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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on August 28, 2014 at 8:38am

This is just ********!

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on August 28, 2014 at 8:43am

"Structural violence"

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on August 28, 2014 at 8:57am

(Where does it reference Twit or Face?)
Route-wise it's a redo of (your) 2009 Southside Chillout ride.

Personally I'm not overjoyed with the shaming, but SL believe's its the needed approach in response to emails received by the CCM site and some feedbacks following July's mass (aggro boys reportedly threatened female ride leaders).

There's some discussion on FB including a FTFY version which mutes the tone some.

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Permalink Reply by curt(is) locke on August 28, 2014 at 10:46am

Are the quotation marks used here to indicate irony or is there a definition and how it specifically applies to this "backstory" that is missing?

James BlackHeron said:

"Structural violence"

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on August 29, 2014 at 5:13am

Can anyone remind me what time CM actually leaves Daley Plaza? 6:30?

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Permalink Reply by globalguy on August 29, 2014 at 5:45am

Leaders gotta' lead ...

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Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on August 29, 2014 at 4:19pm

Pictures, from the start of the August ride at the Delay Center.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kastigar/sets/72157646604080120/

One video too.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on August 29, 2014 at 5:04pm

Great ride tonight. Beautiful weather, tons of smiling pedestrians waving.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on August 30, 2014 at 6:42am

Don't know; I stopped at Skylark when we got to Cermak/Halsted. ;)

h' 1.0 said:

Yup, I would say the "whoopee, some sort of bike parade" spectator population outsized the "my feet hurt and I just want to get home" spectator population by at least a few percentage points last night.

I hopped off just into Chinatown to watch the ride go by, and felt like a lot of riders were coming back west not long after-- did the ride break up in Chinatown?

Alex Z said:

Great ride tonight. Beautiful weather, tons of smiling pedestrians waving.

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