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Monday, February 26, 2007
warsaw critical mass - a photoset on Flickr
warsaw critical mass - a photoset on FlickrSome of mighty Finn's pics from recent Warsaw Critical Mass. Not bad for a two year old!
Dobry wieczor.
Witamy w Warszawka.
Blimey, it ain't half cold mum.
Warsaw Critical Mass is the biggest in Eastern Europe, apparently. Going strong since 1998. They get at least 100 each month in the winter (and that’s a REAL winter) and up to 2000 in the summer.
I'm over here sort of working for a week. So I went to say hello, take some photos and all that.
There was about 100-150 on the mass. Which is a pretty good turnout, considering it was minus 15 degrees, icy, patches of frozen snow here and there. And I tell you what, the streets of Warsaw (capital city, population 1.8million) are dodgy. Pedestrians need to build up a critical mass to cross the street, even with the "green man" lit. Cars just go through the lights, until enough of a crowd builds up and edges onto the road, forcing the cars to stop. So you can imagine the problems that cyclists have to deal with.
Anyway, if your interested, I've stuck some photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theemightyfinn/sets/72157594552413123
But also you may be interested in checking out their website. These are really organised critical massers. They got maps of previous routes (seem to be about 25km), loads of stuff and enough in English to give an idea of what they are about.
http://www.masa.waw.pl/en/index.html
Do zobaczenia,
Michael C
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Dobry wieczor.
Witamy w Warszawka.
Blimey, it ain't half cold mum.
Warsaw Critical Mass is the biggest in Eastern Europe, apparently. Going strong since 1998. They get at least 100 each month in the winter (and that’s a REAL winter) and up to 2000 in the summer.
I'm over here sort of working for a week. So I went to say hello, take some photos and all that.
There was about 100-150 on the mass. Which is a pretty good turnout, considering it was minus 15 degrees, icy, patches of frozen snow here and there. And I tell you what, the streets of Warsaw (capital city, population 1.8million) are dodgy. Pedestrians need to build up a critical mass to cross the street, even with the "green man" lit. Cars just go through the lights, until enough of a crowd builds up and edges onto the road, forcing the cars to stop. So you can imagine the problems that cyclists have to deal with.
Anyway, if your interested, I've stuck some photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theemightyfinn/sets/72157594552413123
But also you may be interested in checking out their website. These are really organised critical massers. They got maps of previous routes (seem to be about 25km), loads of stuff and enough in English to give an idea of what they are about.
http://www.masa.waw.pl/en/index.html
Do zobaczenia,
Michael C
Read more!
cyclingedinburgh.info
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Critical Mass handbill
Here is a new Critical Mass handbill or poster image I made recently. The background image was snapped by someone else and can be found in the link. The art series galleries at http://www.fixedgeargallery.com have lots of nice retro art ripe for "detournement". Anyone who likes it can click on the image below for a printable version, or e-mail me for a photoshopped blank background to which you can add your own words. It could use some work on the contrast. The top half looks washed out in print.
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Get the irony? ;)
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Thursday, February 01, 2007
Fillthathole.org.uk
The CTC magazine this month carried a feature about an excellent new website from the CTC. You report a dangerous pothole to "Fill That Hole" with a Google Maps applet (photograph optional) and they bother your council about fixing it. It goes onto a list, and in the event that it hurts another cyclist, your report helps them get compensation. This could save me the cost of a rim or two..
Please share this info with all your cycling friends! Smooth roads are arguably more important than bike paths for cyclists. You never know when you or someone else is going to come a cropper from council neglect!
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