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  <title><![CDATA[Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;Monthly in cities around the world, bicyclists take over the streets in an &quot;organized coincidence&quot; 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.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Chris Carlsson&lt;/B&gt; is a founder and editor of the notorious underground magazine, &lt;I&gt;Processed World&lt;/I&gt;, 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.&lt;/P&gt;</default_description>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an inspirational look at the critical mass movement and bike riding in general-non-competitive riding. I've been on one <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2956.The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn" title="The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain">critical mass</a> ride in DC during  a September 2005 anti-war protest and it was awesome! The essays here explain what it's like to take over the streets with your bike to tho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/893327">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some good articles, some not. A lot of redundancy. If you've ridden in mass, you'll get it. If not, I urge you to ride in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2956.The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn" title="The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain">Critical Mass</a> and then read this book. Or read them together. By the end it felt like a marathon. I thought some of the more historical essays towards the end were interesting. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10611878">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Inspiring. I wish people in Raleigh NC would become politicized enough to have a proper mass. We've tried it a few times and the most people showed up was once around ten. Some months I would show up and be the only one. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 22 18:09:46 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[the irony of being an unrepentant gear head reading a book about bicycling as a viable alternative to the automobile...]]></body>
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