If its the last Friday of the month, it is time for the monthly free Chicago Critical Mass bike ride, on July 30 this month, which starts from Daley Plaza, Dearborn & Washington at 5:30 pm on the last Friday of each month, regardless of season or weather.
All you have to do is show up with your bike.
Critical Mass is a bike ride plain and simple. A Critical Mass is created when the group of riders comes together for those few hours to take back the streets of our city. The right of the people to assemble is guaranteed in the Constitution, and Critical Mass helps people remember that right. The Mass itself has no political agenda, though, no more than the people of any other community do. Critical Mass is open to all, and it welcomes all riders to join in a celebration of riding bicycles. Why? Because bikes are fun! Once you realize that, you’re free to enjoy the exhilaration that is a large bike ride. It’s quite a sight to be parading down Michigan Avenue with thousands of fellow riders, wishing pedestrians and drivers a “Happy Friday!”
Chicago Critical Mass is a community, yet it’s also part of a worldwide Critical Mass community as a whole. Critical Mass rides take place all over the world each month, and Chicago is proud to join in to proclaim our love of bicycles. If you love bikes, and you want to show others how you feel about cycling, come join us!
For more information on the origins of Critical Mass, please
click here for the excellent Wikipedia page on the subject.
