You Never Bike Alone

Fri 22 Jun at 6.00pm
Canada 2007 • 1h30m • DVD • 12A • Documentary

The cycling phenomenon known as Critical Mass is a reclamation of public space that started in San Francisco in the early 1990s and spread with the help of the internet throughout the world. On a set day, at the end of every month (Fridays in Edinburgh), cyclists and other self-propelled people ride en masse through city streets.

Vancouver has become renowned for its big Critical Mass bike rides, and particularly the party spirit that attracts all types of cyclists. The film features footage shot over the last decade. Using interviews with motorists stuck in traffic, cyclists of all backgrounds and local politicians, some of whom ride on the Mass themselves, it asks whether Critical Mass and similarly styled rides are winning hearts and minds.

Followed by a discussion and Q&A about Critical Mass.

You Never Bike Alone web site

4 responses to “You Never Bike Alone”

5 06 2007
Bob (18:02:18) :

I’ve posted a higher resolution film trailer.

21 06 2007
Events for Friday « bike week edinburgh 2007 (13:54:19) :

[...] You Never Bike Alone Fri 22 Jun at [...]

24 06 2007
Film Results in Mass Action « (16:15:54) :

[...] Results in Mass Action 22 06 2007 Friday’s EBWFF film You Never Bike Alone was prefaced by a statement from its director Robert Alstead [...]

28 06 2007
Mass On Friday « cycling edinburgh .info (14:01:11) :

[...] week the Bike Week Film Festival showed a Critical Mass film called You Never Bike Alone. Afterwards there was a good discussion about how to make CM better - and encourage more people to [...]

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