On November 13, 2007, several dozen bicyclists attended and spoke to the Santa Monica City council, under agenda item "14". Santa-Monica/West-L.A./Venice critical mass community forum Can you imagine what would happen if the car she hit was a person riding a bicycle? Or maaybe even the car was a mother or father riding a bicycle with two of their kids in a bicycle trailer? And this ends in that car ramming another car with her car. A frustrated motorist, not part of the procession, tries to over take them. In the video below, another form of critical mass, a celebratory wedding procession idriving down the street. In the end you can see the truck had virtually severed him in two, leaving his body mangled with guts, a yellowish red jello like substance, oozing out along the wheel of the truck. In this video you can see blood and flesh splattered down the asphalt of a man that was run over by a truck.
Showing the remains of a man run over by a truck) (WARNING! this video is of mature gaphic nature. Organizers hope that by showing people that riding is fun, more people will leave their cars behind and hop on a bike. If you can't find a bike or don't have one, one will be provided for you. The happening is not an organized event, it is just people getting together the first Thursday of the month to go for a ride. Riders want people to know, it is more of a party than a protest. Riders are encouraged to dress up, the crazier the costume the better. It is just that the number of friends along for the ride has more than doubled.Īnywhere from 300 to 600 people show up to be part of the Bike Happening.Įvery month they have a theme. Seven years later, organizers said it is still just a group of friends riding their bikes through downtown. It started in June of 2000, as a small group of friends going out for a fun bike ride through downtown San Luis Obispo. They are all part of the San Luis Obispo Bike Happening. What may appear to be a crowd of crazed, out of control cyclists is actually an organized group of law abiding bike enthusiasts. We caught up with some of the riders to see what it is all about. Those riders are people taking part in what is called a Bike Happening.Īnd it happens here the first Thursday of every month. Have you ever wondered what they are doing or where they are going? If you've been to the San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market you may have noticed an eccentric group of bicyclists cruising around town. Perhaps could end up at some place in downtown Santa Monica for some Hot Apple Cider, Egg Nogg, and other delicious things.īike Happening: Hundreds of crazed cyclists cruise Farmer's Market streets This kind of ride could be alot of fun for the December Mass ride in Santa Monica (smile). And this wonderland, in addition to being an opportunity to experience some holiday cheer on these two wheeled human powered contraptions, it was an opportunity for the spectating public to have a sensous helping watching them go by. Lights, and festive mood of a wonderland.
We obey the laws and we stay in close touch with the police and we do whatever they ask for all these years and we just have a really good time," said SLO Bike Happening Founder Mark Grayson. We want you to have some fun and come and join us. In this video taken from the winter holiday "Bike Happenning", you see two, three, and four wheel (I think), human powered bikes all decked out with color, twinkly However, up in SLO, what I consider the current reigning champ in bicycle friendliness in California, they call it their monthly " Bike Happening". It could even be called a "midnight ridazz" of sorts. In SLO (AKA San Luis Obispo, CA), they have a critical mass of sorts.
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