You are currently browsing the San Francisco Bike Blog weblog archives for July, 2008.
It’s a bit rough going at the moment, so if you’re into the Ciclovia movement, then it’s time to get involved.
There’s already a website set up, and a recent email update from the SFBC reads as follows:
Sunday Streets Update
Big thanks to everyone who responded to our recent call to show support for Sunday Streets, [...]
Above is a shot of the forming of this past Friday’s Critical Mass in downtown San Francisco - at about 5:45 pm.
It was an incredible day for bike riding - beautiful sun and sky, light breeze, happy-go-lucky atmosphere - everyone was chillin’ bigtime. I could only stay for the first 20 or so minutes of [...]
Joy Ride is the art show associated with this year’s bicycle film festival. In short, it rocked.
Anytime you put that many bike messengers and PBR in the same room, there’s bound to be some good things happening. Everyone was in a very good mood.
There were lots of us ‘regular’ folks there, too.
It was located at [...]
When I first heard about the existence of this film festival I almost flipped - it’s just too useful, and too much fun. And I suspect it’s already inspired a lot of folks to do more and be more in the bicycling community.
The Chronicle talked with founder, Brentd Barber:
In a way, the Bicycle Film Festival [...]
Shame on Mayor Newsom and the court system for allowing this travesty to continue.
San Francisco has a completely bizarre situation on its hands - a court injunction has stopped the bike safety plan from moving forward. The city, like most cities in America, has an emergency on its hands - gas prices rising and families [...]
The Tour de Fat (instead of the Tour de France), sponsored by the New Belgium Brewing Company (makers of Fat Tire), is rolling through San Francisco tomorrow:
Tour de Fat[1] is an annual pro-bike tour sponsored by New Belgium. The events, which take place in various large cities around the West, include music, beer, circus-type performances, [...]
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (sfbike.org) has a calendar of events called the Chain of Events. Today, after work, there was a Streetside Outreach event where they gave away free bike bells:
SFBC Streetside Outreach: Free Bike Bells!
Wed., Jul. 16 | 5-7pm | Fox Plaza (Market near 9th/Larkin)
Ding! Ding! Get a classy FREE bike bell [...]
On Saturday, July 5th, the San Francisco Chronicle ran at least three bike-related articles: Cyclists favor handmade frames, Bamboo bikes have benefits, and Ways to store bicycles. The first article has pictures and a movie/slide presentation, and starts out like this:
Summer is here, and with it one rite as predictable as seasonal allergies: Bay Area [...]
