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Critical Mass Melbourne, Jan 2003

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I went down to Melbourne to visit people there and ride in their Mass. Very cool, and interesting to actually see how other people do things.

Pre-Mass meeting in front of the State Library A nice day for it. Justin with his map. He put quite a bit of effort into the Invasion Day ride, with a map and commentary taking us around significant spots in Melbourne. From a surviving scar tree to the state parliament and old jail, we saw a lot of places that are signi Mike, a courier from New York. With the NY chain around his waist. Damon and me got left behind at the start. Ben (from TriSled) has a new low racer. Which he can ride hands off quite reliably. Cops in Melbourne are much less in charge than Sydney, but seemed a bit more obvious as corkers. There were also more cars in the Mass at various times. Melbourne also gets more bladers - I think three out of about 170 people in the Mass. And Very is now in Melbourne. We did several bike lifts. Ben's lowracer is very light - he waves it round with one hand a lot. Bike Lift! Bike Lift! The second or third of about four... Corked! (a motorist in Critical Mass). Damon towed the sound system behind his fixie. A TriSled Moment - Ben and Hayley in the Mass. Scar tree in the park. There were quite a few kids in the Mass. This one seemed pretty happy. A quick adjustment mid-ride. There's a story here. The park is the site of a bureaucrazy battle between the cyclists who use the park as a pleasant way to get into the city and some part of the Powers That Be who have decided that this shall not be so. So someone keeps painting out t Outside the Premier's office. Heading into the sunset and back to the starting point to finish off the ride. Damon surrounded by people wanting stickers. He spent a lot of time doing this, and got a lot of stickers out there.
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