Be Agents of Change

Hi all,
A very happy new year to all cyclists!

What better way to start this year's critical mass rides than by being part of a documentary on Climate Change Mitigation. 'Agents of Change' is one of the short movies being made under the UK Environment Film Fellowships 2010. You are not just cyclists, you are agents of change. This documentary might be aired on Nat Geo, Discovery and the like.

Please participate in large numbers - we are trying to get some bikes for rent. Please confirm with Rakesh (9 double8 six zero seven 55 seven 5) of Track and Trail before Wednesday - 27th Jan - if you are interested in renting a bike.
We also have a handful of CM T-shirts available at Rs. 185, so please book early.

The usual details:
Starting point : Opp Bangalore Press Club, Cubbon park
Date: 30th January , Saturday
Time: 4:30 pm
Route: To be decided

Critical mass Bangalore turns 1 and guess who's coming!

Itz one year since we started the critical mass movement in Bangalore. So, this month's CM has gotta be special. This is the plan as of now.We invite you to take the lead, be creative, and celebrate.

The plan:
Start from Cubbon park at 4:30 pm - sharp. Ride around
5:30 pm - A biker to Public activity (tentative)
6:30 pm - Gather at Track n Trail in Koramangala for a night ride.
7:00 pm - Head to food street, V V Puram for snacks.
Plan to wind up by 9 pm.

You can join from either Cubbon Park or Koramangala.

We have got some T-shirts made for CM (sizes - S, M, L).
T-shirts can be collected from the Track n Trail store at Koramangala from Thursday, 26th Nov onwards.

Bikes will be available on rent too, so get your family and friends along. Just let us know.

And surprise surprise! Guess who is planning to join us! The father of Critical Mass!

Critical Mass Bangalore Chapter welcomes one and all.

Mass at malls

It is really funny that some of our malls and the bazaars have parking space for cars but cannot accomodate cycles in their parking lots. So, itz time to gather some mass at these malls and create some fuss.

So, here we go with our CMR for October -
Starting point : Bangalore Press Club, Cubbon park
Date: 31st October, Saturday
Time: 4:30 pm
Final destination: Forum Mall & Big Bazaar, Koramangala
Route: We'll figure out before we start, as usual - very well planned ;)

The plan is to go to forum and big bazaar and try and shop - but before we do that, we need to park our cycles. And to our surprise, we find that we cannot park our 'vehicles' there - so what do we do now? We go in and write a suggestion - each one of us - for cycle parking. Since we somehow anticipated this, we also carry with us nice little posters and letters to give to the management.

Folks staying near Koramangala, do join us at forum at around 5:30 if you cannot join us at Cubbon park.

If you know of any other places where cycle parking is allowed/NOT allowed, please do update this link.
http://notebook.bumsonthesaddle.com/lists:parking

See you all at forum this weekend.
-- For Critical Mass, Bangalore Chapter
- Lavanya

On Your Bike - August CM

After a month of long weekend rides, office commutes, a mini CM and BBCh it’s the time of the month to show our love for biking. Let’s meet for Critical Mass Bangalore as usual..

Venue : Bangalore Press Club, Cubbon park

Time: 4:30 pm

The theme for this month is

"ON YOUR BIKE"

Yeah! get on your bike and start pedaling.

The phrase originated in Wales in the 19th century.

Long long ago in the Welsh Valleys, the young men married local girls. And after several generations, in really small communities, everybody was closely related to everyone else.

The advent of the bicycle was a godsend and many a young man was told to 'get on your bike' when he came calling on his 1st cousin once removed. So it was a quick pedal over the hills and far away to find a fresh wife.

It's other meanings include "get outta here","Get lost" and "Go get yourself a Job". And now we conveniently twist the phrase to mean...."On your bike"- to cars, - to pollution, -green house gases.

Lets hear it for the bicycle.

On Your Bike folks...

--For Critical Mass Bangalore Chapter

-Supreeth

Calling all ye wonderful bikers...

Calling all you Boys and Girls and kiddos....Roadie boys, MTBers, Commuters, BMXers, fixies, doodhwallas, noobs, pros.... callin every biker out there..

It's once again time for the big ride of the month, time to meet all the fellow bikers...  

It's time for Critical Mass..  

We know all you serious riders gotta rest ya legs before the big race on Sunday.. So lets keep it a li'l short and sweet..  

Proposed route :  

[you are always welcome to SHOUT if you want to go the other way :) ]

View CM July in a larger map

Cubbon park->[for a change exit through MG road] MG Rd->Trinity Circle->Ulsoor->loop aronud lake->RBANMS ground->Commercial Street->Jamia masjid road->Russel mkt->Indian Express->Ambedkar rd-> Vidhana soudha-> back to Cubbon park thru entrance near high court-> Disperse near Central Library [TFN end point]

And all ya poster boyz and gurlz unleash your creativity.. do post up some kool posters to spread the word. Old posters here : http://picasaweb.google.com/criticalmassbangalore/PoStErZ  

Leavin you all with this picture of Critical Mass in Prague :

Critical Mass-Prague 22 Sep 2007

Image Courtesy : Wikimedia Commons

Hop in folks.. 

See you all there. 

So whoz comin?

-- For Critical Mass, Bangalore Chapter 

~frNZi