Critical Mass: Bicyclings Defiant
Celebration
Get A Life
Monthly in cities around the world, bicyclists take over the streets in an
organized coincidence called Critical Mass. Riding along several hundred
strong, hooting and hollering, whistling, laughing and singing; it is a coup
on wheels, a clever tactical strike against our oil-dependent culture.
Containing writings from participants worldwide, this colorful book bundles
together 10 years of legendary debates, photographs, artwork, and life-
transforming experiences evolving from the celebratory, visionary revolt on
bicycles called Critical Mass.
Chris Carlsson is a founder and editor of the notorious underground
magazine, Processed World, and the director of the historical multimedia
project, Shaping San Francisco. He was recently awarded the Golden
Wheel Award by the San Francisco Bike Coalition for founding Critical
Mass in 1992.

Personal Review: Critical Mass: Bicyclings Defiant Celebration
[Another reviewer] did not review this book; he is only stating his closed-
minded opinion about its content and its message. He has obviuosly never
participated in a Critical Mass ride, his uninformed opinion about the
people that do participate is just that, and I doubt the time he spends on
his bicycle as 'an avid cyclist' occurs anywhere near the crowded streets of
a large urban city in America. Although some of the writing in this book is
a little rough, as a result of being a collection of many short essays by
untrained writers, this book does an excellent job of capturing the spirit and
energy of Critical Mass rides throughout the world, through the eyes and
words of participants. Think of Critical Mass as the civil rights movement
for urban cyclists, who are just plain tired of being threatened and
endangered by rude and inconsiderate motorists, discriminated against by
politicians, transportation planners, engineers and bureaucrats, the police
and the entrenched dinosaur known as American car culture, which
strangles and disfigures America's public spaces with noise, pollution, and
violent death, and whose ever-increasing consumption of fossil fuel is
driving us to war in the Middle East. Critical Mass is urban bicyclists
reclaiming America's streets and other public spaces from the stranglehold
of the SUV and the automobile in what is probably the largest civil
disobedience movement in this country since the southern civil rights
movement and the anti-war protests of the l960s. If you won't ride your
bicycle in the city because you don't feel safe riding in traffic, read this
book, find out the time and location of the nearest Critical Mass ride, get on
your bicycle and bring a friend with a bicycle, and reclaim your public
streets from the tyranny and hegemony of the automobile.
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