[Harvey Specter]

For fuck sakes.....


VANCOUVER — Police took the unusual step this week of warning motorists away from the city’s downtown core Friday in an effort to ease tensions generated by a planned “Critical Mass” bike ride.

The ride — which takes place on the last Friday of every month — is expected to draw a record crowd of up to 3,000 cycling enthusiasts, and police say drivers are better off avoiding the area if possible.

Police say the ride has grown so large they have given up trying to rein in participants, even those breaking rules, such as riding without a helmet or blocking traffic.

“The fact of the matter is that Critical Mass has reached a critical mass of civil disobedience,” said Vancouver police Insp. Rick McKenna.

Strict enforcement of the Motor Vehicle Act or city bylaws would “lead to greater confrontations, escalated incidents of violence and further polarity between drivers and riders. None of us wants that,” he said.

Instead, McKenna said, police concentrate on targeting individuals who commit more serious criminal acts.

Last month, a driver was arrested for assault after an “exchange of words” with a cyclist involved in the Critical Mass ride erupted into violence. The incident resulted in an injury to the cyclist.

McKenna said police are concerned similar conflict could flare up again this month.

While the ride was originally designed as a protest over the lack of bike lanes, “Critical Mass has now morphed into a major celebration. Unfortunately, it has also morphed into a source of major conflict between riders and drivers,” he said.

Because of that, he said, “we are reminding motorists that this Friday evening they should try to avoid the city core if at all possible.”

But police say riders, too, can be a problem, with some cyclists engaging in mischief and tactics that exacerbate conflict with drivers.

“Riders routinely block intersections to allow bicycles to move through red lights and occupy oncoming lanes,” McKenna said.

Drinking alcohol or smoking marijuana — behaviours police have cited in the past as problems — while cycling only makes things worse, he said.

McKenna said officers will be out Friday on bicycles and motorcycles to monitor the ride and keep the peace as best they can, but asked for tolerance and cool heads on both sides of the road.

“Friday night promises to be a hot summer night. We respectfully urge all of the riders and any motorists who must be in the downtown core to do their bit to lower the temperature,” he said.

Vancouver cycling advocate Arno Schortinghuis said he welcomes police presence during the Critical Mass rides.

Safety and fun are primary considerations for the vast majority of participants, many of whom bring their children along.

“It’s a real kind of celebration atmosphere,” he said.

As for the drivers who may feel inconvenienced by the ride, Schortinghuis feels some sympathy.

“But, on the other hand, motorists rule the road for the whole month,” he said.

Though the bike route has not been made public, the Critical Mass ride traditionally sets out from the Vancouver Art Gallery around 5 p.m. Traffic may be disrupted over the Burrard, Granville or Lions Gate bridges.


dahansen@vancouversun.com


© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun

[Fafine]

fucking hell

[bengy]

Most people will leave Vancouver for the long weekend anyway so no worries

[BNR32_Coupe]

why doesnt somebody get a twig and throw it at the spokes of the first few bikers? then it'll be called critical injury as a domino effect of cyclists falling off their bikes

[rubencruz]

damn u!

[?NR]

^ :lol @ BNR's suggestion

[murd0c]

spike strips that would be the best way to shut them the fuck up

[TOPEC]

just buy a SHIT LOAD of thumb tacks, be ahead of them and just cover the road in thumb tacks.

[124Y]

Lets all throw water balloons at them!

[you!]

time to go gta style

[SuperSlowSS]

"Critical Mass has reached a critical mass of civil disobedience" hahaha, damn.

I say everybody switch roles. driver -> biker, biker -> driver. Once everybody has a better understanding of what each faces...then you won't need critical mass anymore.

[quasi]

Lets all throw water balloons at them!

Filled with motor oil then enjoy the carnage.

[Aetios]

Lets all throw water balloons at them!

You'd just be helping them cool down

[Ferra]

we should join in the critical mass group and start smoking weed among all the riders. This will help make the public think critical mass are a bunch of marijuana smoking hippies that do drugs and are up to no good. (and hopefully stop the retarded parents from bringing their young children to these events without helmets)

[Ch28]

why doesnt somebody get a twig and throw it at the spokes of the first few bikers? then it'll be called critical injury as a domino effect of cyclists falling off their bikes

I'm extremely surprised that nothing like this has happened so far

[Sid Vicious]

you know what u gotta do
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00675/cyclist-crash_675860n.jpg

[Great68]

"Last month, a driver was arrested for assault after an “exchange of words” with a cyclist involved in the Critical Mass ride erupted into violence. The incident resulted in an injury to the cyclist."

This guy is my fucking hero. Someone who actually had the balls to stand up for himself.

More people need to be like him, or stand up for people like him.

It's stupid they are "warning" motorists to stay away because of this, that's pretty much like the cops saying "Well we can't do 4/5ths of fuck all about it, we give up! Let's go catch us some street racers instead!"

[Alphamale]

Why don't we just unleash the wrath of the black peoples?

[Synaptik]

fucking cyclists think they run this place. really all it takes is one road rage driver plowing into them to shut it down forever.

[Great68]

fucking cyclists think they run this place. really all it takes is one road rage driver plowing into them to shut it down forever.

And that person shall be granted Martyrdom by downtown motorists...

[rslater]

I've said it before and i'll say it again, just wait until someone's child or parent is in some hospitals emergency ward about to die and its sibling can't get their to say gooodbye because some bikers are breaking the law. Its this fucking scenario that pisses me off so much about these bikers.

[jeff_alexander]

motoroil motoroil motoroil motoroil

[eurochevy]

you know what u gotta do
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00675/cyclist-crash_675860n.jpg

+1 for an awesome idea.. they can go screw themselves honestly motorists get tickets etc for disobeying speed laws etc and general road laws..why do cyclists get to get away with this just because theres a lot of them..to me its almost like a clear act of unlawful gathering just like with car enthusiasts or bike groups at a local gas station or something..unless you have official papers they should get just as harrassed by police as any one else ..just cause theres a lot of them doesn't mean police shouldn't hand out tickets etc...if hats the case then we could all just walk down the city streets and all sit down at some random intersection and say oh we feel bad that the lights in the city are on at night and killing birds who fly into the buildings so none of you get to go home in other words retarded shit like that

[tiger_handheld]

wait why is there gonna be carnage? don't they have a bike lane on teh burrard bridge? i'm sure they will be testing it out , and next year, Robertson will convert the part of burrard into a bike lane. i bet you guys didnt know about that!!

[hk20000]

Time to build a oil spray contraption on your car, make sure you get ahead of the bikers when they start and just lube the road for them.

[wahyinghung]

Thanks for the reminder almost forgot it was the end of the month Fridays..........

[124Y]

You'd just be helping them cool down

lol not if you throw it like a major league pitcher. :haha:

[rb]

Just get out of your cars, stand next to it and block the lanes if you're stuck. You'll be a pedestrian then and those cyclists riding in btwn cars will have to yield to you. Apparently, thats what my brother did and others got out their cars too. Someone should start up a walk/march that runs through their bike route.

[aeja]

Police say the ride has grown so large they have given up trying to rein in participants, even those breaking rules, such as riding without a helmet or blocking traffic.

This is stupid. So we can break the law when we have a lot of people doing it?

[JoshuaWong]

"Last month, a driver was arrested for assault after an “exchange of words” with a cyclist involved in the Critical Mass ride erupted into violence. The incident resulted in an injury to the cyclist."

This guy is my fucking hero. Someone who actually had the balls to stand up for himself.

More people need to be like him, or stand up for people like him.

It's stupid they are "warning" motorists to stay away because of this, that's pretty much like the cops saying "Well we can't do 4/5ths of fuck all about it, we give up! Let's go catch us some street racers instead!"

Time for critical mass of street racers!

[ToneCapone]

FUCK TIE A STRING FROM ONE END OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER WHEN U SEE THEM COMING

[Death2Theft]

Everyone should get out of the cars and just drop trou, tho i question how what would happen if critical mass decided to go down davie street.

[ToneCapone]

so these guys wanna be gangster huh, well g's got integrated task force after them... cops should make an integrated bike force. w/ bean bag guns.
i cant believe they are letting this sht slide

[ajax]

so these guys wanna be gangster huh, well g's got integrated task force after them... cops should make an integrated bike force. w/ bean bag guns.
i cant believe they are letting this sht slide

ive got a paintball gun!
RS Critical Mass Paintball Target Practice?

[Mr.HappySilp]

so if we get say... a big group or gangs to beat up some bystanders the police won't arrest us coz we are too big in numbers?

Time to start a RS robbery group! We can to go store to store and rub them clean and the police won't do a thing about it since we have too many robberies at once for them to handle.

Is very simple. When a protest gets too big and it out of control or beyond the control of the police you simply shut it down.

