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Bicycling

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Who Can Help San Francisco's Cycling Conditions? The Dutch

    ​According to HG Wells, "After your first day of cycling, one dream is inevitable. A memory of motion lingers in the muscles of your legs, and round and round they seem to go." As Arthur Conan Doyle saw it: "When the spirits are low, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Bike Messengers Are Victims of Civil Court Closures

    The final showdown for bike messengers?​As of October 3, 25 civil courtrooms will be closed indefinitely, and all the clerks will have their office hours cut by an hour a day. Two hundred court employees will be getting pink slips.But the compassionate hipster inside of us wants to know: What does ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    San Francycle: Your Bike to the Future

    ​Oh, sure, you may think that the fantasies of municipal infrastructure bureaucrats are boring. But allow us to shatter your misconceptions with just five words: Two-Stage Turn Queue Boxes. National Association of City Transportation Officials is a sort of national clearinghouse for transportat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    San Francycle: Riding to Work Doesn't Make You an Athlete

    ​If you're like us, you spend an hour or so on your bike every day, from home to work and then back, then maybe to the supermarket, and occasionally over to a friend's house or up to Corona Heights to watch the sunset. Wouldn't it be neat to keep track of your rides so you know how far you've gone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    San Francycle: Get Your Fixie Fix

    ​Fixies! Dangerous and insane, right? Well, yes, but only if you don't know how to ride them. In the right hands (and legs), a fixed-gear bike is graceful and glorious.Fixed-gear enthusiasts are a proud bunch. We'll never forget the first time we walked into Mission Bikes and chatted with Jefferso ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2011

    Open Bike

    ​Fixies! Dangerous and insane, right? Well, yes, but only if you don't know how to ride them. In the right hands (and legs), a fixed-gear bike is graceful and glorious.Fixed-gear enthusiasts are a proud bunch. We'll never forget the first time we walked into Mission Bikes and chatted with Jefferso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    S.F. Asks Kids to Bike to School: Is This a Good Idea?

    Look out for bad drivers!​Later this week watch for those youngsters -- some 3,000 little ones -- to saddle banana seats and pedal their Huffys to the schoolyard as part of the third annual Bike To School Day.Think: Critical Mass with handle streamers and less aggro hipsters.Wait a minute -- is th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    San Francycle: Ed Lee and Bikes from the Bay to the Beach

    ​ What does an Ed Lee mayorship mean for bicycles? Well, for one thing, you may see more bike moustaches around town. But what will Mayor Lee do to make biking safer, comfier, and more popular? The Bike Coalition didn't waste any time asking him just that. No sooner was he sworn in than they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    San Francycle: The Bike Coalition's Big Plans for 2011

    ​Happy New Year! And quite a year it's been for bicycles. Between all the new stripes and racks and parklets, we've suddenly catapulted into the future of cycling. Well, maybe not the future, since Europe is several decades ahead of us. Maybe just less of the past. But there's still plenty of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    San Francycle: Supercharge Your Body with Anatomy 101 for Bicyclists

    ​Ever get a weird pain in your back after riding your bike? Or feel really really hungry? Or feel your heart pounding as you mount McAllister towards Diviz? There's a lot of stuff going on underneath your skin -- a whole hodgepodge of muscles, tracts, and veins. You couldn't ride a bike witho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    San Francycle: Can Treat Street Become Mission Bay's Bike Superhighway?

    ​ First, it was a stinky marsh. Then it was a railroad. Now, Treat Street faces a new lease on life with a vision to transform it from a dilapidated, weirdly diagonal alleyway into a sparkling green bike corridor. It would be a pretty amazing accomplishment: a smooth path that curves up from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    New Bill Seeks to Curb Use of Environmental Review to Delay Worthy Projects

    Matt SmithThe bike lane injunction is in the rearview mirror, thankfully​Proposed Legislation by Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier aims to diminish the role of state environmental law in delaying local projects posing little threat to Mother Nature.And -- don't you know it -- Mary Miles, the attorney ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    San Francycle: Tour de Fat and a Sewer Ride

    ​Welcome to San Francycle, a new SF Weekly series that celebrates the craziest and bestest way to get around town. Ride a bike in San Francisco? Are you crazy? The breaking point came sometime early this year. Remember when Muni was talking about cutting service? Again? I was shelling out fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Italian DJ Benny Benassi Plans to Tour California on a Fixie Bike

    ​Awesome alert: In a feat of either badassery or hubris, Italian DJ, Grammy-winner, and all-around-suave-dude Benny Benassi plans to ride a fixie -- yes, a single-speed, fixed-gear bicycle -- down the coast of California on his upcoming tour.The bike tour kicks off after Benassi's set at Ruby Skye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Mayor Newsom Paints a Bike Lane

    ​We don't exactly frequent the mayor's self-congratulatory press conferences. But when we heard he'd actually be painting part of a bike lane around the corner from our offices today at 1 p.m., we put down the amyl nitrate and headed out.The requisite media circus had congregated on the corner of ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    Path to Civility

    Cyclists jumping lights and drivers blocking bike lanes need to get cited.

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Wiggle Me This: Google Cycling Directions Snub Famous San Francisco Bike Route

    ​We bike commuters here at SF Weekly have eagerly awaited the launch of Google's bicycle-directions feature on its maps site. As of today, the wait is over. Along with suggested routes by car and public transit, Googlers in 150 cities can now query the best way to get from Point A to Point B under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Last Night: Joyride Art Show at Market Street Gallery and Ever Gold Gallery

    The Bicycle Film Festival in San Francisco Multiple locations: See here. Joyride Art Show: Market Street Gallery - 1554 Market Street Ever gold Gallery - 441 O'Farrell Better than: Critical Mass Also see: The Film Festival Trailer It's the stuff of nightmares: A clear fall afternoon in Man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Urban Outfitters Fixie: $400. Achieving Hipster Chic: Priceless.

