On the last Friday of every month, Critical Mass Orlando takes to the streets. Hundreds of bike riders show up every month in cities all over the US, Orlando is one of a great many still holding the monthly rides.

Critical Mass dates back to the 1990’s, even fierce police assaults in San Francisco (1990’s) and New York City (2004) were unable to stop the rides. They began as a protest of cars making it impossible for bicycle commuters to safely cross some intersections without first building up a “critical mass” of riders, and some grew into militiant protest rides. Today, many of them (Orlando for instance) are family-friendly social rides.