If you like the idea of Critical Mass, except for the part about running all the stop lights, here is alternative you might want to try: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/MNGB6P8R1U1.DTL

> If you like the idea of Critical Mass, except for the part about running > all > the stop lights, here is alternative you might want to try: > http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/MNGB6P8R1U1.DTL But why does it take 4 motorcycle cops to keep an eye on 16 cyclists? Wonder how many they had on their first ride, with only 4 cyclists? :>) --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

"Mike Jacoubowsky" <MikeJ@ChainReaction.com> wrote in news:sq8Uh.16725$Um6.1802@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net: > But why does it take 4 motorcycle cops to keep an eye on 16 cyclists? > Wonder how many they had on their first ride, with only 4 cyclists? :>) One of the photo captions says "After a while, police, facing a shortage of law breaking and hostility, ended the escort."

> Last fall I was driving west on Santa Clara Street in San Jose on my way > to State. A peloton of cops on MTB's came cruising down the sidewalk on my > right as I waited for the light at 17th Street. As the light turned green, > three or four of the 20 cops stopped in the crosswalk and blocked traffic > while the rest crossed Santa Clara Street to the fire station. Blocking > traffic which had the right of way was a standard critical mass move with > cops in dorky shorts on dorky bikes substituted for urban hipsters on > fixies. > > I was speechless. Riding on the sidewalk? Blocking traffic? Funny though, > there were no angry motorists. We could have a series on dumb things CHP & locals do regarding bikes. At the top of the list for me would be the Tour de Peninsula, where, at the top of Edgewood, they had a big flashing CalTrans sign that read- DANGER- STEEP ROAD. BIKES USE REAR BRAKE ONLY. Hard to believe, but true. Wonder if their motorcycle division realizes the dangers of using their front brakes? --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com