[some_punk]

Seriously why dont they have to pay some kind of insurance or get a license to ride a bike. How are they supposed to keep track of a cyclist who is doing something stupid?

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kXnVoQ9ZFkQ/SPVTVj8WkVI/AAAAAAAAEoA/FQndW5FtraA/s400/1128058992428.gif

[muteki]

Freaking hippies. Someone needs to take care of them, breaking laws and riding around like the own the street and blocking off traffic.

[Nightwalker]

I think it's cool! I drive purely for pleasure. Been walking and biking to work everyday, just drive on the weekend when I go out of town. Maybe I'll ride a Critical Mass some day.

[slammer111]

Actually, what we should do is organize a mass (500+) cars to do 140 down certain highways in a protest of speed limits. Cops can't pull 500 cars over right? :)

[AVS_Racing]

^^^^^^^^^ im down !!!!!!!!!!

[ziggyx]

who wants to volunteer to be an idiot like this guy during their bike ride?? haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHd0UV7pm4c

[GLOW]

who wants to volunteer to be an idiot like this guy during their bike ride?? haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHd0UV7pm4c

you dont need to wipe out, just kick the guy next to you over to force him to wipe out and let the hilarity ensue. hell, start kicking multiple bikers over :thumbsup:

[simsimi1004]

im down with the 500 car high speed cruise.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

"Last month, a driver was arrested for assault after an “exchange of words” with a cyclist involved in the Critical Mass ride erupted into violence. The incident resulted in an injury to the cyclist."

This guy is my fucking hero. Someone who actually had the balls to stand up for himself.

More people need to be like him, or stand up for people like him.

It's stupid they are "warning" motorists to stay away because of this, that's pretty much like the cops saying "Well we can't do 4/5ths of fuck all about it, we give up! Let's go catch us some street racers instead!"

What the motherfucking shit, i could totally end up in that shitty ass fucking situation? wtf , which may result an influence to my career at some point? jesus fuck, i guess i could throw words at him to the point he flips and decides to throw the first punch. Than game on? self defence? fucking gay

fucking hell, drove on robson 2 months ago this mofo decides to zig zag thru traffic , and decides to ride dangerously in between two cars swirls in and out and nearly knocked out my side mirror. I gave him a honk, he turns around and gave me a finger, i obviously yelled at him. Than he attempted to spit on my car and missed. I was in my suit and my dressing shoes while my gf was sitting beside me since we were heading down to C restaurant to celebrate her bday. So he did a u-turns in the front of the intersection and stopped beside my window, i told him it was fucking dangerous for what he did back there. He mummbled some bullshit and gave me a cocky attitude as if ohhh dont worry i can take care myself or some shit like that. Fuck if i wasnt in my suit that day i really wonna rip an new asshole in this guys cocky ass face. I know what he may attempt to do tho, slam his bike or damage my car and run. which is what im afraid of a cyclist to do, bevause its hard to have evidence as well as they have no license plate. Otherwise i really wonna beat the shit out of him.

Fucking hell, cyclist deserves to die...no i dont care what anyone says. Fuck them. Ride a motorcycle or get the fuck out of my way.

This morning coming to work, a fucking cyclist decides to hog up the entire lane riding 15km. Fuck him, ripped thru blowing his ear drum at 8500rpm in 2nd and ended at that.
:)


just who they think they are? the fucking cyclists are riding no more than 20km, what makes them think they have the right to ride one lane and slow everyone down? should scooters (manual one that u run on ur foot), roller bladers, skateboarders all join their cruise and hog up the entire 2 or 3 lanes on the street?

[Tapioca]

Until bicycles are no longer considered "vehicles" under the law, they have the right to be on the road. It's not easy building dedicated bike paths, but the municipalities are getting there.

However, with that said, I think police should do more to enforce the rules of the road for cyclists. When I see cyclists zip in and out of lanes, they are really taking their lives into their own hands.

[InvisibleSoul]

Actually, what we should do is organize a mass (500+) cars to do 140 down certain highways in a protest of speed limits. Cops can't pull 500 cars over right? :)
Sure they can... sounds pretty easy to me. Once they block off the highway, going to be pretty hard for you to escape.

[Great68]

Until bicycles are no longer considered "vehicles" under the law, they have the right to be on the road. It's not easy building dedicated bike paths, but the municipalities are getting there.



If bicycles are considered "Vehicles" under the law, then they should have to register and insure their vehicles.

[misteranswer]

If bicycles are considered "Vehicles" under the law, then they should have to register and insure their vehicles.

If they were a motor vehicle, then yes. Just like Segways.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Until bicycles are no longer considered "vehicles" under the law, they have the right to be on the road. It's not easy building dedicated bike paths, but the municipalities are getting there.

However, with that said, I think police should do more to enforce the rules of the road for cyclists. When I see cyclists zip in and out of lanes, they are really taking their lives into their own hands.

than they should be buying insurance thru icbc and have a ugly license plate behind them so they cant run red lights motherfuckers

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

who wants to volunteer to be an idiot like this guy during their bike ride?? haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHd0UV7pm4c

this guy deserves an olympic gold metal

[Death2Theft]

Me too problem is which routes/rooftops to man.
ive got a paintball gun!
RS Critical Mass Paintball Target Practice?

[Great68]

If they were a motor vehicle, then yes. Just like Segways.

Nope, I don't care what it is, if you want to ride share the road with cars you should have to register and insure.

[1exotic]

you know what u gotta do
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00675/cyclist-crash_675860n.jpg

Great thinking.

Someday I'd like to go up a couple floors in some building and throw bags of shit on them. Will teach these global warming hippies to stop fucking with the public.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Nope, I don't care what it is, if you want to ride share the road with cars you should have to register and insure.

:thumbsup: good points


pay like how motorcyclists pay

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Great thinking.

Someday I'd like to go up a couple floors in some building and throw bags of shit on them. Will teach these global warming hippies to stop fucking with the public.

global warming my ass, no one is dieing

[silk]

spike strips that would be the best way to shut them the fuck up

just buy a SHIT LOAD of thumb tacks, be ahead of them and just cover the road in thumb tacks.

Lets all throw water balloons at them!

why doesnt somebody get a twig and throw it at the spokes of the first few bikers? then it'll be called critical injury as a domino effect of cyclists falling off their bikes

time to go gta style

Filled with motor oil then enjoy the carnage.

you know what u gotta do
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00675/cyclist-crash_675860n.jpg

Why don't we just unleash the wrath of the black peoples?

Time to build a oil spray contraption on your car, make sure you get ahead of the bikers when they start and just lube the road for them.

Actually, what we should do is organize a mass (500+) cars to do 140 down certain highways in a protest of speed limits. Cops can't pull 500 cars over right? :)



LOL at you guys :D Great ideas but are you goin to do it ? Stop suggesting something you can not accomplish.... these comments are only good for a laugh.

[Sid Vicious]

these people are misguided retards. what happens if they block off an ambulance or a fire truck

[q0192837465]

God, I have an exam on Friday. FACK FACK FACK

[quasi]

LOL at you guys :D Great ideas but are you goin to do it ? Stop suggesting something you can not accomplish.... these comments are only good for a laugh.

No chance, I would never get stuck in that mess. I oppose the idea to them acting like dicks and accomplishing nothing but pissing off people who don't ride in the name of change. :)

[shenmecar]

God, I have an exam on Friday. FACK FACK FACK

Skip the exam and say, Oh i couldnt come to class cuz of the CRITICAL MASS.

[CRS]

Skip the exam and say, Oh i couldnt come to class cuz of the CRITICAL MASS.

That's not a valid excuse.

If you had any academic background, you would have known that.

[slammer111]

^ I think Shenmecar was being sarcastic. Imagine if that excuse also worked for your job. :)

[CRS]

^ I think Shenmecar was being sarcastic. Imagine if that excuse also worked for your job. :)

I don't think it was so much sarcasm as it was just... A thoughtless post.

[91civicZC]

Instead of suggesting total BS solutions, and stuff that will never happen, call your local MP and demand to know why your local police department is allowing and seemingly supporting the breaking of the road laws in your area. Then call the Vancouver Police department (not 911 you dumbasses) and let them know you will be in the downtown core on Friday afternoon and would like to know what the police will be doing to those cyclists who are endangering the Public as well as running posted traffic lights and signals.

After that, if you really want to do something, get as many motorists together as you can, and follow the critical mass ride. Be prepared for a very long afternoon, but be on your Horn the WHOLE DAMN TIME. Call it “Critical mass Auto edition” and claim you are protesting the fact that you are putting out more emissions thanks to cyclists blocking the downtown core.

