Just the other day a Federal judge ruled that large bike groups need to have permits. This case largely evolves around Critical Mass rides but take away the name and what is it, a bunch of bikes riding together... hmm that could be a cruiser group ride or a large road ride (Gateway, Bustop, etc.) Not that police are going to start writing tickets tomorrow but it is clear now that if groups become sore in the public eye then action could easily be taken.

“The court,” he added, “recognized that the policing of Critical Mass rides was not based on any attempt to infringe First Amendment rights, but rather stemmed from Critical Mass bicyclists’ lawless behavior, which included intentionally blocking traffic, riding through red lights, and cycling the wrong way on both one-way and two-way streets.”

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