get in their cars to retrieve the mail from the ends of their driveways. While I enthusiastically defend people's freedom to do so, I also feel at liberty to mock them mercilessly for it. Aurora is a neat little city though.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Perz on September 28, 2010 at 3:42am

Oops, you're right.

mindfrieze said:

FYI: Aurora is in Kane County, not DuPage.

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Permalink Reply by XV on September 28, 2010 at 6:14am

60K in dupage 100K in kane, also goes into will and kendall

Michael Perz said:

Oops, you're right.

mindfrieze said:

FYI: Aurora is in Kane County, not DuPage.

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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on September 28, 2010 at 7:48am

Hahaha

chrisc927 said:

Actually we drive our rider mowers out to the mailbox.

Michael Perz said:

DuPage county seems like one of those places where people get in their cars to retrieve the mail from the ends of their driveways. While I enthusiastically defend people's freedom to do so, I also feel at liberty to mock them mercilessly for it. Aurora is a neat little city though.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on September 28, 2010 at 10:35am

Very glad to see this, 50 is great! But I must point out that every other area CM is on a Friday.
There are purists even who'll argue that it must be to use the traditional name, or any ride could call itself a CM (maybe more should?).

Recently added KidicalMass was the first exception on our localmotions page.
That just can't work for Aurora?
We'll have to come up with a new alias for http://chicagocriticalmass.org/fridays

Happy {day_of_week}!

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on September 28, 2010 at 1:23pm

My suspicion that it was held on Sundays is that most drivers are passed out at home from a long weekend of partying, so it would be less of a clash with those stripmall couchpotatoe cagers trying to get to their next frolicking spot.

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