The shop closed up early for Critical Mass and we headed down to the Art Gallery in a mini mass of 10 to 15 cycles which we picked up from The Drive and along the Adanac Bike Route.

Once we arrived at the Art Gallery it was hard to find a spot that wasn’t already covered in people.  We knew the June Critical Mass is the biggest one of the year, but seeing the huge numbers of people for the first time was a sight to see.

June Critical Mass view from the Art Gallery

Walking up the front steps of the Art Gallery really gave me a sense of how large this event has actually become.

There was also a large number of people who were getting themselves body painted in preparation for the ride and a few of us just couldn’t resist getting a few trees painted on ourselves.

Tree Face Painting

For Cam MacLeod this was his first Critical Mass in Vancouver and he was riding a Tree. While we were cruising down Burrard he mentioned how easily the bike carried itself.

“It is very robust, but a lot lighter then it looks, I didn’t think it would be a fast as it is,”

Cam has only worked for us for about two weeks and after a short one hour ride he was impressed by the quality that went into this bike.

I have also been amazingly impressed with this bike. Since taking mine home last week and putting it through both street and field testing I can certainly say this bike has out performed any two wheeled transportation I have ever ridden on.