critical mass overview

yesterday was yabai deland's second critical mass and it was pretty intense! for two weeks prior we put up flyers around stetson, on bike racks, on bikes, on cars, on signs, everything! but we had the same turnout as our friday night frenzy, 9 people, which isn't bad per se but the fact that the flyers didn't help at all is disheartening. according to ramon there were 3 or 4 people waiting around to go on the ride but due to the fact that we're so disorganized and unpunctual they left. what a shame! we did our first dumpster diving behind the health food store chris works at and retrieved a whole bunch vegan beef jerky called stonewall's jerquee



the whole group agreed even the spicy kind tasted like dog food. but we were good sports and ate a surprising amount. haha
we rode to "the track", a place we've taken as our own for bicycle races. it's a circular parking lot at the new courthouse in deland, with a higher level and a lower level and a sloping median and a railing in the middle, and some seriously sharp turns. we had a 7 person race in which i inevitably took a turn ridiculously fast, slid out, and smashed my bike's handlebar- the part which houses the integrated shifter thing on the right side, it's tilted about 45 degrees the wrong way. the fall was gnarly and fun and i got some bloody track rash! after the track claimed its victims ( the track is ridiculously intense) we went to the parking garage and fooled around talking, doing bike tricks, and the like. from there we went to the football stadium to see some homies. tyler, tommy, and chris looked in the dumpsters behind some printing and labelmaking shops for plastic for messenger bags (see "trash treasure" a few posts back) but we found nothing. eventually the last of the stragglers went home and tyler, chris, and i went to chris's house for a little of this



and this


pictures will be up soon!
good times! come out to our next event, which i am thinking will be bike jousting, possibly this saturday? whatcha think?

nathan!