Hello,
Here in lyon france we dont have alot of people despite the huge population. There is about 20 to 200 depending on the weather' When were not a lot of people we use cargo trikes with huge trailers that have huge signs that say things like .your car stinks. last time it was raining and cold, there were 16 of us but 6 people had some type of not normal bike with a trailer or something. Tall bikes attract a lot of attention.. A cargo trike with a sound system is nice, flags and chants and things like that make it fun' Sometimes well have a theme like one time the mass ended in a parking lot and we tranformed it into a free zone info shop thing, pictures below
http://velorutionlyon.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=174 http://velorutionlyon.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=222 http://velorutionlyon.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=194
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--- On Fri, 1/23/09, 1304bikes 1304bikes@gmail.com wrote:
From: 1304bikes 1304bikes@gmail.com Subject: [TheThinkTank] Smaller Critical Masses To: "The Think Tank" thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 4:30 AM Doug here from 1304bikes in Raleigh, NC. I was wondering what some of you folks from smaller towns who host critical mass rides do to make them more fun and to attract poeple to come ride in them. We usually only have anywhere from 10-30 poeple in our rides, which i feel is small for a city with a population of 300k. We have a small handful of regulars who always show, but then we get a lot of folks who will come once or twice, but then we'll never see them again. I think maybe a lot people are turned off by the slow pace and lack of excitement at the rides. Maybe we just don't advertise well enough. Either way, hoping for some suggesting as to what other cities without the excitement of a super large mass do to draw people out to their rides. I feel if we can grow the ride large enough, it will become fun in itself, but our mass isn't large enough yet for that appeal. Thanks for all the input! -- 1304bikes 2419 Mayview Rd. Raleigh, NC 1304bikes.org _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...