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  • I Bike MCR

    please give what you can to help open our new cycling skills centre

    2 years ago
  • Wend

    ..Happy birthday for Sunday!
    Let's spread the love for cycling.

    3 years ago
  • Dr. Leslie Brown

    Hello MCR Critical Mass,
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    Vertebrae, the most advanced cable housing in the world


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    Seeya!!!
    Doc Brown

    3 years ago
  • Paul Go

    If you're a local artist/musician, manager or promoter and you'd like to be more self-sufficient through your creative projects and you have a degree ... then why not try this new Masters course at the University of Bolton starting in September ...

    Masters 1

    For more information feel free to get in touch.

    Paul

    3 years ago
  • nes bear



    Come and watch Le Tour with others to make the nail biting atmosphere of
    the final two stages even more intense!!

    I have persuaded the Lass O Gowrie pub to let us use the upstairs bar to
    watch Le Tour on

    Saturday 25th July for the Ventoux Stage

    And on

    Sunday 24th July for the final stage to Champs Elysess

    Come to the pub from noon til 5pm on both days to watch the action LIVE
    and socialise with other cycling fans too.

    It will be free to come in and the Lass will have their usual supply of
    fine CAMRA award winning ale selection and food to keep you going
    throughout.

    On Saturday, after the race has finished we shall go for a 40-50 mile
    **twilight ride** from the pub out to Cheshire and up the Wizard. Not
    quite the Ventoux but a hill with a great view. Meet at 5pm outside the
    pub

    **In order for me to know which room to use I need you to RSVP to
    info@ibikemcr.org.uk if you are coming on either or both days. (there are
    different rooms with different capacities and it will be a right arse if
    we have to change to the bigger room half way through, but the atmos might
    be a bit lost if we're in a huge room with only a few of us, so please let
    me know ASAP)**

    Lass O Gowrie
    36 Charles Street
    Manchester
    M1 7DB
    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...04425,0.013561

    oh and, not only can we all watch the tense and WELL exciting last stages
    but we can play the new drinking game I invented: every time sean kelly
    says "certaintly" we drink a shot! ace.

    EVERYONE WELCOME!

    FREE ENTRY!

    Love nes



    ----------------------------------------------
    Email: info@ibikemcr.org.uk
    Web: http://www.ibikemcr.org.uk
    Telephone: 07866 734 351

    3 years ago
  • nes bear



    PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE
    Friday 27th March
    6pm Central Library Critical Mass bike ride round the city

    8pm - 3.30am: I Bike MCR Festival 2009 Opening Party
    Islington Mill, James Street, Salford M3 5HW (we bike Salford too)

    with

    Roller racing http://www. rollapaluza. com/

    Bike Dancing http://www. ibikemcr. org. uk/spokes. htm

    Pedal Powered PA http://www. magnificentrevolution. org/

    + DJ's and bands
    bands include:
    The Lovely Eggs
    Hotpants Romance
    7Hertz
    Geek Girl
    Gareth S Brown
    John Player Special
    The Autonomads

    4 years ago
  • I Bike MCR

    Hope you can come up to the lovely north...looking forward to seeing you x xx

    A weekend of Fixed Gear Fun
    Friday 17th- Sunday 19th April 2009

    Part of the month long I Bike MCR Festival, with bike rides and stuff EVERY SINGLE DAY from Friday 27th March to Friday 24th April 2009.


    see: http://ibikemcr. org. uk/?q=festival-2009

    Friday 17th April
    Hell Of the North West Alleycat and Alleykitten
    6pm Registration, 7pm Ride.
    Meet behind the Sandbar, Grosvenor Street

    Hell Of the North West Alleycat Race: A serious race around the city, reminiscent of the Hell of the North due to the route containing cobbled streets

    For more easy going fun loving riders we have the Hell of the North West Alleykitten. Ride in pairs around the city on a bike treasure hunt. Ride kids bikes or shoppers.


    Come in Hipsta fancy dress.
    The person to get most in Hipsta Bingo will win a special prize!!!

    http://www. neatorama. com/images/2005-10/hipster-bingo. jpg
    and
    http://dev. null. org/scrapbook/2006/0319_hipster. jpg

    Saturday 18th April
    4pm The Sugden Centre Carpark, off Oxford Road
    Yo Fixie!
    A fixed only comp with events inc. Trackstand, Skid, Elimination Race, F.I.X.E.D etc.

    With outdoor bar and DJ playing tunes all afternoon...everyone welcome to participate or hang out

    Later we move the DJ and the party inside the backroom of the bar til late...