    Meet 'Aristotle'They sucked the hip out of ironic T-shirts, singer sewing machines, and hamburger phones. Now Urban Outfitters has a new trend-killer in stock: The fixed-gear bicycle. Fixed-gears are the gazelles of the bicycle world: simple, elegant, and more than a tad dangerous for the inexperien ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Bicyclists Pack City Hall -- No Spandex in Sight

    Anna McCarthyValet?Bike parking was scarce at a City Hall hearing this morning as bike advocates arrived downtown in droves donning helmets and fluorescent pink identification stickers reading, "Double the number of bike lanes." Although helmets, U-locks, and other bicycling accessories abounded, ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Local Mountain Bike Pioneer Gary Fisher Endows 'Chair In Kid Fun'

    Bradley Woehl and his progeny on the goGary Fisher, the local mountain bike luminary whose name is plastered on hundreds of thousands of bicycles worldwide, has endowed a San Francisco chair in kid fun, reports local bike shop owner Bradley Woehl.Well, it's not exactly a chair, as the accompanying p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    The Deliverers

    Bradley Woehl and his progeny on the goGary Fisher, the local mountain bike luminary whose name is plastered on hundreds of thousands of bicycles worldwide, has endowed a San Francisco chair in kid fun, reports local bike shop owner Bradley Woehl.Well, it's not exactly a chair, as the accompanying p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2008

    Saturday: World Naked Bike Ride

    Bradley Woehl and his progeny on the goGary Fisher, the local mountain bike luminary whose name is plastered on hundreds of thousands of bicycles worldwide, has endowed a San Francisco chair in kid fun, reports local bike shop owner Bradley Woehl.Well, it's not exactly a chair, as the accompanying p ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2008

    Can't We All Just Roll Along?

    There is a way bike riders and car drivers can more safely coexist, and help the environment.

  • News

    September 26, 2007

    Lexington Club Violence Stories Show Anti-Hipster Bias

    There is a way bike riders and car drivers can more safely coexist, and help the environment.

  • Calendar

    September 19, 2007

    Ride 'Em In

    There is a way bike riders and car drivers can more safely coexist, and help the environment.

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Ask a Track Bike!

    There is a way bike riders and car drivers can more safely coexist, and help the environment.

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    Ask a Track Bike

    There is a way bike riders and car drivers can more safely coexist, and help the environment.

  • News

    May 31, 2006

    Ask a Track Bike!

    There is a way bike riders and car drivers can more safely coexist, and help the environment.

  • News

    April 26, 2006

    Ask a Track Bike!

    There is a way bike riders and car drivers can more safely coexist, and help the environment.

  • News

    April 5, 2006

    Ask a Track Bike!

    There is a way bike riders and car drivers can more safely coexist, and help the environment.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Sports Equipment

    Sports Basement

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Bent Outta Shape

    San Francisco bike messengers hit some nasty economic potholes as they struggle to unionize

  • Summer Guide

    June 19, 2002

    Sports/Outdoors/Races

    San Francisco bike messengers hit some nasty economic potholes as they struggle to unionize

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Sports & Recreation Readers' Poll

    San Francisco bike messengers hit some nasty economic potholes as they struggle to unionize

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Bicycle Shops

    San Francisco bike messengers hit some nasty economic potholes as they struggle to unionize

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Bike Path

    Old Railroad Grade on Mount Tamalpais

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    Breaking the Cycle

    Marin County has a program to protect bicyclists. In S.F., we keep killing them.

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    Postscript

    A Cracker Moron Explains How Drivers Feel About Bikes

  • News

    September 22, 1999

    Pedaling the Vegan Message

    Cycling chef hopes to win over a few stomachs, and hearts

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Road to Redemption

    Bad luck and a head injury couldn't kill him. Poverty just made him stronger. Now, freewheeling Bay Area bicycling legend Mike Neel is staging another comeback by coaching professional women's racing.

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Strike While the Iron Is Hot

    Bike messengers organizing for April 15 walkout

  • News

    September 23, 1998

    Letters

    Bike messengers organizing for April 15 walkout

  • News

    July 8, 1998

    Letters

    Bike messengers organizing for April 15 walkout

  • News

    June 24, 1998

    Art on Two Wheels

    There are reasons for building and owning extremely expensive, not especially speedy one-of-a-kind bicycles. The appreciation of craftsmanship. The satisfaction of owning something absolutely unique. The comfort of a perfect fit. The joy of true obsession

  • Calendar

    February 11, 1998

    Night Crawler

    There are reasons for building and owning extremely expensive, not especially speedy one-of-a-kind bicycles. The appreciation of craftsmanship. The satisfaction of owning something absolutely unique. The comfort of a perfect fit. The joy of true obsession

  • News

    July 30, 1997

    Recycling America

    As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

  • News

    September 11, 1996

    Letters

    As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

  • News

    August 28, 1996

    Spokes of Destiny 12

    The true and tragic tale of SF Weekly's Bike Messenger Dream Team

  • News

    May 8, 1996

    Mercury Falling

    For 11 years, Markus Cook was synonymous with Bay Area bike messengers. But he didn't live to see his dream come true -- the Cycle Messenger World Championships held here in San Francisco.

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