Judging by the carnage that showed up in the SFist Flickr Pool after yesterday's Bring Your Own Big Wheel event, San Francisco's other yearly Easter tradition was a sight to behold, full of elaborate homemade vehicles and plenty of spectacular wipeouts. We should warn you though, some of these photos probably aren't safe for folks who cringe at the thought of road rash.
Photos: Crashing & Burning At 'Bring Your Own Big Wheel 2012'
Another Big Wheel Video
Because we can't get enough of the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race last Sunday, we found this other video of the event, this time from the vantage point of two of the participants. It's pretty cool in a "You Are There" kind of way.
Big Wheel Keep On Turning
We were really sad we didn't make it to the Bring Your Own Big Wheel event this Saturday as it sounded like a lot of fun. Things like this are one of the reasons why we love this city, the fact that a whole bunch of people would get together to do something completely silly just for the sake of being completely silly. Even better, nobody did it to "reclaim the streets for Big Wheels" or "to symbolize the dehumanizing nature of the corporate world."
Big Wheels, Bill Clinton, And You
Hey, there's lots of stuff going on this weekend! And in exchange for telling you about it, we're going to ask again for a favor in return -- if you go to any of these events, would you mind terribly sending us your pictures of them, and we'll show them off on the site for you? Tag 'em SFist on Flickr, or mail them to editor-at-sfist.com!
Big Wheels Keep On Turnin'
We did a little Flickr searching and found this excellent picture of the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race down the curvy part of Lombard Street yesterday by kwajkid. There's some more pictures here and here, and we're sure if you keep looking through the tags "Lombard" or "BYOBW," you'll find others too.
This is the sixth annual Bring Your Own Big Wheels race down Lombard and seventeen Big Wheels riders made their way down the brick path yesterday. With the street slick from rain, the Chron reported a number of wipeouts, but Steve Aston, resplendant on a purple bike, took the championship. Check out the Chron's pictures too.
Picture of Lombard Street by kwajkid off flickr

