Southern Hospitality

I am in Houston for the weekend, so I was able to attend Houston’s Critical Mass ride yesterday.  I talked to the shop guy and girl at Houston Fixed Gear about the ride and they were really friendly and told me to expect a crowd of around 400.  All varieties of cyclists turned out for this ride.  The ride was massive, the route was interesting, and the cyclist-motorist interactions were sometimes chaotic.  Someone was arrested, another got three tickets, one person was hit by a car, and some angry drivers let the riders corking the roads know how they felt about the traffic delays.

This ride was a great way to see various neighborhoods in Houston and to share a common interest in cycling with so may different types of people.

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