Pocatello Critical Mass Group

If you are interested in leisurely group rides around town with some friendly folks, you don’t have to move to Portland.  Pocatello has its own groups of cyclists who love to get together to show the locals that bicycling is fun, healthy, safe, and a viable alternative to motorized traffic for getting around locally (see Paul Dorn’s Bike Commuting Tips for more information).

On Earth Day every year, Idaho State University’s Outdoor Club has a bicycle parade.  The route starts at the Student Union Building at ISU, loops down through old town Pocatello, and finishes back at the SUB.  It is quite a fun ride and I especially love the old town section; cruising between all those old and ornate buildings and shops is awesome.  Here are a couple of videos I shot from my bicycle of the Earth Day 2008 bicycle parade:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pj21JlmHpA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAuq63okBLs

Yeah, sort of a new and cooler version of cyclophotography, aye?  I got the idea from my friend Travis Poppe when he did the same thing the previous year (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaqSV9QQzTo).

This year I’ve participated in the Pocatello Critical Mass once, which is an event that happens on the last Friday of every month.  Stay informed of this event by joining the Pocatello Critical Mass Facebook group!  See you on the next ride!

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