Critical Mass Bicycle Ride in Norman, Oklahoma
Last Friday of Every Month
6:00pm Starting from Buchanan Bicycles on Campus Corner
This Facebook group may have up-to-date info:
Critical Mass Norman - www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41585618940
Critical Mass bicycle rides happen in cities all over the world, usually on the last Friday of the month, usually during evening rush hour. There's no organization to join, there's no one in charge, it just happens. The CM rides started in 1992 in San Francisco, where some rides have had over 5,000 riders. The purposes and flavor of the rides may vary quite a bit from city to city. Mainly the purpose is to promote awareness of bicycles (specifically that they can and should be ridden on city streets) and to have a big fun safe ride.
Critical Mass rides have happened on and off for many years in Norman, maybe since 1998, pretty steadily (though with varying attendance) since at least 2004.
There's tons of Critical Mass info on the web. A couple of sites to start with:
TedWhiteGreenLight.com
Home of We Are Traffic documentary.
This page revised 06/05/09. First Posted 01/04/05