About Critical Mass
Last Friday of every month
5:30 pm at the LSU clock tower (Usually rolls a bit after 6 pm)
facebook= Critical Mass- Baton Rouge
facebook= Critical Mass- Baton Rouge
- CM originated in San Francisco, September, 1992.
- CM happens around the world, in over 300 cities.
- NO membership; NO organization; NO leaders;
- NO agenda. NO set route; NO permit.
- CM is a celebration of cycling, an assertion of rights.
Misbehavior might get you castigated
- Critical Mass has no centralized structure, thus no organization with rules. However, a few “suggestions” could enhance the celebration aspect of CM, and promote cyclists’ rights:
- Meet and greet your neighbors; we are the Bike Community.
- Have fun; be the envy of motorists and bystanders.
- Shout out problems; pass the word forward and back.
- Right lane, except for turns; no need to block a 4- lane.
- Front ranks please set a leisurely pace: this ain’t a race.
- Compact group; gaps will let motorists break into the Mass.
- Corking gets the Mass through intersections, but might get a traffic ticket.
- Be friendly to motorists, wave with all five fingers.