I’m all for more bikes downtown and less cars, unfortunately critical mass simply makes drivers pissed off, and dose nothing to help promote change. Critical mass needs to be stopped before someone gets hurt directly or indirectly because of it.

[Nightwalker]

Suck it up ladies

[Drow]

who else thinks critical mass is just a bunch of hippies that can't afford cars so they try to shape the city down to their level?

me thinks if u gave a critical mass homo a lambo they'd stop riding around in bikes and being a prick to everybody

[Tapioca]

I'm not a cyclist myself, but at least I can understand the intent (though I don't necessary agree with the means) of Critical Mass. The original intent of Critical Mass was to generate awareness about cyclists on the roads. I think its mission has been accomplished - at least people are talking about it.

Cyclists are treated as motor vehicles under the law and their rights to be on the road should be respected. To all those crying that they should be insured, etc., well instead of complaining about it, maybe you should talk to your local MLA and get the motor vehicle act changed. Would you rather have cyclists riding on the sidewalk? I personally would rather have cylists on the road. If every cyclist now switched to cars, the roads would be worse (well, we all own stock in GM and Chrysler so I suppose we should encourage car ownership to get our tax dollars back.)

As for the police, well it's rather hard to arrest thousands of cyclists, just like it's hard to arrest the hundreds who gather in front of the Art Gallery on 4/20.

[q0192837465]

who else thinks critical mass is just a bunch of hippies that can't afford cars so they try to shape the city down to their level?

me thinks if u gave a critical mass homo a lambo they'd stop riding around in bikes and being a prick to everybody

I think they'r just a bunch of insignificant ppl who wants ppl's attention because most ppl will not give them a second look otherwise.

[Grandmaster TSE]

there are gonna be a lot of pissed off people downtown, imagine being stuck in traffic with the heatwave going on, theres gonna be blood!!!!

[Eclypz]

It's going to be a fun drive home from work tomorrow :(

[Great68]

Cyclists are treated as motor vehicles under the law and their rights to be on the road should be respected.

Just as they should be respecting the laws of the road, the same as any other motor vehicle on the road. Which a lot of the time, especially during critical mass, they do not.


Rights and duties of operator of cycle

183 (1) In addition to the duties imposed by this section, a person operating a cycle on a highway has the same rights and duties as a driver of a vehicle.

(2) A person operating a cycle

(a) must not ride on a sidewalk unless authorized by a bylaw made under section 124 or unless otherwise directed by a sign,

---> (c) must, subject to paragraph (a), ride as near as practicable to the right side of the highway, <---

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) (c) requires a person to ride a cycle on any part of a highway that is not paved.

A lot of the cyclists see the "RIGHTS" part but completely ignore the "DUTIES" part

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

you know what these dumbass cyclists will be 1000 times safer riding on the sidewalk

there is more room to ride on the sidewalk than fucking riding on the road


ROAD are for cars, not for fucking pedestrians or runners, or in this case the FUKING CYCLISTS


how many people walks on sidewalk vs how many cars are actually driving on the road? the ratio will be it is less chance of a dumbass cyclist to run into a pedestrian (which cant cause death) vs a dumb shit cyclist getting run over by a truck (and die )

[Stevie P]

They should be allowed to protest / celebrate as much as they want, but not at the fucking expense of others. One day someone is going to snap.

[quasi]

Just as they should be respecting the laws of the road, the same as any other motor vehicle on the road. Which a lot of the time, especially during critical mass, they do not.



A lot of the cyclists see the "RIGHTS" part but completely ignore the "DUTIES" part

Exactly, many only obey the laws when convient otherwise it's anything goes.

[PavelGTR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TRCaPwzl34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ&feature=related

[silk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TRCaPwzl34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ&feature=related

I have to say both videos are fucking awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::h aha::haha: :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[MR_BIGGS]

That was badass...i gotta get to work at 6pm 2morrow...if someone or a group of them fuck with me...i'm going to super soak 2000 there asses..with piss water.

[thumper]

looks like i'm driving the backup to work tomorrow:

http://englishrussia.com/images/more_mad_max_truck/1.jpghttp://englishrussia.com/images/more_mad_max_truck/5.jpg

carpoolers welcomed! passengers must be proficient with flamethrowers, crossbows and be able to retrieve shotgun shells through a broken windshield of a moving 18 wheeler :thumbsup:

[jeffh]

i love that nypd video

i was hoping the k car ran someone over good tho, it just got the pussies foot haha


like the other guys said tho, if you want it to actually stop, you need to make it more of a pain in the ass for the police to let it happen, than to stop it

they are just taking the path of least resistance like all civil servants, write MLA's and MP's call townhall and write letters to the police station. if you can be a biggre pain than the cyclists, they will shut it down

[Synaptik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TRCaPwzl34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ&feature=related

fucking cyclists deserved all they got

[Harvey Specter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TRCaPwzl34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ&feature=related

LMAO.

Most people are already in a bad mood because of the heat so I'm pretty sure some shit will go down tomorrow if these hippies try something "cute".

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

definitely looking forward to that

[Not really racist!]

that 1st one is money man

ahahaa

[Qmx323]

Yeah, hippies need to learn that clogging up traffic when everyone is fucking pissed the fuck off so badly on the last day b4 the fucking weekend to demonstrate "environmental" awareness need to just fuck off. Everyone just wants to go home to fuck their wives/girlfriends and get hammered and these faggots start clogging the streets like they own it. They better stay on the damn bike lane.

[GotRice604]

I've said it before and i'll say it again, just wait until someone's child or parent is in some hospitals emergency ward about to die and its sibling can't get their to say gooodbye because some bikers are breaking the law. Its this fucking scenario that pisses me off so much about these bikers.

similar situation happen last time, i read on another forum, a wife who is dying of cancer and was on her death bed, and the husband, was stuck in traffic cause by these fuckers and couldn't make it to say good bye, they were married for 30+ years.

[ReD-DrAgOn]

Yeah, hippies need to learn that clogging up traffic when everyone is fucking pissed the fuck off so badly on the last day b4 the fucking weekend to demonstrate "environmental" awareness need to just fuck off. Everyone just wants to go home to fuck their wives/girlfriends and get hammered and these faggots start clogging the streets like they own it. They better stay on the damn bike lane.

Its almost to hot to fuck.

[jeff_alexander]

That was badass...i gotta get to work at 6pm 2morrow...if someone or a group of them fuck with me...i'm going to super soak 2000 there asses..with piss water.

use milk, nothing like bacteria growing on their hot sweaty bodies while in the sun

[bengy]

go downtown and pack some compressed air horns. when they pass by just blast in those fuckers ears. should have some good reactions.

[Black SC2]

Great thinking.

Someday I'd like to go up a couple floors in some building and throw bags of shit on them. Will teach these global warming hippies to stop fucking with the public.

DO NOT FUCK WITH THE ROOFTOP DUNG FLINGAH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajeL87l3prM

[ajax]

"Kjell ******* Critical Mass Tomorrow!
27 minutes ago · Comment · LikeUnlike
WHAT IS HE THINKING!

[!LittleDragon]

Step 1. Find a pay phone
Step 2. Call local radio station or city hall
Step 3. Threaten the cyclists with molotov cocktails if they're seen disobeying the rules.

[The_AK]

i say we pour oil onto the slopped areas in downtown where these biking fuckers ride through, good luck peddling up that shit, better yet, keeping balance

[PavelGTR]

i say we pour oil onto the slopped areas in downtown where these biking fuckers ride through, good luck peddling up that shit, better yet, keeping balance

I'm with you

[PavelGTR]

This one is funny

http://nothingtoxic.com/media/1234233186/Stupid_Protestors_Lay_Under_Police_Car_-_Get_Runover

[pure.life]

I'm with you

I'll be in DT tmr.. I will be more than happy to join the fun.

REVSCENE Group Meet to wipe out those bastards?

[Harvey Specter]

I don't mind hot biker chicks that wear nice, tight biker wear. :)

[PavelGTR]

I'll be in DT tmr.. I will be more than happy to join the fun.

REVSCENE Group Meet to wipe out those bastards?

Lets do it.

[jeff_alexander]

Step 1. Find a pay phone
Step 2. Call local radio station or city hall
Step 3. Threaten the cyclists with molotov cocktails if they're seen disobeying the rules.

I got a better idea

1) Find a payphone
2) Call in a bomb threat saying you'll be part of the Critical Mass group
3) Watch police search everyone of those fuckers for weed/helmet and get fucked
4) Repeat every last friday of the month

[jeff_alexander]

i say we pour oil onto the slopped areas in downtown where these biking fuckers ride through, good luck peddling up that shit, better yet, keeping balance

You have to disguise the actual pouring of the oil, I say buy a beater and unscrew the oil drain plug during one of their routes to fuck them up so it looks like a legit accident.

