Its the last friday of the month again: get your chains oiled, your tyres pumped, and adore your bike with horns and bells… its time for a little reclaiming of the streets.
The monthly impromptu meeting of leeds cyclist will once again hit the city centre on friday evening to parade around the city and celebrate the joys of using the lo-tech carbon free transport of the past, present and future. Although, by the very nature of critical mass nothing has been officially planned its highly likely that an accidental meeting of cyclists will take place at 5.30pm in Millenium Square.
Following the ride, there are strong rumours that a game of bicycle polo will also take place on a open public space somewhere in the city.
There can surely be no better event to attend on the eve of the Wakey Wakey Spring Tour that comes to town this weekend. (See http://www.fraw.org.uk/tour/leeds.shtml for further info.)
…And remember to spare a small thought for those still living in he 20th century with internal combustion engines fueled by crude oil derivatives that idle in their vehicles as they crawl throught the friday evening rush hour. Bless them and their antiquated ways.