Last night was the SF Bike Coalition's Annual holiday fund-raising party. How did they raise much-needed cash? With an auction. Matt Smith has the details: A dinner with Board of Supervisors Prez Daivd Chiu ($500!) and a $210 Burning Man ticket combined with a s'mores party ($800!) So, yeah, dinner with a mega-important wonk and munching on too-sweet treats with sand up your ass -- sounds like a blast! No, really, it does. Read more over at SF Weekly. Read more about the SF Bike Coalition at SFBike.org. more ›

This just in from the SFBike mailing list. "Does anyone know if this guy is OK? No Darwin jokes please. 'Park Station Officers responded to Divisadero and Golden Gate Ave with regard to a injury accident bicycle versus vehicle. The officers contacted the bicycle rider who stated he was riding his friend's "track bike" that does not have brakes down Golden Gate Ave. The bike is stopped by skidding...'" more ›