{"id":14428,"date":"2014-04-28T14:41:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T13:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=14428"},"modified":"2014-04-28T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T13:41:28","slug":"critical-mass-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-with-a-huge-central-london-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/critical-mass-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-with-a-huge-central-london-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Mass celebrates its 20th anniversary with a huge central London ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-01.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cheekily\u00a0often\u00a0described as as an &#8216;unorganised coincidence&#8217; of cyclists, \u00a0Critical Mass has seen a monthly\u00a0gathering\u00a0of\u00a0cyclists pedalling their way around central London, and last Friday&#8217;s big ride marked the 20th anniversary of the event.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-02.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As is the tradition, the meeting point was under Waterloo Bridge &#8211; which was a good job seeing as the rain was pelting down.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-03.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The traditional pre-ride chat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-04.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-05.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some very stylish\u00a0bikes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-06.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sound system present and correct.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-08.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-09.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heading off over Waterloo bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-10.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14430\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/critical-mass-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-with-a-huge-central-london-ride\/critical-mass-1995\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,369\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Critical Mass celebrates its 20th anniversary with a huge central London ride\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass celebrates its 20th anniversary with a huge central London ride\" width=\"620\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Above: archive view from a Critical Mass in 1995. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/critical\/\" target=\"_blank\">See more archive photos here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-11.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moving towards Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-12.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xB8ABKRMhbA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-13.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cocktails outside the\u00a0Palace? Don&#8217;t mind if I do.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-15.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bikes, sound system and drinks outside &#8216;er Majesty&#8217;s gaff.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-16.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-17.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-18.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And now it gets even better &#8211;\u00a0bikes, sound system,\u00a0drinks <em>AND<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brixtonbuzz.com\/tag\/hamlet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dulwich Hamlet<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-19.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Along Regent Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-20.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-21.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Into Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-23.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-26.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/critical-mass-20th-birthday-27.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass 20th anniversary, Waterloo Bridge and central London, Friday 25th April 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of cyclists in the Square.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s two more archive photos from an early Critical Mass in 1995:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14431\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/critical-mass-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-with-a-huge-central-london-ride\/critical-mass-1995-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Critical Mass celebrates its 20th anniversary with a huge central London ride\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-2.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass celebrates its 20th anniversary with a huge central London ride\" width=\"620\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-2-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14432\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/critical-mass-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary-with-a-huge-central-london-ride\/critical-mass-1995-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,378\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Critical Mass celebrates its 20th anniversary with a huge central London ride\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-1.jpg\" alt=\"Critical Mass celebrates its 20th anniversary with a huge central London ride\" width=\"620\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/critical-mass-1995-1-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/critical\/\" target=\"_blank\">See Critical Mass archive reports and photos here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>[All 2014 photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goldtopgirl\" target=\"_blank\">@goldtop<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheekily\u00a0often\u00a0described as as an &#8216;unorganised coincidence&#8217; of cyclists, \u00a0Critical Mass has seen a monthly\u00a0gathering\u00a0of\u00a0cyclists pedalling their way around central London, and last Friday&#8217;s big ride marked the 20th anniversary of &hellip; 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