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INQUIRER: More than double the hoped-for 200 turned out to bike the four-mile course. One guy wore a hockey mask, another a birthday-party hat. It seemed like everybody had a tattoo or a piercing. As hundreds of cyclists gathered along the Schuylkill, the excitement built, people yelling impromptu cheers or ringing their bicycle bells. But as time dragged on, with people waiting for the scheduled 6:30 p.m. start, the energy seemed to sag. A booming cheer went up when the riders at the front of the queue began moving forward, onto a route that would take them around Rittenhouse Square and past the Art Museum. MORE