[pure.life]

I say we have two ppl walking on the crosswalk with an uncorcked oil can...

"accidentally on purpose" bump into each other and spill it!

DONE! CHOP CHOP!

[jeff_alexander]

I say we have two ppl walking on the crosswalk with an uncorcked oil can...

"accidentally on purpose" bump into each other and spill it!

DONE! CHOP CHOP!

We need to organize this thing to counter these assholes, time for a new thread?

[PavelGTR]

Anyone have roman candles or some firework we can shoot at them?

[Unagi]

This is outrageous! There are always cars lining up whenever the critical mass' going on. And they take FOREVER to finish passing one street!

[Grimist]

I got a better idea

1) Find a payphone
2) Call in a bomb threat saying you'll be part of the Critical Mass group
3) Watch police search everyone of those fuckers for weed/helmet and get fucked
4) Repeat every last friday of the month
^that is the best idea so far

[Mr.HappySilp]

All talks I bet none of you will actually go and anything about it.

[impactX]

Gregor Robertson, the chairman of the Vancouver Police Board, is a fucking hippy.

[Ronin]

I'm not a cyclist myself, but at least I can understand the intent (though I don't necessary agree with the means) of Critical Mass. The original intent of Critical Mass was to generate awareness about cyclists on the roads. I think its mission has been accomplished - at least people are talking about it.

Cyclists are treated as motor vehicles under the law and their rights to be on the road should be respected. To all those crying that they should be insured, etc., well instead of complaining about it, maybe you should talk to your local MLA and get the motor vehicle act changed. Would you rather have cyclists riding on the sidewalk? I personally would rather have cylists on the road. If every cyclist now switched to cars, the roads would be worse (well, we all own stock in GM and Chrysler so I suppose we should encourage car ownership to get our tax dollars back.)

As for the police, well it's rather hard to arrest thousands of cyclists, just like it's hard to arrest the hundreds who gather in front of the Art Gallery on 4/20.

People are talking about it in a negative way, though. They're bringing up negative publicity. I was listening to the radio earlier today on my way home and 80% of the people voting on TEAM1040 thought they should be arrested. I don't know if he said it on the radio but I was talking on Twitter to Buzz Bishop and we agreed that they're a bunch of moronic fucks. The vast majority of the 604 is not behind their idiotic way of doing things.

People are not going to bike in this city. Shit is too far away and biking is inconvenient, especially if you have a family or a job that is any more than throwing distance from where you live.

[slammer111]

Actually, anyone ever consider going along for the whole ride.. on a motorcycle? :D

[illicitstylz]

LF: BEATER CAR WITH REPULSIVE EMISSION ODOR TO DRIVE IN FRONT OF THE CYCLISTS

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

or time to get rid of ur cat, and let them smell your stinky exhaust

fuck them



already saw a bunch of riding this morning


fucking hell

[sonick]

Jesus... Reading the quotes and comments in the articles related to Critical Mass makes me think all that fresh air the cyclists are breathing is damaging their brain... or it could be from breathing in all the exhaust fumes? Source of these quotes from: http://www.theprovince.com/news/vancouver/Critical+Mass+riders+fear+safety/1848181/story.html

"When I ride downtown to work everyday by myself, and I'm cut off by cars, I'm honked at . . . It's terrifying," she said. "And as soon as I join Critical Mass on the last Friday of every month, I feel safe."

YOU'RE NOT FUCKING RIDING TO WORK IN CRITICAL MASS!!! DON'T YOU FUCKING USE 'FEELING SAFE' AS AN EXCUSE TO JOIN CRITICAL MASS. YOU ARE A DOUCHEBAG AND YOU KNOW IT, SO DON'T MAKE IDIOT EXCUSES. IF YOU TRULY WANT TO BIKE SAFELY, GO TO THE FUCKING SEAWALL YOU DUMB BITCH.

"You're promoting hatred towards cyclists . . . The cars are dominating the roadways for 30 days of the month. Why can't they allow the cyclists to use the roadways for two hours?"

BECAUSE THE ROADWAYS ARE FOR FUCKING CARS YOU GODDAMN IMBECILE!!! HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU MAKING ANY SENSE?!?!?! WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF EVERYBODY DROVE ON THE FUCKING BIKE LANES?!?! AND SECONDLY, HOW THE FUCK DOES PISSING EVERYBODY OFF PROMOTE LESS HATE TOWARDS CYCLISTS YOU FUCKING PRETENTIOUS HIPPIE MOUTH-BREATHER?!?!

FUCK VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL, FUCK HIPPIES, FUCK GREGOR ROBERTSON, FUCK. YOU. ALL.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Good i like your anger ^






i know what i will be doing today, revving the fuck out of my car blowing past them and let them smell my rotten stinky exhaust fumes so they can choke themself and fell over to the road. Hitting their head against the sidewalk and crack it wide open than die motherfucker. :thumbsup: for not wearing helmet

[Synaptik]

People are not going to bike in this city. Shit is too far away and biking is inconvenient, especially if you have a family or a job that is any more than throwing distance from where you live.

QFT, the only ones who can bike to work are the douche hippies living in kits. us commoners are forced to drive...biking isnt an option.

[Mananetwork]

Ok lets get this straight, cyclists aren't all fucking hippies. I commute by bike, it's a great way to get excersize and keep the car at home on these fucking awesome days!

While most of you are stuck in traffic, a biker is still peddling away. Driving in Vancouver doesn't save you all that much time unless you're hitting the highway. During high peak traffic times, I bet a good rider can make it from richmond to downtown at about the same time if not maybe 15minutes late.

I don't upright think having this once a month is such a great idea because once I coudln't even get downtown because of these guys, but don't hate on all bikers. You won't know unless you grab a bike and ride it in and out of downtown but most of the biking routes are kept off any major streets.

Vancouver isn't the most ideal place to ride because of all the hills, but if your work has showers and you hate sitting in traffic, pick up a bike and try riding to work. You'll find it a pretty rewarding experiance!

[sonick]

Ok lets get this straight, cyclists aren't all fucking hippies. I commute by bike, it's a great way to get excersize and keep the car at home on these fucking awesome days!

While most of you are stuck in traffic, a biker is still peddling away. Driving in Vancouver doesn't save you all that much time unless you're hitting the highway. During high peak traffic times, I bet a good rider can make it from richmond to downtown at about the same time if not maybe 15minutes late.

I don't upright think having this once a month is such a great idea because once I coudln't even get downtown because of these guys, but don't hate on all bikers. You won't know unless you grab a bike and ride it in and out of downtown but most of the biking routes are kept off any major streets.

Vancouver isn't the most ideal place to ride because of all the hills, but if your work has showers and you hate sitting in traffic, pick up a bike and try riding to work. You'll find it a pretty rewarding experiance!

This is true and I agree that I am unfairly overgeneralizing; but it's mainly for effect and not something I really believe to be true. Hope it doesn't strike a nerve for anybody who does bike, but are smart enough to not be a sheep in this Critical Mass bullshit.

[impactX]

Blah blah blah

Hippy! :p

[Mananetwork]

Theres a way to get a msg across about biking in Vancouver and the Critical Mass isn't one of those ways. You have to admit though, it's kind of cool take over the streets;D

[Mananetwork]

Hippy! :p

:D

[silk]

Theres a way to get a msg across about biking in Vancouver and the Critical Mass isn't one of those ways. You have to admit though, it's kind of cool take over the streets;D

Take over streets, disobey law and build up traffic seem cool to you?
God.. I thought Gay parade was bothering... you cyclists are even worse. In theory, crtical mass supposed to be a protest, not because it is cool to break the law and take over the streets. It's the people like you screwd up our society.

[Tapioca]

Mananetwork has summed it up perfectly. Several people at my office bike to work and they don't exactly live within a throwing stone of the downtown core either. People in my office aren't exactly hippies - unless you think that people who consume Starbucks, are white, drink beer, wear brand name clothing, and have families are somehow hippies. :confused:

Every time a thread comes up about Critical Mass, we have a bunch of people who think that cycling is somehow part of the counter-culture, or akin to being a "hippie." Most of you throw around the term "hippie" without even knowing what it means. Most cyclists aren't hippies who live on the Drive, eat vegan, have their own gardens, etc. I suppose if being a 'hippie' means getting some exercise on the way to work/running errands and enjoying the outdoors, well I don't know what to say...

I think cyclists who disobey the rules of the road should be fined just like drivers. However, for every cyclist who disobeys the rules, there are 5 law-abiding cyclists who wear reflective gear, helmets, use hand signals, and stay in bike lanes. Just as cyclists should be taught the rules of the road, drivers should watch for cylists.

[unit]

^you're not even talking about critical mass anymore. nobody here has a problem with cyclists, we have a problem with critical mass. every time they ride it ends up in violence and disrespect between drivers and riders... it really accomplishes nothing.

