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

[Jack Zarkauskas]

Wow JB - that was constructive!

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:53 AM, jb fentner <symboliceon at hotmail.com> 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.
>
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> 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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