Well as most of you know Critical Mass was yesterday afternoon. About 25-30 riders were present which was a little more than the last one I went on. A lot of BMXers were there which added a different element to the usually organized ride around town.
We started out at LSU and rode down Highland to Downtown. One of the highlights of the trip actually happened in the first 15 minutes as we held up traffic all the way down Highland Road- at least 20 cars were creeping behind us the entire 2 miles to Downtown. We passed the "Live After Five" concert near the Centroplex and got to yell and holler at some of the people checking out the bands. We then rode past the state capitol where Hunter Roth and myself took the lead of everyone. Things went downhill pretty rapidly after that. We tried to convince everyone it was a good idea to merge onto Interstate 110 but the majority of the group thought this was a bad idea (it was). We then proceeded to go down a dead end street, so in 10 minutes we practically screwed the trip up.
After that we headed back toward the capitol and cut through Spanish Town where we lost some riders at the Spanish Town Market. We eventually made a loop back to the market to pick up the rest of the group. The highlight of the ride took place on a skinny street in Spanish Town where an irate driver of an Acura Integra got caught up in our little parade. She wasn't too excited about the leisurely pace we were riding at so she decided to hold her horn down for about 3 minutes. That didn't help the situation any- in fact she was just making it worse on herself. If she was angry when the whole ordeal started then she was CRAZY when Raav pulled his pants down and mooned her for a good quarter mile. When we turned off of the street she floored her car (running a stop sign and almost running Raav over), got up to about 30 MPH then turned into her driveway about 15 feet away. She made a complete ass of herself.
After that we rode over the North Blvd. overpass which has no bike lanes on it or below it which was really fun. Everyone picked up some speed and got to coast a little bit. From there we headed back to campus and went our separate ways. In total we rode about 10 miles, which may not have been much for the road and mountain bikers, but it was a trek for the kids on 20's. The trip was a blast and I'll keep everyone posted on the dates for the next Critical Mass.