Joyous July Critical Mass

For a change I turned up late to Critical Mass and arrived with only two wheels (and no sound system) to celebrate my return to bicycling. As I turned up the riders were just extricating themselves from outside the library.



It was a beautiful evening for a cycle ride



with around 150 fellow riders.




We met many others on bikes...



and created a real party atmosphere on Deansgate.



Thankfully, there was one sound system to provide music. The red cycle trailer that was silent on June's ride had been repaired with a new pair of off-the-shelf loudspeakers.



After a short excursion into Salford we returned to Manchester



and then towards the Northern Quarter.



The ride was really friendly



and featured lots of colour



though some sartorial combinations were questionable ;-)



This contraption was supposed to be a bubble machine, but failed on the ride.

We were also joined by an inline skater,



skateboards and three new scooters.



After a wonderful decent of London Road



we went south down Oxford Road



and out to Platt Fields Park



to visit the new Bike Hub project.



And finally a demonstration of what the bubble machine was supposed to do :)



Gives me ideas for next month...

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