Gary & other GCC members who recently contributed their options about Critical Mass,

Thank you for your contribution to this very controversial topic. This is where you truly find out what people feel about certain topics. Something I discovered is there are a lot of people involved in GCC that feel Critical Mass is doing the right thing, and some fell very strongly against their efforts. My entire post was about people's perception and I feel I've made my point. Your perception differs from that of your neighbor.

I have never ridden in a CM group. I've had three experiences with the group and in my opinion they are rude, obnoxious, and demeaning to motorists. During one of my experiences, I was turning left off Main Street. The group (about 100 of them) rode their bicycles blocking both lanes of Main St and passed me on my left. They actually went around me on both sides of my car preventing me from turning left. They were yelling and screaming at me, and hitting my car with their hands as they rode by, telling me to get off the road. As a cyclist, this was very upsetting to me as my perception of that group was forever tainted. If CM wants to advocate cycling and encourage motorists to share the road, they have not relayed that message to me, a cyclist and a member of the driving public.

I hold no ill-will toward any of your posts and encourage the healthy contribution of topics and opinions and am thankful to all GCC members for their continued support of cycling, I just hope whichever way you choose to relay your message, it comes across with a positive perception of cyclists. ;-)

Ride hard, ride long,

Mike

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