I agree with hoefi for the most part.
HELDENPLATZ BAD! for the reasons hoefi made, but i guess thats because we discussed this last year. I already hear too many people mixing up critical masss with friday night skate. It should be clearly seperate. Its also a big point of getting pushed around by crap festivals that happen there.
I am for either Karlsplatz or Urban loritz platz would be nice too but followed by "vor der haupt bucherei". As I for one do not know off the top of my head where urban loritz platz is.
An easy to find, Central, highly visible place is essential to a succesful CM ride. All of these things, Margaretenplatz is not.
I think its very important to have it somewhere that people will ride by by accident and stop and ask what is going on. that i our best time to convince them and tell them about what we are doing. Its hard during the ride. Spots by the universities, hangouts, etc are the best.
Some other suggestions that were made last time (i think...)
MQ (corner of mariahilferstrasse)
Schwarzenbergplatz
Maybe we should push back the ride time too? This was also discussed last time. Have people set up at margaretenplatz at 4:30 bring people to the new location at 5 and the ride leaves from new location at 5:30. This also gives people alittle more time to get there who work until 5. (still sucks for those who work until 6). This shuttle service would only have to happen a few times. and maybe again in the summer.
Just found an old email:
Heldenplatz- But we run into the problem of being confused even more with the green's friday night skate
MQ (in the front by the skaters) - It may be private property, and then the MQ can kick us off fast and easy
MQ/Mariahilfer - last year they had an asylum art project bar there, they may do something again and take away space.
Karlsplatz - junkies, and police station is right there, but might also help in that we just alert them there every time...
Karlskirche - the plaza in front is nice and big! Is it private? Even with the winter market I think there is still enough space
Maria Theresien platz (between Naturhistorische/kunst historische museum) - Is it private property? Gets pretty crowded in the winter with the damn market.
Westbahnhof - Is there a nice big gathering place? parking lots are constantly in use and will piss people off very fast! but a great starting location! mariahilfer or the guertel...
Minoriten Platz - Not sure myself where this is, which will be hard for other people as well i assume. or maybe I'm just a fucking idiot... But how big is this place?
Rathaus - They are always having fests there so we would be on bad terms fast and we would get annoyed with fat tourists getting our way while they try and enjoy the food fair...
A response from Hoefi:
Schillerplatz, at the Academy of Fine Arts it? close to the Ring, buta bit hidden
Sigmund Freud Park, its huge, opposite the Votiv Kirche, or direct infront the church?
F. Schmidt Platz behind the Rathaus, lots of space an no festivalsorganized there
Urban Loritz Platz in front of the Städtische Hauptbücherei at theGürtel. If we become a massive crowd, opposite is another spuare wherebikes can meet
My favorits are:
Karlsplatz, i like it, good place for kajaking, bikeart of al kind
Sigmund Freud Platz, sunny and huge, positiv place, even the name
Urban Loritz Platz, cause its not in the centre AND between one of thebiggest cartrafficproblems of the city, the Gürtelstrasse