[Tapioca]

^you're not even talking about critical mass anymore. nobody here has a problem with cyclists, we have a problem with critical mass. every time they ride it ends up in violence and disrespect between drivers and riders... it really accomplishes nothing.

I know I'm taking this thread off-topic, but judging from the responses in this thread and other threads, we still have a long way to go before people become open about cycling. When I see people throw around the term hippie without substantiating it, it touches a raw nerve I guess.

I don't agree with the methods Critical Mass employs, but I can understand the message.

[silk]

I think cyclists who disobey the rules of the road should be fined just like drivers. However, for every cyclist who disobeys the rules, there are 5 law-abiding cyclists who wear reflective gear, helmets, use hand signals, and stay in bike lanes. Just as cyclists should be taught the rules of the road, drivers should watch for cylists.

you know why we pissed off? Because most of them does not get FINED ! If they are insured and have plate on their bike maybe I wont be so pissed ? At least I can track him down with an enforcer if a cyclist breaks the rule of riding on road.
That is why cylists should not be on the streets with its own lanes in the first place. You gave them one, they will want more.

are you sure you understand the message Critial mass trying to deliver? They called it celebration now because finally they have their own lanes, great.. BUT Why the fuck are these people celerate once every month ?
You dont see 4/20 celebrate on the 20th of every months? You dont see celebration of light shooting firework once every month..
It was a protest before, now they have the lanes, they want 1 step further to do something stupid. Most of the people have mentality in their head that it is fun when you were told not to do something, in this situation "breaking the rules".. I bet majority of them not riding for the protest sake, they ride their bike because they can break the rule and make a scene of it. The good part is "THEY WONT BE FINED NOR THORWN IN JAIL"...... This is also the impression Mananetwork is giving me by stating taking the whole road seems cool !!!

[Blinky]

Take over streets, disobey law and build up traffic seem cool to you?
God.. I thought Gay parade was bothering... you cyclists are even worse. In theory, crtical mass supposed to be a protest, not because it is cool to break the law and take over the streets. It's the people like you screwd up our society.

Go back to China.
Like, srsly.

:Popcorn

I think CM's methods are wrong on a day like today - to do the whole every-month-last-friday-after-rush-hour thing is probably annoying but ... isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things. To deliberately, passive-aggressively block rush hour traffic on a long weekend Friday is just asking for confrontation and trouble.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Go back to China.
Like, srsly.

:Popcorn

I think CM's methods are wrong on a day like today - to do the whole every-month-last-friday-after-rush-hour thing is probably annoying but ... isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things. To deliberately, passive-aggressively block rush hour traffic on a long weekend Friday is just asking for confrontation and trouble.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ya ok buddy

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

you know why we pissed off? Because most of them does not get FINED ! If they are insured and have plate on their bike maybe I wont be so pissed ? At least I can track him down with an enforcer if a cyclist breaks the rule of riding on road.
That is why cylists should not be on the streets with its own lanes in the first place. You gave them one, they will want more.

are you sure you understand the message Critial mass trying to deliver? They called it celebration now because finally they have their own lanes, great.. BUT Why the fuck are these people celerate once every month ?
You dont see 4/20 celebrate on the 20th of every months? You dont see celebration of light shooting firework once every month..
It was a protest before, now they have the lanes, they want 1 step further to do something stupid. Most of the people have mentality in their head that it is fun when you were told not to do something, in this situation "breaking the rules".. I bet majority of them not riding for the protest sake, they ride their bike because they can break the rule and make a scene of it. The good part is "THEY WONT BE FINED NOR THORWN IN JAIL"...... This is also the impression Mananetwork is giving me by stating taking the whole road seems cool !!!

hence why im motherfucking pissed

because THEY DONT get ticketed, period. Dont give me the bullshit ahhh officers track them dont just like how they hand out VIs like advertising fliers. They wonna hog up one lane while riding 20km? pay the fucking funds towards gay ICBC just like the rest of us, than i might call it a day.

Fucking cyclists breaks more traffic law than me getting VIs and speeding tickets in on year. I speed say once a week, everyday i drive i see AT LEAST fucking 2 cyclists riding like a fucking moron. And guess what? I drove to my other building today within 2 blocks i saw a _____ (fill in the blank) yes a FUCKING CYCLIST running redlight without stopping. I would love to see his guts getting splashed all over the street, while his head getting flattened underneath someone else's tire like a fucking Ihops pancake. Now thats a pretty scene to watch. Hell he didnt even have helmet on, and now why was i not surprised?


PS: i know what im gonna do this afternoon, be a revving whore driving around in DT after work

[Farfetched]

All talks I bet none of you will actually go and anything about it.

Yea... that pretty much sums up the last 5 Critical Mass threads. Now wheres that beating a dead horse smilie....

[silk]

Go back to China.
Like, srsly.

:Popcorn

I think CM's methods are wrong on a day like today - to do the whole every-month-last-friday-after-rush-hour thing is probably annoying but ... isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things. To deliberately, passive-aggressively block rush hour traffic on a long weekend Friday is just asking for confrontation and trouble.

They can protest all they want by riding in the Stanley park, and hell I dont give a shit ... why are they interference with the people at a most busiest place and during a busiest time?

And I will not go back to China, because I love to get into your skin to see you comes back at me with some racial related comments. :D

[Nightwalker]

Mob rule, the basis of democracy. The mob this time is the cyclists.

Is it really worth the time to have every officer in the lower mainland converge on the Critical Mass cyclists for fucking helmet tickets and bullshit? Most people even know where and when it's happening.

If there was an anti-mob and serious problems started:

1. You'd all be a bunch of dicks (but that's nothing new)
2. The event would be forced to become a real parade/event backed by the city, or perish

So far, it doesn't seem like enough people really want to do anything about it. And seeing as it's an infrequent inconvenience I don't really see that changing.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

china is :gayfight: :2finger: :2finger2: :gay::showbutt:

[DD//M3]

Damn, I have to be downtown around 6:30pm. Watch they won't take Burrard now that there is a dedicated bike lane. They will go and piss off people on the Lion's gate tonight.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

hence why im gonna get some beer along with some popcorn, sitting in front of my tv watching the news. Cant wait for cyclists getting runned over tonight



dear lord, please let it happen

[silk]

hence why im gonna get some beer along with some popcorn, sitting in front of my tv watching the news. Cant wait for cyclists getting runned over tonight



dear lord, please let it happen

i got a feeling things will get outta control !!!

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

you will see me with a evil grin on my face


happy camper here

+1

[q0192837465]

fack, wut am I gonna do? Take second narrow to UBC? or Lion's Gate? Fack, I have 1 hr to make it to UBC from North Van. FACK. Man, I really hope those hippies get their asses owned tonight.

[Blinky]

They can protest all they want by riding in the Stanley park, and hell I dont give a shit ... why are they interference with the people at a most busiest place and during a busiest time?

And I will not go back to China, because I love to get into your skin to see you comes back at me with some racial related comments. :D

Doesn't bother me one bit.

All I see is someone who whines and whines and whines and doesn't do anything to change the situation. Seems like you like it here -- so take some of the not-so-good with the good.

[silk]

I wouldnt mind protest can be something like this



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1nzEFMjkI4



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67riI_A_pCA


LOL @ 1:06 the guy in the back ~~

[underscore]

Every time a thread comes up about Critical Mass, we have a bunch of people who think that cycling is somehow part of the counter-culture, or akin to being a "hippie." Most of you throw around the term "hippie" without even knowing what it means. Most cyclists aren't hippies who live on the Drive, eat vegan, have their own gardens, etc. I suppose if being a 'hippie' means getting some exercise on the way to work/running errands and enjoying the outdoors, well I don't know what to say...

no, most cyclists aren't, but most people attending critical mass, are. that is what this thread is about.

I think cyclists who disobey the rules of the road should be fined just like drivers. However, for every cyclist who disobeys the rules, there are 5 law-abiding cyclists who wear reflective gear, helmets, use hand signals, and stay in bike lanes. Just as cyclists should be taught the rules of the road, drivers should watch for cylists.

If those were the people that attended critical mass, this thread wouldn't exist. The people attending are not the good, law abiding cyclists that wear safety gear, signal properly, use the correct lanes and follow the rules of the road. These are the carrot-up-the-ass clowns who think being on a two wheeled, 1 person-power machine makes them gods.


Since the police "can't arrest everyone" etc, can't they call in the riot squad or something? Hose these fuckers down and peg them with some rubber bullets, tasers, pepper bags, etc?

[Synaptik]

Ok lets get this straight, cyclists aren't all fucking hippies. I commute by bike, it's a great way to get excersize and keep the car at home on these fucking awesome days!

