Cycling Day on Sat 10th Sept

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THis Saturday turns out to be a full day for those who are into cycling (& walking)

 

There's the North Don Trail Day at Kelham Island Museum.

 

(The North Don Trail will do for Sheffield - OUghtibridge what thje Five Weirs Walk has now for Sheffield - Meadowhall, i.e. create a safe cycling and walking route)

 

Information about the Trail & the Brooklyn Bridge, free entry to the museum, Pedal Pushers stall etc.

 

Dave Baillie is leading a moderate 30 mile ride to Langsett from the Yew Tree Inn, Malin Bridge at 9:30. If you're doing the ride why not call in at Kelham Island on the way back?

 

To round off a cycling day there's the film about Critical Mass --

 

Still We Ride - the movie

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http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2005/08/321861.html

 

Saturday 10th September - 7pm

Matilda, 111 Matilda Street, Sheffield (5 mins from city centre)

 

With an introduction and discussion with two of the film's directors,

Andrew Lynn and Elizabeth Press Organised by Sheffield Indymedia.

 

Still We Ride is an action-packed documentary that glimpses into the shocking showdown between the monthly Critical Mass bike ride and the New York City Police Department in the months after August 2004.

 

On Friday August 27, 2004 just days before the start of the Republican National Convention, a massive police operation was underway. By the end of the night 264 people were arrested. It marked one of the largest mass arrests in New York City's history - and the arrested had done nothing illegal.

 

For many New Yorkers, August was the first time they heard of what has become a monthly ritual for New York City's bike community; a free-forming ride called Critical Mass.

 

Still We Ride is a documentary that captures the joyous atmosphere of this August ride before the arrests began and the chaos that followed.

 

It recounts how this ride first started in San Francisco over 10 years ago and chronicles the police crackdown and resulting court battles in New York over the last seven months. The movie takes on issues of civil liberties, surveillance, the power of mainstream media, and the benefits of alternative means of transportation.

 

See the trailer (MP4 - 8mbs)

http://ia300136.us.archive.org/0/items/SWRlongTrailermp4/SWRlongTrailer.mp4

 

Saturday 10th September - 7pm

Matilda, 111 Matilda Street, Sheffield (5 mins from city centre)

 

* Free entry

* Vegan buffet

* Safe indoor parking for bikes