Val's first ride! She couldn't have picked a better time...Last Sept. 28 was the 10th Anniversary Celebration of
Chicago Critical Mass. I've been on a few Critical Mass rides and have always been amazed at the number of bikes that take over the streets, but the 10th anniversary ride was something else! Seriously, I must have spent a good hour and a half just walking my bike...there was way too much cyclist traffic. At some point, the mass even ended up blocking both sides of Michigan Ave., which probably drove motorists nuts!
And speaking of nuts...oh my, I can't imagine how the men-folk survived the stop-go-stop-go bike routine. I was in pain!
I serioulsy wanted to shoot
Eve Ensler an e-mail then and there and suggest that she write a
Vagina Monologues piece on Critical Mass. The title of the monologue would be: "Critical, C_itical"
Val's first ride! 