While most of you are stuck in traffic, a biker is still peddling away. Driving in Vancouver doesn't save you all that much time unless you're hitting the highway. During high peak traffic times, I bet a good rider can make it from richmond to downtown at about the same time if not maybe 15minutes late.

I don't upright think having this once a month is such a great idea because once I coudln't even get downtown because of these guys, but don't hate on all bikers. You won't know unless you grab a bike and ride it in and out of downtown but most of the biking routes are kept off any major streets.

Vancouver isn't the most ideal place to ride because of all the hills, but if your work has showers and you hate sitting in traffic, pick up a bike and try riding to work. You'll find it a pretty rewarding experiance!

yeah, and how many office buildings have showers built in? do you work at a gym? nobody wants to wake up and bike at 8am, nor after a long day of work. we get it, biking is healthy, blah blah, thats great and props to you, but for most of us its not practical and cyclists needs to realize this and stop pushing it on us.

[!LittleDragon]

yeah, and how many office buildings have showers built in? do you work at a gym? nobody wants to wake up and bike at 8am, nor after a long day of work. we get it, biking is healthy, blah blah, thats great and props to you, but for most of us its not practical and cyclists needs to realize this and stop pushing it on us.

Yup, as much as I hate sitting in traffic, I enjoy sitting in comfort with the AC/heater going than biking. I live in south van, I can't bike to work in north van, not to mention my company has sites in Delta and as far as Victoria. I have to be able to go to these sites right away and sometimes I bring computers. I'm not biking from north van to Delta with a 150lbs server strapped to my back.

[carisear]

Lets sum it up in terms everyone can understand.

Critical Mass' organisers, and participants are not cyclists, they are ANARCHISTS.

[yvrnycracer]

They just rolled past my work...

With FULL police escort in Tow... no tickets being issued... but a car waiting around back and trying to get around amazingly got pulled over???

Is this not backwards... that they escort law breakers but ticket those trying to get around the anarchy...

I think that all regs laws should not be enforced until they start enforcing bike laws...

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

^


wat the fuck
:mad:

[rubencruz]

last month i was stuck in traffic because of this event i was on my motorcycle with a couple buddies and i was in front of the traffic jam, wats mest up if u guys didnt hear before there was a guy in a mercedes or bmw was so pissed of drove his brand new car over the sidewalk to pass the intersection, the fucked up thing the stupid cyclist( i think 3 or 4 of them) started mocking him and syain shit while he was in teh sidewalk and some shit happened i think he got charged for some assualt. (driver of the car)

[E=mc²]

yeah, and how many office buildings have showers built in? do you work at a gym? nobody wants to wake up and bike at 8am, nor after a long day of work. we get it, biking is healthy, blah blah, thats great and props to you, but for most of us its not practical and cyclists needs to realize this and stop pushing it on us.

yeah I think those people pushing for others to bike to work should really think about the situation from other people's POV. Who wants to bike to work and get all sweaty before your day even starts? What if it rains? What if it's burning hot like these last few weeks?
I'd MUCH rather ride in a car with a heater/AC.

last month i was stuck in traffic because of this event i was on my motorcycle with a couple buddies and i was in front of the traffic jam, wats mest up if u guys didnt hear before there was a guy in a mercedes or bmw was so pissed of drove his brand new car over the sidewalk to pass the intersection, the fucked up thing the stupid cyclist( i think 3 or 4 of them) started mocking him and syain shit while he was in teh sidewalk and some shit happened i think he got charged for some assualt. (driver of the car)

wtf man i know he's pissed and all, but at that point he shoulda just sucked it up instead of going onto the sidewalk.

[yvrnycracer]

one guy on the Dubberz forum actually called the VPD public relations office and asked them what other laws they wouldn't be enforcing this evening... also asked for an escort on said crime spree since they were helping out the massholes... It would have been funny had he actually recorded the call... :haha:

[Nightwalker]

yeah I think those people pushing for others to bike to work should really think about the situation from other people's POV. Who wants to bike to work and get all sweaty before your day even starts? What if it rains? What if it's burning hot like these last few weeks?
I'd MUCH rather ride in a car with a heater/AC.

LOL really? These are not good reasons. These do not apply to non-sissy people.

[Ronin]

Yup, as much as I hate sitting in traffic, I enjoy sitting in comfort with the AC/heater going than biking. I live in south van, I can't bike to work in north van, not to mention my company has sites in Delta and as far as Victoria. I have to be able to go to these sites right away and sometimes I bring computers. I'm not biking from north van to Delta with a 150lbs server strapped to my back.

Get an iPhone if you're bored in traffic. I just Twitter, read the news and watch podcasts.

[Death2Theft]

Saw them going down granville street bridge with a police escort at around 7pm watcha gonna do about it bitches?

[Death2Theft]

In any situation where they use the riot squad everyone the riot squad touches be commiting an arrestable offense. They arn't causing property damage or anything seroius other than blocking a few streets.
no, most cyclists aren't, but most people attending critical mass, are. that is what this thread is about.



Since the police "can't arrest everyone" etc, can't they call in the riot squad or something? Hose these fuckers down and peg them with some rubber bullets, tasers, pepper bags, etc?

[Matsuda]

Gregor Robertson, the chairman of the Vancouver Police Board, is a fucking hippy.

Pedal-friendly Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is speaking out against the traffic-snarling bike protest scheduled for Friday.

Robertson is well known bike advocate but says he won't be biking with the Critical Mass ride, "I don't support it in its current form right now. I want to see change, I want to see the ride be a celebration and really be responsible to the community as well."

[!LittleDragon]

Get an iPhone if you're bored in traffic. I just Twitter, read the news and watch podcasts.

Nah, I teather my WinMo to my carputer if I wanna surf but I'd just watch Top Gear.

[quasi]

Saw them going down granville street bridge with a police escort at around 7pm watcha gonna do about it bitches?

Stay out of the downtown core every last Friday of the month and get more of a hate on for cyclists? Eventually they'll piss enough people off where either a) The mayor will get turfed and something will be done by the new mayor. b) Some citizen (probably nobody on this site) will take the law into his hands, seriously hurt or kill a cyclist or two and something will be done.

Shit like this has a way of sorting itself out.

[LemonH2O]

They interviewed a bunch of massholes on the news, most of them just said it was "fun" to participate in this garbage.

Also, the VPD was said to had actually tried arranging a meeting with the organizers of the CM. They asked for information like their route so the city could basically accommodate them and motorists could be pre-warned to avoid the area. The CM organizers refused the meeting.

[underscore]

LOL really? These are not good reasons. These do not apply to non-sissy people.

But they apply to people who work in a professional environment and can't work with helmet hair, in a soaked suit, while reeking of sweat. If you work at the bottle depot or something then maybe.

In any situation where they use the riot squad everyone the riot squad touches be commiting an arrestable offense. They arn't causing property damage or anything seroius other than blocking a few streets.

many of them are breaking several laws, riding without a helmet, blowing red lights, obstructing traffic, verbally abusing drivers, etc. So I can do all of these on a normal day and not get arrested? cool.

[E=mc²]

LOL really? These are not good reasons. These do not apply to non-sissy people.

non-sissy really? What a ridiculous thing to say...

as for the reasons not being good. How are they not good? They apply to almost everyone who isn't biking to work. It's not about being a sissy, it's about what's convenient and what's practical. Perhaps you could tell me what would be good reasons? Or would you say there's NO good reason and that everyone should be able to substitute driving with biking and have no problems?

maybe you don't care what you look like at work, but a lot of people have jobs that require them to dress/look a certain way.

also, I can list off dozens of reasons why one wouldn't want to bike to work, but what's the point in doing that. I figure you'd see what I was getting at (regards to inconvenience, impracticality, dress code at work, looking professional at work without stinking of sweat etc.) and there'd be no need to go on about it.

[Ferra]

LOL really? These are not good reasons. These do not apply to non-sissy people.
How is this not a good reason? Not everyone does physical labor work.
If you come in to an office all sweaty and smelly everyday, you will be fired.

And 95% of the offices here won't come with a shower room, or at least one an average employee can use.

[Ferra]

I don't get it, why wouldn't the police keeps on ticketing these people?
Yes, they can't ticket everyone, but they can hand out as much ticket as they could. It will be like a "all you can ticket" feast.
Put 30 cops there, and start giving tickets to these riders non-stop. Each cop can probably hand out one ticket every 5-10mins, and each ticket being $50-$100, each cop can help the city bring in approx. $600/hr revenue

When a group of 30 cars are caught racing on the street, the cops can't pull over all of them too, but it will still pull over and ticket as many as he or she could instead of letting them all go. Why should it be different for the cyclist?

[slammer111]

^ Because there are more hippies than streetracers in this city, and they want to stay elected.

