Mass Cycling in The Circle City

The Indy Critical Mass started very small, but it grows every month. In fact, we were forced to change the meeting place from under the Arts Garden to the Veterans Memorial Plaza to accommodate the swelling number of bicycles and riders. The Indy Critical Mass is comprised of all types: fixters, roadies, MTBers, casual commuters, hardcore enthusiasts, and everything in between. There are computer programmers, graphic designers, writers, business owners, delivery drivers, baristas, and more. Some are young punks. Some are bitter old men. All are welcomed. We’ll see you at the VMP Friday.

From critical-mass.info :

“The first Critical Mass ride was in September 1992 in San Francisco. There were 48 people. The ride increased in size by about 75% each month so that by the time 1993 came about, Critical Mass had almost 500 riders and was becoming well known among bicyclers in the city—although city officials still hadn’t registered its existence. A couple months after that people in other cities started noticing and began other Masses. Also in 1993, San Francisco police and Mayor Frank Jordan noticed us and struggled with how to deal with us. It took until June 1997, when Critical Mass was almost 5 years old, for the "new” mayor Willie Brown to make any special note of us: He proved he had no idea what we were about when he made comments that motivated the big July 1997 ride and police riot."

Critical Mass, July 08

Photo by Dano Archibee