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This Friday, February 13th get on cupid's bike and roll on over to the Rickshaw stop.
More details click on link.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St (between Van Ness and Franklin)
Doors open at 6 p.m.; game at 7
FREE for SFBC Members (Bring your card)
Non-members pay $10, or join at the door and get in free!
All Ages! As always, FREE valet bike parkingThis Friday, February 13th get on cupid's bike and roll on over to the Rickshaw... more
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Let your friends and neighbors know!!
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Light up the Night
Tuesday Dec. 2 | 5-7pm
The SFBC is teaming up with the SF Municipal Transportation Agency to give away hundreds of bike lights to cyclists who don't already have them. SFBC volunteers with handy fingers will be out along the city's major bike corridors to help riders increase their visibility with the darkening winter hours. Remember, bike lights are a key piece of safety gear! If you'd like to volunteer, go to http://www.sfbike.org/?vol_sign_up_bl
- McAllister @ Webster
- Polk @ California
- Cesar Chavez @ Valencia
- Howard @ 8th
- Duboce BikewayLet your friends and neighbors know!!
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Light up the Night
Tuesday Dec. 2 | 5-7pm... more
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The first issue I collected of Momentum was the issue that included the opening of Lance's Mellow Johnnys in the awesome city of Austin TX. Now MORE awesome, is the upcoming issue – Momentum Magazine: San Francisco!!
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[Published - November 2008]
San Francisco has always welcomed emerging and fringe cultures. The city saw the origin of the Beats in the 1950s, the Hippies in the 1960s, and was a centre of the gay rights movement in the 1970s. San Francisco has the perfect climate to nourish the flowering of new ideas, and its winds send the seeds of change across the globe. Bicycle culture is no exception, and Critical Mass is just one testament to this. The monthly ride in celebration of cycling started here 16 years ago and has since spread to communities across the globe. The ride began with just dozens of cyclists and has grown to a steady showing of thousands. Cycling in the city has more than doubled since.
Even the city's chilly summers and hilly streets don't deter the local cyclists. An estimated 120,000 of the city's roughly 800,000 residents ride a bike. In a recent survey of San Francisco residents, five per cent said the bicycle is their primary method of travel and recent counts by the city have shown that bicycles outnumber cars at peak commute hours on downtown's Market Street.
-more on link-The first issue I collected of Momentum was the issue that included the opening of... more
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The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition celebrated the installation of San Francisco's first ever bicycle traffic signal at the notoriously dangerous intersection of Fell and Masonic on the Panhandle Path.
The SFBC has spent years advocating for safety improvements at this intersection, and we are relieved that this safety fix is finally in place. This special traffic light separates the crossing light into two phases--pedestrians and bicyclists will receive a white walk and green bicycle signal respectively when it is their turn to cross, and then a separate green arrow will indicate when motor vehicles can turn left. These separate light phases ensure that bicycles and pedestrians do not cross paths with left-turning cars.
Read from the sf bike coalition site: http://www.sfbike.org/?fellmasonic
---article from sfgate.com's City Insider---
San Francisco cyclists and transit officials on Tuesday unveiled new traffic lights to help bikers cross safely at the busy intersection of Masonic Avenue and Fell Street.
Within minutes, cars were ignoring it and blowing through the red no-left-turn arrow.
A biker waits to cross Fell Street at Masonic Avenue.
OK, so it's going to take everyone a few days to get used to the new lights. But cycling advocates said in the long run, the changes are going to prevent a lot of accidents and scary near-misses.
The intersection is among the city's most dangerous, said Leah Shahum, head of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Just three weeks ago a woman was hit by a car while crossing Fell Street and suffered a broken rib.
The lights are on the south side of the intersection, where cars turn left from Fell onto Masonic. A multi-purpose trail runs through that intersection. What happens is cars making the left turn on a green light don't see bikes coming from the trail.
"It's one of those situations where no one's at fault," said Shahum.The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition celebrated the installation of San... more
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There will be a memorial ride for Jordan next Tuesday evening (9/30) at 7:00 pm; gather at the east end of the Panhandle (McKinley statue near Fell and Baker)
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//Remembering Jordan McKay, San Francisco Bicyclist
We're deeply saddened to report that late last Tuesday night that Jordan McKay, a young man and SFBC member, was shot and killed on Cabrillo Street in the Richmond District while riding his bike home from BART. Our hearts go out to Jordan's family and friends; we mourn for him as a fellow urban bicyclist and a fellow human being whose life was ended suddenly and pointlessly on an otherwise peaceful street.
There will be a memorial ride for Jordan next Tuesday evening (9/30) at 7:00 pm; gather at the east end of the Panhandle (McKinley statue near Fell and Baker) and we'll ride into the evening together to inhabit the streets with life and celebrate one life lived too briefly. Wherever you go, ride safe, and remember Jordan.There will be a memorial ride for Jordan next Tuesday evening (9/30) at 7:00 pm;... more
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Bike Ring, Circle of fun bikes
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San Francisco, Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition Bike Ring, Circle of fun bikes
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San Francisco, Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New... more
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Talented chicas
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San Francisco-Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition
Spockettes (1/2 video‹s›) from Portland OR.
their mission: "The Sprockettes are an all female synchronized mini-bike dance troupe.
