Every last Friday of the month we meet at 6pm Central Library to ride together to celebrate the bicycle over car culture and to meet other cyclists and enjoy riding our bicycles.
We cycle round the city to celebrate the bicycle:
It’s for anyone that rides a bike;
It’s a celebration of getting round the city without polluting it;
It’s about every journey being an adventure instead of just sitting on a boring bus or in a stressful car;
It’s about cyclists riding together to demand more respect from other road users;
It’s a way to meet other cyclistas;
also at that time on friday hundreds of cities around the world do the same thing…all get together for critical mass. its beautiful to know that as you ride with your mates through your own city that all around the world thousands of people are doing the same thing..
Critical Mass sometimes has a reputation for being an angry rabble of cyclists that want to string up any car drivers they see. This is not true of Manchester Critical Mass, we are a fluffy mass that like to have fun on bikes, we often have children with us and a bicycle soundsystem to add to the party fun atmosphere. Our aim as well has to have fun and socialise etc is to show how great a car free city will be. This can be achieved by showing motorists an alternative yet critical mass manchester doesn’t aim to annoy drivers we want them to join us..
