Talk:Critical Mass (cycling)/Archives/2006

message: Do other CMs do a bike lift, where everyone takes over an intersection and then holds their bike up in the air? If so, might be worth mentioning. pfctdayelise 13:11, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: In Calgary, we haven't been doing it at intersections, just at the end point of our rides, (See my photos.) It's also known as a "Chicago Holdup". --GrantNeufeld 22:03, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

text: That's cool. What a shame you only use the cc-nc license. :) If you ever feel like uploading some particularly good ones to commons under, say, cc-by-sa, then see what I wrote above on this page. pfctdayelise 23:23, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

text: In New York, riders are generally being chased by cops and are too busy avoiding the fuckers (I don't have to keep it NPOV on a discussion page, do I?) to do a bike lift. Boston CMs typically fade out rather than ending; although most months a bike lift is incorporated into the ride. Favored spots include the corner of Boylston and Dartmouth and the middle of the Mass Ave bridge. How about tunnels, underpasses, parking garages, and rotaries? Do other CMs ride those in a non-traditional manner with lots of whooping and hollering?DayKart 08:48, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

text: In London, bike lifts are done occasaionally when stopped at large junctions, and when the mass visits the site of cyclist death, where it is done as a kind of salute, along with a general wassail. It is always very moving. Ooooooooo 20:17, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Bike lift" 

message: There have previously been a number of moves made to this article. I think that any move needs discussed here. I personally do not see any reason why this page should be moved--this is by far the most common use of the proper noun Critical Mass. The original nuclear physics term critical mass is undisambiguated, and there is a disambiguation page for other uses. However, if this page is to be moved, there at least needs to be consensus for a disambiguation term--it has previously been moved to Critical Mass (activist), but activist is definitely not what most Critical Mass riders that I have ever met would use to describe themselves --JeremyA 23:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I strongly agree with both, the request for pre-move discussion, and the realistic dissociation from the 'activist' label.Unclepea 19:07, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page moves 

message: I think this article needs something, maybe a link, or a timeline of when events first started happening at different cities to demonstrate the scale of the Critical Mass. At the moment it seems very San Francisco centric. I know events take place in Amsterdam and London, as I have attended them, but I do not know if this is a global phenonomen, and if similar events take place in smaller regional towns and cities. Catchpole 17:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This page  gives some details on the worldwide nature of critical mass.  I agree the article is SF-centric, but as CM originated there, that's not too unreasonable.  I think a timeline would be great. Doctormatt 17:42, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cities that Critical Mass rides