These pictures are of Corkers. We need to learn how to do this much better in Chicago. We can still use this opportunity to get our message to the Autobound. In San Francisco this ability was lost when the cops cracked down. Massers were cordoned off from the drivers and the drivers started to look at the Mass as a sanctioned parade and not a protest. Now if a Masser stops to talk to a motorist the cops swoop down and start to get in the Massers face. I like to think that we have a pretty good rapport with most motorists. Sure there have been a few-too many-altercations with drivers but I like to think that we have done pretty well in getting our message out to the Autobound. But then again I am an "Uncle".

I wish that I had seen this bike at nite. I heard that it shot sparks a dozen feet into the night sky. From what I was able to intimate this was a Chunk 666 creation. I pretended to know nothing about anyting except that this bike is worth seeing

I am ashamed to admit it but I have forgotten the rider name...the dog is Fred. Both of them made the front pageof the San Franciscox Eaminer the day after, in full color no less! Fred is in the basket and a you can tell from the bag in hand the rider is a bit in the bag.

As with any mass there are bound to be a few pissed off drivers. I could not tell if it was the magnitude of the Mass or if the drivers in San Francisco were really pissed at the riders. I think the the guy who tried to organize his Auto Mass might not have gotten many active participants but I wondered if he did not stir up some hot heads?

Jon Winston has been a contributor to our Chicago Critical Mass list for quite awhile now. It was a pleaseure to meet him in person. It was even more special to share his son Theo's first Mass. Jon made plans for a bunch of Chicagoans and San Franciscans to get together one evening. Ed and I had plans for that evening before we came out. Next time Jon.

Riding a bike is a great thing. Riding your bike in a Critical Mass is an even better thing. Riding your bike with your sister in a Critical Mass in another city is the best! The really funny part is that most of my Chicago friends got to meet Elizabeth before I ever got to see her!

As we went past this expressway entrance a cheer went up when we saw that the Officers Friendly keeeping us, and everyone else, from entering one of the expressways. We went on our way with a wave.