[*BCM*] This Saturday: Bike the Seven (Or More) Hills of Somerville

[Clive Standley]

I feel your pain. I never wear a helmet as I hate the way they feel and 
I'm only endangering myself and no one else. However, I always ride in a 
Vehicular way for the safety of myself and other road users. What pisses 
me off is anyone who runs a red light.

jb fentner wrote:

> "riders should wear helmets". .. really.. on a group ride led by the 
> totally non bike conscious bike cops on a Saturday morning. how.. 
> horribly fucking stupid and I'm really getting sick of people being so 
> fucking uppity regarding helmets and how naive they are. do you people 
> have any idea how often I see cyclists spacing out and nearly getting 
> killed in traffic because they don't know basic safety rules? taking a 
> lane.. dooring zone.. just paying attention?? yet no one ever talks 
> about it.. like wearing a helmet is going to prevent people from doing 
> stupid shit and getting hurt or killed. to promote wearing one on a 
> Saturday morning group ride when it's almost completely unnecessary 
> proves my point that people don't even fucking think about what 
> they're saying.
>
> I'll continue teaching folks how to actually survive in an urban 
> environment and I guess you folks can just keep telling everyone that 
> wearing a helmet is the solution. oh, I'm also wondering which one of 
> the girls in this group it was who ran a red light at the bu bridge 
> intersection, got yelled at by a driver, and then proceeded to bitch 
> about mass. bike laws regarding bike lanes. I ran the same light.. cut 
> through the backed up traffic without being noticed or having anyone 
> bitch. glad she was wearing a helmet,  as I nearly slapped her over 
> the head.
>
> From: rnewman at thecia.net
> To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:36:53 -0400
> Subject: [*BCM*] This Saturday: Bike the Seven (Or More) Hills of 
> Somerville
>
> The Somerville Bicycle Committee will hold its 17th annual Tour de 
> Somerville this Saturday, October 17.. Our theme this year is 
> "Somerville: City of Seven (Or More) Hills".
> We'll meet at 10 am at Seven Hills Park (behind the Holland Street T 
> entrance in Davis Square), leaving promptly at 10:15.
>
> Our ride will be approximately 11 miles, and visit each of 
> Somerville's hills, both those that still exist and those that have 
> been removed. Riders should wear helmets and be prepared for hill 
> climbs and descents. We will make brief stops at the tops of most 
> hills so that riders stay together as a group, but we won't have 
> extended history lectures or speeches.
>
> The Somerville Police will escort the ride on bicycles, and Redbones 
> will provide refreshments at the halfway point.
>
> For more info (and a list of hills), 
> visit http://somervillebikes.org/events.html .
> A route map is at http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/312795 , and a 
> cue sheet at http://www.bikely.com/cuesheet/route/312795 .
>
> If it rains, we'll try again the next day, same time and location.
>
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