SF News Photos: Hundreds Participate in Critical Mass Ride Through San Francisco on Its 30th Anniversary On Thursday, cyclists began gearing up for the 30th-anniversary ride of Critical Mass — a controversial rally that's been held on the last Friday of every month since 1992 in San Francisco. Yesterday, hundreds landed on SF streets to make a case for a more cycling-friendly city.
Arts & Entertainment Critical Mass Gears Up for Its 30th Anniversary Ride Friday, After Decades of Adjusting the Resistance Critical Mass still brakes for no one after 30 years of blazing paths and creating controversy, though it’s sped up the adoption of urban biking in SF and all over the world.
SF News Rogue Bike Brigade Took Over Eastbound Bay Bridge Lanes, Possibly Then Committed Burglaries In Oakland A group of what appeared to be teenagers on bicycles, numbering around 200, took over the lower deck of the Bay Bridge on Saturday afternoon and biked their way into Oakland. A short while later, some East Oakland businesses reported that they were burglarized by a gang of about 200 bicyclists.
SF News Mustachioed Road Rage Cyclist Ian Hespelt Sentenced To Probation, Anger Management Class The saga of Ian Hespelt, the Critical Mass cyclist who struck a Zipcar with his U-Lock during an altercation with its driver, is nearly over, as he was sentenced Monday after agreeing to
SF News Mustachioed Road Rage Cyclist Ian Hespelt Pleads Guilty To Assault And Vandalism Charges You surely remember that Critical Mass confrontation last August that turned ugly when a Zipcar driver happened upon the bicycle convention, possibly stepped on the gas with a cyclist in front of her,
SF News Video: Alleged Critical Mass Road Rage Cyclist Spotted In The Wild 39-year-old Ian Hespelt, aka the alleged Critical Mass Road Rage Cyclist might be one of San Francisco's most recognizable figures: Between the much-viewed video of his alleged attack on a ZipCar during August's
SF News Critical Mass Cyclists On Possible Highway To Hell Friday, As They Mix With AC/DC Fans This Friday is the first Critical Mass bike ride since August's road rage altercation, but this month's riders have even more to deal with than increasingly negative public perception of their event: Legions
SF News Suspected Road Rage Cyclist's Mustache Wax Holds Up Perfectly For Mugshot Pictured: Ian Hespelt, the 39-year old who now finds himself in San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of four felony charges including assault with a deadly weapon as a result of his alleged
SF News 39-Year-Old Cyclist Arrested In Critical Mass Rage Incident The man police believe was responsible for $2,000 in damages to a Zipcar in this road rage incident during a Critical Mass event in the Marina last month has been found. As
SF News Day Around The Bay: Governor To Tax All Drivers C.W. Nevius gives us the long view on Critical Mass, its former relationship with the Bicycle Coalition, and the "bad old days" of the 90s, when cyclists used to slash cops' tires.
SF News SFPD To Investigate Critical Mass Incident Between Cyclist And Zipcar At last Friday's Critical Mass bike ride, a cyclist stopped in front of a Zipcar after moving in to opposing traffic. His bike was struck by the car when it began to move
SF News When A Zipcar Hits His Bike, One Critical Mass Cyclist Attacks With A U-Lock "[Dont'] pick fights with motorists, even (especially) if they’re itching for one," writes one website devoted to San Francisco's Critical Mass, the monthly bike ride that takes place in hundreds of cities
SF News Video: Non-Critical Mass Child Cyclists Take Over Southbound Lane Of 101 Sunday A group of about 40 reported teenagers decided to take to Highway 101 South on Sunday afternoon and Cruz from SoMa toward the Excelsior, as this guy on Reddit shows us. This was
SF News Brace For Friday: SF Giants Parade/Halloween/Critical Mass/Rain First, let's be clear: we love, love it when big public events take over parts of San Francisco. It's fun, and one of the things that makes us happy to live in a
SF News Three Reasons You Should Leave Work Right This Second The traffic fates are aligning to make San Francisco transit and traffic a real nightmare this afternoon. Let's face it, your productivity is nil at this point (otherwise, why are you reading this?
SF News Don't Forget, It's Critical Mass (And A Giants Game) Tonight It's the last Friday of the month, and you know what that means: Critical Mass. The monthly “organized coincidence” of bike riders kicks off at 6 PM at Justin Herman Plaza. "There will
Arts & Entertainment Reminder: Critical Mass Is Tonight Hey, folks. This is your friendly reminder that, because this morning's commute wasn't bad enough, Critical Mass happens tonight. One big morning glory vine stretching and winding its way throughout the city, it
SF News Video: Crazed Woman Attacks Bicyclists With Road Flare An obviously frustrated and possibly socially conservative female got out of her idling vehicle during Friday night's 20th Anniversary Critical Mass ride, and began stabbing willy-nilly at cyclists with a road flare. She
Arts & Entertainment Reminder: Massive Critical Mass Ride Tonight Hey, guys. Just a friendly reminder that, in honor of their 20th anniversary, end-of-month bike ride Critical Mass kicks off tonight, and it's going to be a whopper. What is Critical Mass, exactly?
SF News Critical Mass Breaks Up With SF Bike Coalition Critical Mass is celebrating two decades of traffic-blocking bicycle advocacy this week, but from the sounds of this open letter from former mayoral candidate and community leader Quintin Mecke, the two decade-old bike
Arts & Entertainment Critical Mass Opens Pop-Up Merch Shop for 20th Anniversary Critical Mass: You either do it and love it, or you hate it and like to comment very virulently about how annoying it is. It's celebratory, it's rag-tag, it's kind of anarchist, and
SF News Are Cyclists On The Wiggle Out To Kill Pedestrians? Resident Chron curmudgeon Chuck Nevius, who's never been shy when it comes to carping about hot-button topics like off-leash laws and hobo feces, returned to another favorite beat last week: pissing off cyclists.
Arts & Entertainment On the Calendar: Midnight Mystery Ride Promises to Be Dark, Mysterious, Boozy As far as rowdy, bike-based social events go: Critical Mass is old news. Even Nevius is all over it these days. While the now-monthly San Francisco Bike Party seems to be the current
SF News Reminder: Critical Mass Tonight Your monthly reminder that, yes, tonight is Critical Mass, the non-violent group ride around the city. It starts around 6-ish. Also, tomorrow at the Ferry Building, the San Francisco Bike Coalition has valet
misc Don't Forget: Critical Mass Tonight ... And it's Halloween Critical Mass at that. Don't try to get anywhere in a hurry come 6:30 or 7:00... (Pics from last year.)
