Last Friday's awesome ride...

(From Jane Healy, cross posted from CCM mailing list)
I'm overwhelmed with work right now (not least of which is volunteer duties for the upcoming Boulevard Lakefront Tour), so I apologize for commenting over a week after the event. But...

I just had to share that we had an utterly FANTASTIC ride last week! The weather was gorgeous, the crowd was *not* a drunken frat party on wheels, the police did a good job helping out, and the route was AWESOME!

To whoever did all the mapping: NICE JOB.

Thanx Everyone!

August "Water Mass" artist/facilitator/taker-of-flak here, Andrew Bedno.
My gratitude is boundless for the privilege of fielding this massive thing.
I'm happy with a technically good mass, balancing countless considerations then executed safely.
But I was isolated at front so am eagerly looking forward to reading others' stories.

My wrap notes, and followups to some feedback

Good Ride That Crashed and Burned

Another fun time that started with a good route that took us up North and then down thru Greektown and South. The downtown area is always the most fun for me, however I know we have to move along eventually. When we went out South of course there were a lack of observers, however I needed to ride for the exercise and got to move along fast. The only down side I felt was when we were turned around because of a CPD involvement in a shooting west of Sox park.