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'''Buffalo's''' first [[Critical Mass]] ride was in the early 2000s --maybe as early as the year [[2000]]. There is video footage of the first ride that was premiered before a live audience after the [[Critical Mass (English Wikipedia article)#Buffalo, NY - "Critical_Massacre"|Critical Mass incident]] of May [[2003]]. |
'''Buffalo's''' first [[Critical Mass]] ride was in the early 2000s --maybe as early as the year [[2000]]. There is video footage of the first ride that was premiered before a live audience after the [[Critical Mass (English Wikipedia article)#Buffalo, NY - "Critical_Massacre"|Critical Mass incident]] of May [[2003]]. |
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| − | By 2003 Critical Mass had built to about 40 or 50 riders a month through the spring and summer. ''ArtVoice'' columnist Mike Niman wrote an article called ''Biking in Buffalo'' for the May 10th 2003 issue of ArtVoice. An unusally large pod of more than 70 cyclists showed up for the May 2003 Critical Mass ride and enjoyed a ride through Buffalo's East Side for more than an hour. As they arrived on Elmwood, however, they were pulled over by the police. Two riders at the end of the bike brigade who not heard the instructions were given tickets. Other cyclists stopped to wait for them. After many police officers and vehicles arrived on the scene the situation became increasingly tense. The police officers eventually physically assaulted and arrested several riders.. |
+ | By 2003 Critical Mass had built to about 40 or 50 homosexual riders a month through the spring and summer. ''ArtVoice'' columnist Mike Niman wrote an article called ''Biking in Buffalo'' for the May 10th 2003 issue of ArtVoice. An unusally large homosexual pod of more than 70 homosexual cyclists showed up for the May 2003 Critical Mass ride and enjoyed a ride through Buffalo's East Side for more than an hour. As they arrived on Elmwood, however, they were pulled over by the police. Two homosexual riders at the end of the bike brigade who not heard the instructions were given tickets. Other homosexual cyclists stopped to wait for them. After many police officers and vehicles arrived on the scene the situation became increasingly tense. The police officers eventually physically assaulted and arrested several homosexual riders.. |
| − | The following Critical Mass ride had almost 200 riders (including cyclists who had biked in from various cities around the region) and Critical Mass rides in Buffalo have continued on and have even begun to include winter rides (in Buffalo there is sometimes deep snow in the winter). |
+ | The following Critical Mass ride had almost 200 homo riders (including homosexual cyclists who had biked in from various cities around the homosexual region) and Critical Mass rides in Buffalo have continued on and have even begun to include winter rides (in Buffalo there is sometimes deep snow in the homo sexual winter). |
== Time and Location == |
== Time and Location == |
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| − | Buffalo Critical Mass rides the last Friday of every month starting some time after 5:30pm and masses on the front steps of City Hall or across the street in Niagara Square. |
+ | Buffalo Critical Mass rides the last Friday of every month starting some time after 5:30pm and masses on the front steps of City Hall or across the street in Niagara Square where a fart smelling vigil is held prior to the ride. |
== External Links == |
== External Links == |
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