I admit, if my buddies and I were to join CM, I'd really be doing it as "something to do" and to make some noise and yell at random people for fun. :D Personally I couldn't care less about increasing awareness about bicycles (imo the city's already done a good enough job with all those bike paths crisscrossing the city), and I'm sure a sizeable chunk of the crowd are only there to make a scene.

If they criminalized CM, watch 80% of the crowds disappear.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

because cops are being fucking biased


it is more dangerous for me speeding with my seat belt on than idiot running redlight and not wearing helmet


:rolleyes:

[Death2Theft]

Well if you can't beat em join em. Who wants to go next month?

[CP.AR]

Revscene bike meet w00t w00t

[Mananetwork]

This is also the impression Mananetwork is giving me by stating taking the whole road seems cool !!!

If controlled like a parade, it might actually be pretty entertaining. But you obviously didn't read my whole tread because I didn't approve of CM

[maxx]

hahaha. hilarious.

i left third beach at around 830 pm and they were rolling through stanley park at the time. i didnt realize what was happening until i plowed right into them. weaving in and out and scaring some to death i made my way to the left turn that leads to georgia and almost hitting the 3 fuckheads that were blocking the opposite turning lane, escaped.

what a bunch of looneys.

and the popo didnt do anything to them, damn had this shit happened in mother russia - they'd jam the batons in the cyclists wheels and then haul them off, bleeding, to jail.

[Mananetwork]

LOL really? These are not good reasons. These do not apply to non-sissy people.

I totally agree, Amen! I wouldn't maybe use the word sissy though, but definitely very lazy! don't want to generalize and say we should all bike because some individuals just cannot work without a car. But if you're giving us a bs excuse like; it's easier, just more covient, its too hot outside, I need ac, don't feel like getting an extra 30 minutes before work. Our society is just lazy, we take the word convience for granted. Stop making excuses / procrastinating and do something outside your comfort zone.

[RCubed]

looks like i'm driving the backup to work tomorrow:

http://englishrussia.com/images/more_mad_max_truck/1.jpghttp://englishrussia.com/images/more_mad_max_truck/5.jpg

carpoolers welcomed! passengers must be proficient with flamethrowers, crossbows and be able to retrieve shotgun shells through a broken windshield of a moving 18 wheeler :thumbsup:

holyshit thats awesome.

[freakshow]

Excuse my ignorance on the issue, but these rides will happen on the last Friday of the month until when?

Off topic: Does anyone know where I can buy some BBs?

[maxx]

buyairsoft.ca

[E=mc²]

I totally agree, Amen! I wouldn't maybe use the word sissy though, but definitely very lazy! don't want to generalize and say we should all bike because some individuals just cannot work without a car. But if you're giving us a bs excuse like; it's easier, just more covient, its too hot outside, I need ac, don't feel like getting an extra 30 minutes before work. Our society is just lazy, we take the word convience for granted. Stop making excuses / procrastinating and do something outside your comfort zone.

bs excuse?
yeah you're right...because it should be normal to expect your employees to arrive all sweaty, soaked, or tired/winded at 8am in the morning.

bike if you must, all the power to you. No need to patronize people who would rather drive/bus to avoid all that hassle.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

because apparently modifying cars and speeding and street racing is 10000000 $%#(*$(*#@$(*#@$*#@ times wayyyyyyy more dangerous that causes wayyyyyy more death or potential death than idiot on bikes

[redrum781]

How about living closer to your job so you don't get so sweaty getting to work?
It's too expensive to live in a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house downtown? So people live in Langley and work downtown. The 'hippies' don't think it's fair that they have to breathe your fumes every day so you can maintain your fancy lifestyle by working your nice job downtown and living 50kms away.

[ecchiecchi]

How about living closer to your job so you don't get so sweaty getting to work?
It's too expensive to live in a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house downtown? So people live in Langley and work downtown. The 'hippies' don't think it's fair that they have to breathe your fumes every day so you can maintain your fancy lifestyle by working your nice job downtown and living 50kms away.

Boo fucking hoo- Cry me a river won't you. Freaking people have so much time to complain about anything and everything.

Honestly, who the fuck cares what "fair" is. Being "fair" cripples societal advancements.

Look at fucking bums and chugs. Hippies think it's "fair" that hard-working people get taxed like no tomorrow so they can give these people free money to be fucking lazy bastards. If it were up to me, I'd send these bums to asia where they can experience what hell truly is.

What these Critical Mass participants are doing isn't to improve biking conditions in downtown- they're just using that as an excuse to break the law without getting repercussions. If they wanted to actually improve biking conditions, there's about 10,000 other ways to go about it w/o the need to piss other people off. Critical Manners will probably accomplish this goal more effectively than Critical Mass bastards will ever dream of.

What's sad is the government is allowing this under the pretense that "oh- there's no one to arrest coz we don't know who's organizing it."

So in short, in Vancouver, a huge group of people can break the law as long as the organizer cannot be traced. Fucking great.

These bastards need to be piked down like Arcadian soldiers. Let there be a Critical Massacre.

[Anjew]

hahaha. hilarious.

i left third beach at around 830 pm and they were rolling through stanley park at the time. i didnt realize what was happening until i plowed right into them. weaving in and out and scaring some to death i made my way to the left turn that leads to georgia and almost hitting the 3 fuckheads that were blocking the opposite turning lane, escaped.

what a bunch of looneys.

and the popo didnt do anything to them, damn had this shit happened in mother russia - they'd jam the batons in the cyclists wheels and then haul them off, bleeding, to jail.

my hero...

the cops cant do anything, something about immunities when its a protest. Cops (being citizens themselves) are also fucking pissed off about this event as well.

[The_AK]

The problem with retaliating against these fuckers is that there aren't enough people actually dedicated to stopping them. I mean hippies are always dedicated to a particular cause but norms always have other more important shit to do. As much as i'd love to set up a defensive line of people armed with water balloons, rocks, and airsoft guns near a major bottlenecked area, it won't happen.

Or CAN one person stop an army? An army of bicycle riders.

Edit* Anyone planning on doing this, aim for their shins. You can't peddle without your shins.

[goo3]

How about living closer to your job so you don't get so sweaty getting to work?
It's too expensive to live in a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house downtown? So people live in Langley and work downtown. The 'hippies' don't think it's fair that they have to breathe your fumes every day so you can maintain your fancy lifestyle by working your nice job downtown and living 50kms away.

How about you stop talking down to ppl as if you know how to run their lives better than them?

You clearly don't notice this yet, so let me point it out to you. There's more ppl today, who weren't polluters nor enviro-freaks before, who want to now get in their cars and burn off a couple litres in neutral just to spite you.

[Mr.HappySilp]

How about living closer to your job so you don't get so sweaty getting to work?
It's too expensive to live in a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house downtown? So people live in Langley and work downtown. The 'hippies' don't think it's fair that they have to breathe your fumes every day so you can maintain your fancy lifestyle by working your nice job downtown and living 50kms away.

Hey u know what. I don't think is fair that government froce us to pay tax so others can be a lazy ass and sit at home all day and not working. How about intead, the gov give us money for actually getting a job and working hard at it?

[Ronin]

How about living closer to your job so you don't get so sweaty getting to work?
It's too expensive to live in a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house downtown? So people live in Langley and work downtown. The 'hippies' don't think it's fair that they have to breathe your fumes every day so you can maintain your fancy lifestyle by working your nice job downtown and living 50kms away.

Fuck fair. Fair is for communists.

[silk]

its been 1 month already and today is the day

[124Y]

I'm heading out soon.
They better not block my way or tomorrow's newspaper headlines will be: "Asian driver runs over 79 members of the Critical Mass"

[q0192837465]

I'm heading out soon.
They better not block my way or tomorrow's newspaper headlines will be: "Asian driver runs over 79 members of the Critical Mass"

Why not 78 or 80? :p

[you!]

fuck! totally forgot!

[Ch28]

Heading downtown tonight and totally forgot its critical mass

FUUUUU

[TOPEC]

its still on going??

[spoon.ek9]

davie st is closed today too, it was already jam packed like an hour ago!

[seakrait]

idiots are going westbound on w georgia st right now, hootin' and hollerin'... :rolleyes:

[Graeme S]

I'm glad they never go north of georgia on Burrard; I always have a smooth commute home.
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[Senna4ever]

A bunch of Hummer owners should drive down the bike lane on the Burrard Bridge and protest the protest.

[CP.AR]

RS meet with the loudest cars!

VTEC>bikes

[tacobell]

http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/424318-Randome/318/11/all_glory_to_the_hypnotoad_display.jpg

[Porschedog]

lol yeah saw them today on the bridge, luckily i was headed in the opposite direction

[HondaGuy]

Spotted Critical Mass, I was eating at Moxies patio around 730pm when they all turned left from Burrard onto west broadway.
They made huge commotion yelling and screaming to voice their presence.
Off the top of my head, had over 100 cyclists and few skateboarders and then nearing the end 1 police officer on bike and another in cruiser.

