The last Thursday of each month bike riders will gather to promote cycling in the Beit Shemesh Area. Interested riders are invited to meet at 16:00 on January 29, at Iris Flowers, Midgal Hamaim. For further information please contact Eitan at 050-531232.

About Critical Mass

Some people come along to Critical Mass in support of fewer cars, more public transport and less pollution. Others ride for improved health and to promote safety for cyclists. Others turn out to demonstrate that cyclists are a part of the traffic mix entitled to specific paths and planning. And everyone comes on Critical Mass to have fun. Commuters, recreational cyclists, students, work commuters and families bring out their bikes and ride together as one colorful, festive bunch. Roads that are daunting and dangerous for a cyclist to navigate alone become safer to ride within "the Mass". The ride gives cyclists a taste of the safety and pleasure that could be an everyday experience if a comprehensive bicycle path network existed.

Critical Mass aims to promote cycling and demonstrate there is an alternative to contemporary society's dependence on cars, fossil fuels and more roads. Bicycles are recognized by some governments (such as the Danish, Flemish and Dutch) as the most energy-efficient mode of transport -- even less energy intensive than walking. In the face of worsening traffic problems and urban air pollution it is apparent that cars and roads as a model for mass community transport isn't working.

We're not blocking traffic, We ARE the traffic!!

(a small essay on Critical Mass)

From: http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~eddie/cmass.html

Friends, fellow cyclists, Green Warriors, the time has come to take up arms against the dark forces of fossil fuel driven industrial capitalism! For too long life loving human powered commuters have suffered under the yoke of the car. Yet, we will prevail! Alienated from mother nature by an ethos of nihilistic consumerism and the all pervading power of multi-national controlled mass media, the people must be shaken out of this octane-induced delirium. Comrades, we must hit the streets and strike at the very core of this evil that threatens to engulf humanity in a sea of acid rain and asphyxiate the planet in a cloud of CO2. Don't be fooled, the four horsemen of the apocalypse are Mitsubishi, Exxon, General Motors, Chevron... Printed on the bumper of every automobile is the word, "DOOM!"

So, join the movement that is "Critical Mass". All you have to lose are your key chains... All you have to gain is the world.

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