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Personally, I never got around to doing one. The idea of cycling slowly around crowded streets seems the opposite of what I enjoy about cycling.
However, cycling has doubled (ish) in recent years, which in my opinion can only be a good thing. Whether critical mass had anything to do with that is debatable.
However, the concept of CM is that once you reach a certain point, cycling becomes an acceptable alternative to public transport. Judging by the number of bikes on the roads, I think that point has been reached. The more people cycle, the safer it gets thus encouraging more cyclists.
The number of regular journeys by bike may have made Critical Mass obsolete. The original point of it, back in the '90s, was to show traffic that bikes have a right ot the road. That's pretty much established now.