4th Annual Pumpkin Pedaller

This Saturday was host to the 4th Annual Pumpkin Pedaller. Big thanks to Asheville on Bikes for putting together this gigantic rolling costume party!  The party started in front of the Court house and the headcount was somewhere in the neighborhood of 132 people.  We snaked around the city, much to the amusement/frustration of the residents.  Unlike a critical mass (read critical mess) this form of bicycle advocacy stresses that riders wear helmets, obey all traffic laws, and basically frowns upon acting like a dumbass and purposely trying to piss off drivers.  I stopped participating in critical mass rides when attending Virginia Tech due to hordes of riders pretty much making cyclists look like a bunch of hooligans that liked to disregard traffic laws and snarl up traffic by blocking lanes.  Great idea, piss off the car drivers, they'll definitely respect us on the weekday commute.  This ride was filled with costumes, badass bikes of all shapes and sizes, good friends from out of town, awesome phone calls about found stolen bikes, and so on.  Once again thanks to Mike and Rachel and all the AOB volunteers!  PS.  I got my first tamale from the burrito cart guy.  Super good stuff, you should support him.

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