few days ago I had the opportunity to attend the 2nd. Urban Cycling Congress in Guadalajara, where they gladly met many urban cyclists, those "weirdos" as Martxelo say that every time we invaded most corners of this country, co-Ensenada, Tijuana, Oaxaca, Querétaro Aguascalientes, Morelia, Ciudad Guzman, Monterrey, Puebla, Culiacan and of course the City (I hope not forget any).
BiciEllas the Chamacletas urban were invited to participate at the table "Girls Bike" where we share space with Heleana Zambonino of All in Bike, Ecuador, Emily Ramsey of Bicicocina in Los Angeles, Patricia Karenina Bike GDL, this table was to share space different strategies that each group in the city has continued to promote urban cycling among women, because all we agreed, she looks and feels different, he said it Karenina in the story that read: men are like Mantis, warriors, Dragonflies are more like women, mediators, break stigmas and discrimination or the imposition of a public image were other points that we must fight, but there were stories that were inspiring, as the students of Heleana, women over 60 years to finally learn to ride a bike and discover with each pedaling the bike is literally revolutionize your life the way they are revolutionizing wheels to move forward. The Sunday before the closing Heleana continued her work with women in Guadalajara now that fans came with the dream of learning to ride.
Other papers that caught my attention was that of Chris Carlsson on Critical Mass in San Francisco, perhaps I was under the sentence that invites us not to leave "exercise our right to public space, "explaining that only needs to get out on the bike and take to the streets as you transport it, the bike shop on the Internet networks, explained the power they have all these spaces such as blogs, hi5, facebook, forums, etc., to spread an idea and call for participation, we know, it is this blog has allowed us to disseminate and work on our goal: More women in bike and Cletus in the city.
Finally one of the best experiences that I stay in this meeting was the Shot-Critical Mass to mark the World No Car Day, I could not figure many were, but surely more than 300 (people of GDL said it had been a weak night), the enthusiasm of the girls from Queretaro to the tune of famous songs such as Gloria Trevi loose hair, composed a hymn enthusiast bike rack:
And I am going and going and going ... I'll ride you bike
and will not go down the sidewalk
me look bad but people
who goes by car is insane
and will not go down the sidewalk
me look bad but people
who goes by car is insane
Aguascalientes BiciCalidos was another enthusiastic group shouting catchy slogans that you should cry, happiness flowed from our skin, it feels so nice that you can only understand when you bike with so many others who like you believe that giving strong pedals will make a big change.
And so ended this brief but intense encounter where the bicycle was the factor that unites us.
And so ended this brief but intense encounter where the bicycle was the factor that unites us.