    Sunday 19th April
    Noon Platt Fields Park
    Bike Polo Tournament
    Teams from all over Europe invited
    Followed by prizegiving party fun

    REGISTER HERE

    SEE HERE FOR SPONSORS

    Disclaimer: Everyone not just fixies VERY welcome to take part

    4 years ago
  • GASHcollective


    SUNDAY MARCH 1 - 2009 - Jilly's Rockworld

    Book the monday off, and buy some decent earplugs... This is gonna be HEAVY!

    - Four Massive Freeparty Soundsytems, One massive legal venue -

    Details and Lineup here: www. GASHcollective. com/sketch

    Spread the word.


    See you there,
    Martin x // GASH


    4 years ago
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    Critical Mass: Friday 25th January, 6pm, Central Library woooo it will be an amazing bike ride to celebrate the bicycle, to meet other cyclists, to have an excuse to ride around, to feel part of a bike gang, to have a fun evening etc etc the last few months have seen around 120 cyclists on critical mass, lets make this one even bigger! WE RIDE RAIN OR SHINE!!!!
  • Music

    Thank you to everyone that came to or played at the Critical Mass Benefit Gig

    it was on Friday 23rd February at the rampant Lion and amazing local Bands played including Burnst, Cash for Your Stories, Run Like Hell, Stray Dog Cafe, MC flipflop and sweating cobs

    it was a really great night and we hope to have another one soon (please get in touch if you are a band and would like to play or perform)

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About me:

Critical Mass is a monthly mass bike ride that takes place every last friday of the month at 6pm outside central library M1 (UK)

we ride rain or shine!

We cycle round the city to celebrate the bicycle:

It's for anyone that rides a bike;
Its a celebration of getting round the city without polluting it;
Its about every journey being an adventure instead of just sitting on a
boring bus or in a stressful car;
Its about cyclists riding together to demand more respect from other road
users;
Its a way to meet other cyclistas;

also at that time on friday hundreds of cities around the world do the
same thing...all get together for critical mass. its beautiful to know
that as you ride with your mates through your own city that all around the
world thousands of people are doing the same thing..


People's comments about Manchester Critical Mass

"...it's brilliant. Usually I'm charging around on my bike, getting where i need to go as fast as i can. Critical mass is different. It's about enjoying riding. It's the most relaxed ride around the city I've ever had. Where all my worries and fears float away. And I've met some lovely people too"

"I was scared it would be some angry bike militants but everyone is so friendly and the ride is fun no aggro at all. See you next month!"

"it's quite something to have that many peeps riding round at once."

"Critical Mass sometimes has a reputation for being an angry rabble of cyclists that want to string up any car drivers they see. This is not true of Manchester Critical Mass, it is a fluffy mass of people that like to have fun on bikes, there are often have children with us and a bicycle sound system to add to the party fun atmosphere. As well as being fun and a social event it is also to show how great a car free city will be. This is achieved every month by showing motorists an alternative, yet critical mass Manchester doesn't aim to annoy drivers we want them to join us.."

(taken from emails we've received)

At previous critical masses in Manchester we decided on the following tips
to ensure that we are all safe,that we cause least annoyance as possible,
to make sure the ride stays together and to ensure that everyone feels
comfortable. Remember sometimes people on critical mass come because it is
a chance to reclaim the road and to feel safe, people who wouldnt usually
ride in central manchester and also children, so its good to keep the nice
friendly atmosphere to encourage cycling and that safe environment...if
people want to discuss these its great, they were points that were agreed
at several critical masses by people shouting and waving hands and that
kind of thing. there is no organiser and everyone should be able to have
their say. (in a way that is responsible and looking after each other)

1. If the light goes on red as the ride approaches the lights we stop and wait for green.

2. If the light changes part way through the ride getting through around 2 people per lane of oncoming traffic stop and cork the road. This basically means that they stand in the middle of that lane holding up their hand/ a sign saying 'thank you for waiting' so that cars will stop and let the ride stay together and go through the light safely. Thanking the drivers when everyone is through..
we are trying to get drivers onto bikes not to hate us!!!

3. Slower riders and children and people with less confidence ride at the front of the ride and to the left hand side so that they can set the pace and help to stay together and also feel safer as they are less likely to be near traffic/ annoyed drivers.

4. We don't have a set route for critical mass, instead whoever is at the front at the time can choose where we go, so we take it in turns! just shout left or right or straight on in plenty of time!

5. Have fun!

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manchester critical mass meet every last friday 6pm central library


About Critical Mass

Critical Mass rides began in San Francisco in 1992 and rides spread around the United States and the world with over 200 rides taking place in 2006.

Critical Mass has no leaders, and no central organization licenses rides. In every city that has a Critical Mass ride, some locals simply picked a date, time, and location for the ride and publicized it, and thus the ride was born. Critical Mass is an idea and an event, not an organization...

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people that love riding bicycles

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