In a basic sense it is our mission to entertain audiences by choreographing dances while using our bikes in our performance."
more: http://sprockettes.org/Talented chicas
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San Francisco-Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery -... more
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Talented chicas
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San Francisco-Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition
Spockettes (1/3 video‹s›) from Portland OR.
their mission: "The Sprockettes are an all female synchronized mini-bike dance troupe.
In a basic sense it is our mission to entertain audiences by choreographing dances while using our bikes in our performance."
more: http://sprockettes.org/Talented chicas
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San Francisco-Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery -... more
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Talented boys.
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San Francisco, Tour de Fat Festival 2008 / New Belgium Brewery - The San Francisco Bike Coalition
Talented boys.
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July 23-26, 2008
Festival Passes: $30
Individual tickets are available for $10.
*** Valet bicycle (free-but donations always accepted) parking provided by SFBC at all screenings. ***
Check out the whole line-up at the link above.
for further Valet parking info, and what sweet service by the bike coalition provides while you get your fiml/bike/mingle/beer on, very crucial, here: http://www.sfbike.org/?valetJuly 23-26, 2008
Festival Passes: $30
Individual tickets are available for $10.... more
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A tribute to lives lost on the roads.
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If you are new to the put your bike on buses to cross those wonderful bridges or skip those hills (...) those weird looking racks in front of the bus could be a breeze to use. After this video you'll be a pro. It is basic and informative. (found thru the East Bay Bike coalition)
Not to mention the awesome mustache the bus driver is sporting.
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Have fun out there and remember that AC transit, and other Bay are services are alternatives to connect the bay. (bus-ferry-bart-CALtrans van during rush hour) for more info and an additional MUNI video go to the always resourceful, SFbike coalition:
http://www.sfbike.org/?transitIf you are new to the put your bike on buses to cross those wonderful bridges or skip... more
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Sat., Jul. 19, 9am-4pm | Speedway Meadow, GG Park
(additional cities listed in link -click image)
So much fun!!!
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Oil your bike chain and don your capes, crowns, tutus and tuxedos! Tour de Fat is back in San Francisco on Saturday, July 19th at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Come join us for a ballyhoo of bikes & beer sponsored by the New Belgium Brewing Company, makers of the acclaimed Fat Tire beer.
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additional San Francisco info: http://www.sfbike.org/?fatSat., Jul. 19, 9am-4pm | Speedway Meadow, GG Park
(additional cities listed in link... more
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The bike-minded folks in San Francisco are spearheading an effort to get Congress to approve more transportation funds for bicycling! They have a new campaign: Gas Free Fridays. Starting this Friday, July 4, "declare your independence" from oil!
This campaign is also an important opportunity to call on your representatives in Washington D.C. to encourage them to support bicycling as transportation by approving direct and better federal assistance to our nation's 20 most populous cities, so that cities can continue to establish safe bicycle networks, bike to transit facilities and public bicycle-share programs.
At the website you can find a sample letter to send to your elected representatives.
You can become one of the growing number of Americans doing your part to lessen our nation's overdependence on oil.
Half of all driving trips in our country are under two miles in length and could easily be done on a bicycle. Americans deserve affordable transportation options and there has never been a better time to support bicycling and a greener future.
The bike-minded folks in San Francisco are spearheading an effort to get Congress to... more
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SAN FRANCISCO. Get a sexy FREE bike bell to ring in summer when you roll your bike by the fabulous SFBC Streetside Outreach Team at Howard and 8th Streets this Friday, June 20 from 5:00-7:00pm. (Thanks to the SFMTA for donating 800 bells!) While you wait, catch up on the latest SFBC advocacy work and enjoy the good company of your fellow cyclist! If you'd like to volunteer, contact kate@sfbike.org
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SAN FRANCISCO. Get a sexy FREE bike bell to ring in summer when you roll your bike by... more
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Confidence is sexy. (and free)
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Each class is free, but you must register (see link).
Learn skills and build confidence to bike safely in traffic or encourage a woman you know to get more comfortable biking! This four hour classroom session covers bicycle information and riding strategy, including how-to negotiate intersections and cyclists' legal rights and responsibilities. Bicycles are not needed for this class. Participants of this class are eligible to take a second on-road course. Class is taught by a League of American Bicyclists certified instructor. Workshop is free and open to women over 14 years of age. Pre-registration is required.
Details: Thursday, June 12th, 5:30-9:30pm at the Women's Building 3543-18th Street at Valencia
To register for this class or see a complete schedule of other free cycling workshops, visit sfbike.org/edu
Confidence is sexy. (and free)
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Each class is free, but you must register (see... more
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