Halloween Cycle in Dublin City

Friday brought the start of the Bank Holiday weekend (wahey!) 

After leaving work I headed to Dublin City to meet up with Ciaran at the start of the Critical Mass Halloween cycle. Unfortunately I had a bit of a false start after I realised that I left my phone in work, just as the train left Dun Laoghaire Station. I had to get off at Monkstown Station and cycle back to DL - in fairness it was a nice cycle on the protected cycle path of the DLR Coastal Mobility Route. After picking up my phone from my desk I returned to the station but unfortunately I just missed a train so that set me up to be late for the start of the cycle.  So I reassessed my plan and texted Ciaran to say that I would meet up with the cycle gang on Capel Street.  And that's what I did having got off at Tara Street and cycling down Abbey Street directly to Capel Street.

Many of the cycle crew were in full costume but we just wore masks - red dragon for me and werewolf for Ciarán.

Always fun to take part in this event and have a nice saunter on the bike around Dublin. But I particularly like the themed critical mass cycles depending on the time of year. I look forward to the Christmas one now that the Halloween one is over for the year.

And after the cycle it was back to Capel Street where we had wings & wine in All Bar Chicken......

....well I had wine, the werewolf had beer!

Click here to see my very first Critical Mass cycle - which coincidentally was a Halloween cycle too (and I dressed in full costume for this one)!

You can join Critical Mass if you like - just come along to the start at Parnell Square opposite the entrance to the Hugh Lane Gallery, at the side of the Garden of Remembrance. It is on the last Friday of every month and starts at 6pm. See you there!!

Critical Mass Dublin - Halloween Cycle

Halloween edition of Critical Mass in Dublin

On the last Friday of the month, cyclists come together in cities all over the world to take part in Critical Mass where they cycle in a group for safety and to raise awareness of cyclists.

For the Halloween edition of Dublin Critical Mass, many participants dressed up in costume or lit up their bikes.

I wore an illuminous skull mask along with my helmet.

The picture above shows me waiting to join the cyclists at Stephens Green.  The event starts at Parnell Square on the Northside and continues over to the South Side and then swings in to the city centre.  From Parnell Square it goes down the newly traffic free Capel Street.  But for me, it is most convenient to join at Stephens Green after getting the train to Pearce Street after work,

You can check out a video on twitter here that shows all the great costumes - love the Tennenbaum family!!

Let me know if you are interested in joining the next cycle in November or even the one in December which will probably be Christmas themed.........I need to start planning a costume for that one very soon - or at the very least get some lights to string around my bike!

You can get full information about Critical Mass Dublin here on I Bike Dublin