Tacoma SDS

This month Critical Mass takes over all of Tacoma. Come on out for a community bicycle ride (rain or shine) on Friday, February 26th. Meet up at Jefferson Park in North Tacoma (about N 9th and Madison) a bit before 6pm, and we’ll figure it all out from there. Hope to see you there!

But what is it? Why should I come?

Because it’s fun! Join fellow bicyclists for a leisurely and spirited celebratory ride through Tacoma. The ride is on rain or shine! Decorated bicycles, trailers, signs, flags, noise-makers, ghetto-blasters, sound systems, drums, and wildly modified bicycles are all highly encouraged!

Celebrated around the world, Critical Mass is a grassroots reclamation of public space–on the last Friday of the month–which allows cyclists and other self-propelled people to move safely and comfortably through city streets in a car-free space. Non-polluting forms of transportation are promoted.

Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren’t a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we’re living the world we would like to see–filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars, empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.