Complete madness from drivers as they all sat there and couldnt go anywhere... Some were yelling at cyclists.
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[Mr.HappySilp]

^^ I wounder what would happen if someone accidently spill some corrosive chemical on them (say drain cleaner). That would be funny to watch

[Greenstoner]

http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/424318-Randome/318/11/all_glory_to_the_hypnotoad_display.jpg

holy shit, im spinning

[SkinnyPupp]

So what are they protesting anyway?

[CP.AR]

I should aggrevate them next time by yelling "SHUT THE FUCK UP NOBODY CARES" so they beat me (will wear mouthguard don't worry). Then I can sue them, win and show the city how easily agitated those "critical ass" people are.

:troll:

[ajax]

Sticks through spokes meet?
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[Edison_Chen]

Saw a small crowd drive by on Westminster hwy in richmond around 10pm ish..

[Manic!]

FuK!!! i saw a poster in Nanaimo for critical mass bike rides last week. Shts spreading everywhere.

[The_AK]

This is getting annoying, we're always talking about doing something about those god damned cyclists but nothing is ever done. We need to start our own rebellion.

[milkmilk101]

“But, on the other hand, motorists rule the road for the whole month,” he said.

isn't that the reason why roads are built? for cars to drive on???

[1exotic]

CRACK A HEAD.
CRACK A NIGGAS HEAD.

FUCK HIPPIES MANG.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbxXOf4N1Bs

[Anjew]

I should aggrevate them next time by yelling "SHUT THE FUCK UP NOBODY CARES" so they beat me (will wear mouthguard don't worry). Then I can sue them, win and show the city how easily agitated those "critical ass" people are.

:troll:

go for it, get yourself beat up... :thumbsup:

[adambomb]

Whatever. Let the hippies have their day. The bikes passing is like waiting at a train crossing. :wgaf:

Its also a protest and the fact that its get drivers so pissed off has made their protest a success. Just ignore them and let them be on their way. Accept the fact that the last friday of every month there will be hippies on the road in the afternoon and don't pay attention to their screaming. Is a protest really a protest is nobody is paying any attention to the cause?

AM730 usually keeps pretty good tabs on where the mass is moving. Just avoid those areas.

Drive on.

[Death2Theft]

Now that they have so many more bike lanes downtown youd' figure these assholes would stop but nooooooo.

[Culverin]

We need this in Vancouver

http://i.imgur.com/JWpam.jpg

[Leetastic]

We need this in Vancouver

http://i.imgur.com/JWpam.jpg

Looks pretty fucking dangerous with no railings supporting the bikers

[skyxx]

That's the point Captain obvious. ;)

[toyobaru]

bunch of hippies n shit who need a reality check. bikes dont get you anywhere

[firebird79_00]

Should test out my new Dodge Ram down there, see if the ram lives up to its name

[The_AK]

Looks pretty fucking dangerous with no railings supporting the bikers

Imagine two cyclists going in opposing directions trying to avoid one another,
Laughs would ensue
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[spoon.ek9]

i have a co-worker who is proud to be part of critical mass :/

[Redlines_Daily]

is this event still going on?

[Redlines_Daily]

just looked it up, still going on, next critical mass on sep 30th.

[TRDood]

just looked it up, still going on, next critical mass on sep 30th.

Hope it pours, hails, or snows.

[tonyzoomzoom]

critical my ass :mad:

[1exotic]

CRACK A HEAD.
CRACK A NIGGAS HEAD.

FUCK HIPPIES MANG.

Project Pat - Crack A Head - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbxXOf4N1Bs)

lol

[Nlkko]

The fuck they still protest for.

[Psykopathik]

I have a few extra bottles of Armor All that might get spilled on their bike route.

[SpartanAir]

Such fucking bullshit. I live downtown, drive to work, but bike everywhere else. Has anyone here ever tried biking around downtown? It's easy as shit. It was easy before the multimillion dollar potted-plant-lined bike lanes.

I don't know what these fucking hippies want. We need cars in this city. It pisses rain 9 months of the year, there is a HANDFUL of year round bikers to justify these lanes. It's so goddamn easy to bike around town I would say ANYONE could do it.

Last year I went nearby and they were chanting "CAMBIE'S NEXT!", like they want to shut down lanes for bikes on the cambie bridge as they did on the burrard bridge. What a bunch of horseshit.

Funny, I don't recall any critical mass gatherings in January in the freezing cold and pissing rain. Assholes. :devil:

EDIT: I also love how their websites and blogspots are totally unnavigable and look like they were made by retarded monkeys.

[1990TSI]

icbc should announce their help with the goal of equality by making them pay for insurance and carry a valid license !

[Ferra]

Such fucking bullshit. I live downtown, drive to work, but bike everywhere else. Has anyone here ever tried biking around downtown? It's easy as shit. It was easy before the multimillion dollar potted-plant-lined bike lanes.

I don't know what these fucking hippies want. We need cars in this city. It pisses rain 9 months of the year, there is a HANDFUL of year round bikers to justify these lanes. It's so goddamn easy to bike around town I would say ANYONE could do it.

Last year I went nearby and they were chanting "CAMBIE'S NEXT!", like they want to shut down lanes for bikes on the cambie bridge as they did on the burrard bridge. What a bunch of horseshit.

Funny, I don't recall any critical mass gatherings in January in the freezing cold and pissing rain. Assholes. :devil:

EDIT: I also love how their websites and blogspots are totally unnavigable and look like they were made by retarded monkeys.
critical mass has nothing to do with protest or making a statement, it is just an excuse for a bunch of people to ride their bikes in group for fun....at the expense of inconveniencing others

[ecchiecchi]

Critical Mass should be considered a Riot. lol

[GLOW]

i have a co-worker who is proud to be part of critical mass :/

how hard of a nut shot did you give him when you found out?
:fuckyea:

[spoon.ek9]

how hard of a nut shot did you give him when you found out?
:fuckyea:

you have no idea how ironic this statement is to me :lol

[SpartanAir]

critical mass has nothing to do with protest or making a statement, it is just an excuse for a bunch of people to ride their bikes in group for fun....at the expense of inconveniencing others

What? Have you ever been to one? Did you hear what I said when they were chanting "Cambie's next!"? OF COURSE they are trying to make a statement, that's the whole point. They publicly say they are trying to convince the city they want a bike lane on the Cambie bridge.

If they had it their way no one would own car and we would all ride bikes. They inconvenience the people in CARS on purpose, hence why they shut down roadways.

How about all the "One Less Car" bullshit stickers and signs they are holding? How about when everyone stops and raises their bike over their head and cheers?

You think they are just "riding their bikes in group for fun"?

[Graeme S]

What? Have you ever been to one? Did you hear what I said when they were chanting "Cambie's next!"? OF COURSE they are trying to make a statement, that's the whole point. They publicly say they are trying to convince the city they want a bike lane on the Cambie bridge.

If they had it their way no one would own car and we would all ride bikes. They inconvenience the people in CARS on purpose, hence why they shut down roadways.

How about all the "One Less Car" bullshit stickers and signs they are holding? How about when everyone stops and raises their bike over their head and cheers?

You think they are just "riding their bikes in group for fun"?
Critical Massers, like the event itself, are highly unorganized sheep in large groups. All it takes is one person starting a chant and they'll follow. But then they'll also just disperse at the end and forget about what's going on until the next month.

If it weren't for Gregor, nothing would have happened with any of the bike lanes, 'cause they're a bunch of pro-commune hippies who would happily see the Corporate Domination Of The World (tm) brought down and everyone return to their bicycling agrarian roots.

[lgman]

http://www.co2paintballguru.com/images/tippmann-a5.jpg
Target practice anyone?

[Ferra]

What? Have you ever been to one? Did you hear what I said when they were chanting "Cambie's next!"? OF COURSE they are trying to make a statement, that's the whole point. They publicly say they are trying to convince the city they want a bike lane on the Cambie bridge.

If they had it their way no one would own car and we would all ride bikes. They inconvenience the people in CARS on purpose, hence why they shut down roadways.

How about all the "One Less Car" bullshit stickers and signs they are holding? How about when everyone stops and raises their bike over their head and cheers?

You think they are just "riding their bikes in group for fun"?
The people you are talking about represent 1% of the entire group.
Go talk to the majority of people who participate in critical mass, the VAST MAJORITY are just sheep herd who follow the mass for fun, they don't really care much about more bike less car

If they really do, they'd protest in front of the city hall and their local MP, which will be much more effective at promoting their "cause" instead of riding in group like a riot