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November Kidical Mass Cargo Bike Food Bank Run! 

11/24/2013

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Continuing with our monthly Kidical Mass rides, November was our cargo bike food bank run to support Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. We got a few bins to place around the downtown area and asked participants to bring a donation. Unfortunately, the bins didn't get much attention, however, our riders certainly made up for it! 
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We met up in front of Practical Cycle and took advantage of their great big grassy area across the street. Our friend, Jarrod of 8legs2wheels.com, showed up with coffee that had been donated from Old Soul. People started trickling over, meeting one another, and checking out some of the awesome rigs. 
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Edible Pedal's delivery bike took a break to ride with us.
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Any bike can carry cargo!
Monica, of Carsick Designs, got some great photos of some of the individual cargo bikes and the ride that you can view here. 
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Just before we headed off, I climbed up my Mundo and did our guideline rundown: 
    1. Make individual decisions and be responsible for your family's safety.
    2. Obey all traffic signals and signs.
    3. Use hand signals. Wave hello to people, too.
    4. Follow right-of-way rules with all users of the road.
    5. Share the road, avoid the door zone.
    6. Ride single file in bike lanes.
    7. Keep at least a "ghost bike" of space between you and the rider in front.
    8. No one passes the leader. No one gets left behind.
    9. Have fun!
    10. Make new friends!
We had walkie talkies to help keep everyone together and with 62 counted riders, it was incredibly helpful! 

Our ride was an easy 2.7 miles through downtown to Edible Pedal, where the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services' truck would come pick up the donations. We stopped a couple of times to gather everyone back up after getting spaced out between red lights, but everything went smoothly. 
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My amazing Big Brother rode his Isla Bike to Practical Cycle, as well as the entire Kidical Mass ride and back home--10 miles total! He took a great nap afterwards that was well deserved!
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We collected 3 big bins of food and warm clothing! I think this is going to become a regular event and we already have begun figuring out ways to increase and improve the ride. I realized too late that it would be good to bring a bin to our local food co-op to gather donations and hand out flyers. We would also continue the ride all the way to the food bank next time. More advertising and outreach is needed to fill the bins ahead of time, as well. 
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After the ride, Little Brother hitched a ride home in Neil's Nihola and we learned that a trike with reachable wheels is not a good idea for children as curious as him. He did have a blast and only minimally terrorized his little friend. 
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He also gave back her doggy eventually.
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It was a beautiful day for a ride and so much fun to meet so many new family bikers and catch up with our friends. If anything, the huge increase in ridership from these last two rides shows that Sacramento is a prime location for family biking and these rides are both needed and wanted. As long as we can grow comfortably and in control, our Kidical Mass rides are going to be quickly established into Sacramento biking culture (which will hopefully lead to Sacramento general culture, too). 
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Greg S
11/24/2013 07:10:30 am

Elli,

You & your husband are wonderful parents. The world could use a million more like you.

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Elle
11/25/2013 11:11:13 am

Thanks, Greg! Great to see you and the kiddos out for the ride!

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Bonney Gold
11/25/2013 08:04:37 pm

What a wonderful idea. If only I was 30 years younger and lived in Sacramento. Still, I am off to do my shift at our local Foodbank tomorrow even if it is on foot.

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Elle
11/29/2013 11:03:57 am

Thanks wonderful, Bonney! Good for you! When you come out to Sacramento next time, I'll take you for a ride :)

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