http://www.processedworld.com/carlsson/nowtopian/public-space/spring-delight-critical-mass-march-09 economy, 'technology', public space, San Francisco past and present, class, books Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:25:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.processedworld.com/carlsson/nowtopian/public-space/spring-delight-critical-mass-march-09/comment-page-1#comment-382 John G. Rogers Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:07:21 +0000 http://www.processedworld.com/carlsson/nowtopian/?p=737#comment-382 Whoever got out in front did a boring, all too predictable job of turning and twisting around downtown for a good hour or so, stopping regularly, which made it a slow, congested ride.  Riding up and down traffic clogged streets has no appeal for me. The ride improved after a long stall on Dolores and 18th, finally heading through the Mission, and off to the Marina while thousands hung out in Dolores Park.  It was an OK ride, but it's been a long time since CM broke out of the Downtown/North Beach/SOMA/Mission /Castro circuit.  It's been a long time since we rode to other city neighborhoods, or to Ocean Beach, Mission Bay, Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, the Presidio, Sausalito (!).   Whoever got out in front did a boring, all too predictable job of turning and twisting around downtown for a good hour or so, stopping regularly, which made it a slow, congested ride.  Riding up and down traffic clogged streets has no appeal for me. The ride improved after a long stall on Dolores and 18th, finally heading through the Mission, and off to the Marina while thousands hung out in Dolores Park.  It was an OK ride, but it’s been a long time since CM broke out of the Downtown/North Beach/SOMA/Mission /Castro circuit.  It’s been a long time since we rode to other city neighborhoods, or to Ocean Beach, Mission Bay, Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, the Presidio, Sausalito (!).  

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