SF News Parisians Less Snobby Than San Franciscans When it comes to bikes, anyway. From the New York Times' report on Fixies in Paris: In contrast with the hipper-than-thou attitude often associated with the bikes’ American acolytes, fixie riders can rightly
SF News S.F. Bike Coalition Endorses John Avalos In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, the San Francisco Bike Coalition endorsed visibly progressive candidate John Avalos for San Francisco mayor. In a press release sent out to media, SF Bike Coalition
SF News Colorful Infographic Details Common Cycling Injuries This nifty infographic (which you can click to enlarge) comes from the Christensen Law Firm ("Utah's bicycle lawyers"). It uses data from the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute; Bicycle Safety Almanac's statistics on safety,
SF News How Does Your Favorite Mayoral Hopeful Feel About Bicycles? The San Francisco Bike Coalition, one of the city's most notorious political factions, recently posed a list of 23 questions for a gaggle of San Francisco mayoral candidates to gauge everything from their
Arts & Entertainment Behold the Missoni Bike Coming to Target Granted. We're supposed to boycott mega-chain store Target for... wait, are we still supposed to be shun them? It's so hard to keep track here in San Francisco. We need some sort of
SF News Now You Can Ride Your Bike to the Airport Fans of alternative transportation just got a new way to catch their flights out of SFO: a new bike lane has popped up along McDonnell Road, leading right up to the terminal at
Arts & Entertainment 22-Year-Old Wants to Boost Your Bike Similar to the way electric cars have regenerative breaking, the very attractive Maxwell von Stein, 22, a graduate of The Cooper Union, invented a bike that harnesses your pedaling power. His beta bicycle
SF News Pedestrian Hit By Bicyclist on the Embarcadero Dies Dionette Cherney, the 67-year-old woman critically injured on July 15 after being struck by a bicyclist in a crosswalk at Mission Street and The Embarcadero, died this morning. "Police were called to the
SF News McAllister Goes Both Ways This Week Citing "quicker bus service" as the main reason, a portion of McAllister Street between Hyde and Market will go into two-way traffic mode "after previously only allowing westbound traffic." The change will go
SF News Cyclist Hurt In Collision With Truck Dies Nancy Ho, the 25-year-old helmetless cyclist who was crashed into a truck at Fremont and Mission on Tuesday morning, succumbed to her injuries and died. If you recall, "Nancy Ho, of San Francisco,
misc Helmetless Cyclist In Serious Condition After Traffic Violation Ends In Tragedy SFPD issued a correction to their original report regarding this morning's Embarcadero bike-truck crash, saying that the cyclist actually suffered life-threatening injures. (The initial report listed her dead.) Also, it seems that a
SF News Truck <s>Kills</s> Seriously Injures Cyclist Near the Embarcadero [UPDATED] A cyclist was killed injured this morning after colliding with a truck at the intersection of Fremont and Mission. The incident happened a little after 8 a.m. SF Appeal reports: "Paramedics were
SF News Speeding Cyclist Almost Kills Pedestrian A careless bike rider speeding at Embarcadero and Mission Street in San Francisco this morning ran a red light and hit a pedestrian. The Chronicle reports: "The victim, who is in her 60s,
SF News Cycling On City Streets Linked to Heart Risks Just what we've always expected, driving in a 2011 BMW X5 is safer and healthier than riding your bike along city streets. According to the Chronicle, "A new study published in the journal
SF News Bike Lanes for Cesar Chavez Nixed Cyclists have even more reason to relish perceived victimization today -- oh, we kid! -- after the SFMTA stripped plans for bike lanes on busy Cesar Chavez. What? Mission Local reports: "The cause
SF News Bicycle Ride-By Shooting in Bayview Injures Two Yesterday afternoon, a gunman on a bicycle shot two teenage boys during a ride-by shooting in broad daylight in the Bayview. The victims, aged 16 and 17, were at the intersection of Third
SF News Cyclist Runs Red Light, Crashes Into Taxi Early Sunday morning in the city's Mission District, a cyclist reportedly ignored a red light, which then prompted the late-night peddler to collided with a passing taxicab. The crash was reported a little
SF News Speed Limit for Golden Gate Bridge Cyclists? Two public meetings were held this week to discuss the possibilites of setting a speed limit for bicyclists on the Golden Gate Bridge. SF Appeal reports: "The proposals--which include a 10 mph speed
SF News Late-Breaking Jane Kim News: Stylish D6 Supe Hitched a Ride to Work on Bike to Work Day San Francisco's best dressed Supervisor has never experienced the joy of taking off her training wheels, apparently. As she told a crowd at City Hall yesterday, "I grew up a city girl and
Arts & Entertainment Map: Bike to Work Day Convoys and Energizing Stations Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow, May 12, is San Francisco's annual Bike to Work Day. For many riders, tomorrow will be the first day they've taken a rinky-dink bike to work. While
Arts & Entertainment 5/12: Bike to Work Day Since our morning commute involves moving from the bedroom to the living room -- don't hate! -- we're (almost) jealous of those of you who get to take part in next week's Bike
SF News Golden Gate Bridge Considers Bicycle Speed Limit Not the actual Bridge itself, mind you, but the GGB Highway and Transportation District will be considering a 10 mph speed limit for cyclists this coming Thursday. According to Bay City News, if
SF News Video: NYPD Arrest Man For "Ridiculing" Cyclist Cyclists, if you've ever been harassed for riding your bike on the sidewalks -- which is forbidden, by the way -- take a moment to bathe in the warm glow of this footage
