Cycling

"Let Me Down Easy": Theater Review

Lance Armstrong Doping Investigation: Leak Shows 60 Minutes Expose Was Right

Matt SmithIt's hard to stop a leak.​Attorneys for Lance Armstrong pivoted from demanding an apology for purported inaccuracies in a recent 60 Minutes doping exposé to lambasting the "leakers" who proved that the report was true. Last month, Armstrong hired a San Francisco law firm famed ... More >>

Lance Armstrong's Attorneys Demand Apology From CBS Over Doping Allegation Story

Is used to winning ​No sooner had Lance Armstrong juiced his legal team last week by adding the San Francisco firm famed for helping ballplayers battle leaks in the BALCO drugs case, than Keker & Van Nest came out swinging, making a public demand that CBS apologize for doping allegat ... More >>

If It's Good Enough for Pigs, It's Good Enough for Your Legs

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal published "Why China Struggles with Food Safety," an overview of the recent food-related scandals we've learned about in the United States: ... More >>

Nils Linke Gets a 'Ghost Bike' -- Joshua Calder Enters a Plea

Jim HerdA grim memorial for departed German cyclist Nils Linke​Josh Calder, the motorist accused of killing 21-year-old German cyclist Nils Linke and fleeing the scene, will enter his plea in court today. Meanwhile, a spectral cycle appeared at Linke's makeshift memorial at Turk and Masonic. That' ... More >>

Levi Leipheimer, Bay Area Cyclist, Hit with Doping Allegation By Former Team Manager

Cyclist Levi Leipheimer must pedal out of trouble​Cycling's reputation as a sport dirtier than dirt got a shot in the arm today with allegations by a former team manager that Bay Area cyclist Levi Leipheimer was doping during the 2005 Tour de France. Hans-Michael Holczer, the former boss of the Ge ... More >>

Hometown Papers Claim Local Hero Cyclist Levi Leipheimer Never Doped. Oh Really?

Hometown papers are ardently defending Levi Leiphimer from accusations of drug use. But those accusations may not be so far-fetched.​When disgraced 2006 Tour de France champion Floyd Landis last week confessed to doping and fingered other cyclists, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat was quick to jump t ... More >>

With S.F. Critical Mass Mojo in Tow, Tesla Motors To Open Store in Biketown USA

Tesla's next endeavor? ​Fresh off the revelation that the company's top publicist is an avid fan and participant in San Francisco's Critical Mass monthly bicycle parade, Tesla Motors announced  it will be opening an electric car store in America's top bicycling city, Boulder, Colorado.Last mo ... More >>

Tour de France Brought to You By ... A Palo Alto Biotech Startup?

​Officially speaking, the Tour de France -- which finished Sunday in Paris -- was brought to you by sponsors Carrefour supermarkets, Skoda cars and Vittel bottled water. Behind the scenes however, the physiology-defying, mountaintop-finish action of the race through the Pyrenees and the Alps may h ... More >>

Spokesmuffin

​Officially speaking, the Tour de France -- which finished Sunday in Paris -- was brought to you by sponsors Carrefour supermarkets, Skoda cars and Vittel bottled water. Behind the scenes however, the physiology-defying, mountaintop-finish action of the race through the Pyrenees and the Alps may h ... More >>

Round and Round

​Officially speaking, the Tour de France -- which finished Sunday in Paris -- was brought to you by sponsors Carrefour supermarkets, Skoda cars and Vittel bottled water. Behind the scenes however, the physiology-defying, mountaintop-finish action of the race through the Pyrenees and the Alps may h ... More >>

A Close Race

​Officially speaking, the Tour de France -- which finished Sunday in Paris -- was brought to you by sponsors Carrefour supermarkets, Skoda cars and Vittel bottled water. Behind the scenes however, the physiology-defying, mountaintop-finish action of the race through the Pyrenees and the Alps may h ... More >>

Sometimes It Only Takes Three Minutes

​Officially speaking, the Tour de France -- which finished Sunday in Paris -- was brought to you by sponsors Carrefour supermarkets, Skoda cars and Vittel bottled water. Behind the scenes however, the physiology-defying, mountaintop-finish action of the race through the Pyrenees and the Alps may h ... More >>

Dopey Bid

A close, unflattering look at San Francisco's prospective Olympic Games dance partner

Pedal Power

Two politicians put their interests before a world-class event and a world of possibilities

Love Means Nothing

The U.S. Gay Open's muscles

Best Bike Ride

The U.S. Gay Open's muscles

Pedal Power

VeloSwap rides into town

I Want to Ride My Bicycle

Leave the car at home and get to work on two wheels

Best Bike Trail

American River Trail, Old Town Sacramento

Sporting News

The wonderful world of sport, packaged to appeal to a city of blasé cafe intellectuals

Rides and Wrongs

With Critical Mass and the AIDS Ride, cyclists are taking to the streets for commendable causes. But do both groups deserve your support?

Letters to the Editor

The Right Spin; Cracker Moron Blather; Pedal When You Can; The Battle Lines Are Drawn; Credit Where It's Due

Best City Transportation Improvement

Valencia Street Bike Lane

Dog Bites

Valencia Street Bike Lane