Arts & Entertainment Photo: Mission Bicycle Celebrates Olympic Fever The fine folks at Mission Bicycle crafted this spirited window display in honor of the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Rad. The opening ceremonies are scheduled to begin today at 4 p.m on
Arts & Entertainment Don Your Finest Threads For Saturday's Summer Tweed Ride Sartorial-inclined gents and dames are encouraged to sport their kickiest tweed this Saturday for the 2012 San Francisco Summer Tweed Ride. It all goes down at 1 p.m at Justin Herman Plaza.
Arts & Entertainment Does San Francisco Need A Dutch Urban Cycling Infrastructure? By Alissa de Vogel Amsterdam is frequently and enthusiastically heralded as the best city in the world for cyclists, and for good reason. The entire city and outlying areas are covered with physically
Arts & Entertainment Important Cycling News: 9th Annual 4th of July Tricycle Races at Pop's by Alissa de Vogel The Tour de France is happening right now, but more importantly yesterday was the 9th annual 4th of July tricycle race at Pop's over on 24th and York. Unlike
Arts & Entertainment Scenes from Last Night: Quake City Rumble Goldsprints at Gestalt Haus (By Alissa de Vogel) Last night the San Francisco Bike Messenger Association hosted goldsprints to kick off this weekend's Quake City Rumble race series. Gestalt Haus was generous enough to let their space
SF News Cyclist Robbed At Gunpoint In Oakland Hills [UPDATED] SFist previously published a post on an alleged armed robbery that took place in the Oakland Hills, via an email sent to us from a Berkeley cycling mailing group. We now believe that,
Arts & Entertainment Your Weekend Craft Project: DIY Bike Hanger Made From Repurposed Bike Parts By Alissa de Vogel Faced with an internet full of uninspired Etsy shops, we here at SFist consider ourselves fairly jaded to the twee, DIY sensibilities that seemed so unique just a few
Arts & Entertainment Lady And Man Parts Ahead: World Naked Bike Ride Photos [NSFW] Over the weekend, San Francisco hosted the annual World Naked Bike Ride. And naked it was, with private bits and pieces flopping about to and fro. But the ride is, it seems, more
Arts & Entertainment Etiquette Week: How To Ride Your Bike Like A Grown-Up By Alissa de Vogel Today we bring you the fifth (but not quite final) installment of National Etiquette Week here at SFist. So far we've provided you with helpful tips on how to
Arts & Entertainment Tips For Cyclists & Motorists On Bike To Work Day by Alissa de Vogel The San Francisco Bike Coalition's annual Bike to Work Day happens tomorrow, Thursday May 10th. With a 71% increase in commuter cycling in San Francisco over the last five
Arts & Entertainment Wiggle PSA: The Musical! As noted on Uptown Almanac today, the Wiggle got its very own PSA. And it's a musical to boot! (Let the Smashization of all PSAs commence!) While there's no mention about the pedestrian
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Taco Conf 2012: A Conference Based On Tacos & Bicycles At long last a conference will be held in honor of tacos, the superior taqueria treat. Taco Conf 2012 brings together tacos and cycling where one can pedal around both sides of the
SF News Bill Could Ban Texting For Cyclists Palo Alto Senator Joe Simitian, the man who authored the 2008 California ban on using cellphones while driving sans the use of a hands-free device, now wants a similar ban placed on cyclists
SF News Cyclist Who Killed Castro Pedestrian Could Face Felony Manslaughter Charges Chris Bucchere, the cyclist who fatally struck a 71-year-old pedestrian after "plowing" in to a cross walk at Market and Castro Streets, could soon face charges of vehicular manslaughter, the Chronicle reports. According
SF News Traffic School For Cyclists On The Way, Says SFPD During an interview with KQED's Michael Krasny on Monday, SFPD Captain Al Casciato mentioned that the city will launch a traffic school for cyclists — classes that you can take if you're cited while
SF News Traffic Video Allegedly Contradicts Cyclist's Story In Deadly S.F. Pedestrian Collision Chris Bucchere, the cyclist who struck and killed a 71-year-old pedestrian and then wrote about it for the world to read, may be staring down some damning evidence. Although he initially justified plowing
SF News Castro Bike Fatality Leads 'Chron' To Call For Stricter Bike Enforcement The debate rages on about the city's bicyclists and whether or not they should be held responsible, en masse, for the few bad apples who blow through red lights and occasionally kill pedestrians.
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Midday On Mid-Market "Midday on Mid-Market Street" by Troy Holden.
Arts & Entertainment In The Panhandle: Why Pedestrians And Cyclists Need Their Own Paths Please welcome Alissa de Vogel. You might have already read her fine work over at Uptown Almanac. (If you haven't, please do so at once.) She can also be found here at SFist,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Meanwhile, Outside Dear Mom... The divine Helen Tseng of Mission Mission draws your attention to the corner of 16th and Harrison, just outside white-hot heterosexual Mission bar Dear Mom, which is in dire need of more bike
Arts & Entertainment OC More Hipster Than San Francisco Or New York City, Claims Fixie Bike Index In this our modern age where Gen X and Gen Y fight over aesthetic and street credibility (hint: Gen Y wins, but only because they have youth on their side), fixed gear bicycles
Arts & Entertainment Video: Turning Condemned Urban Trees Into Bicycles Jeff Diehl of Spots Unknown created this mini-documentary gem featuring Bill Holloway and Mauro Hernandez, of Masterworks Woodworking, who rescue condemned urban trees, then turn them into exquisite wooden bicycles. Diehl writes of
Arts & Entertainment Martha Stewart Vexes Mission Cycling Sect Mission Mission brings word that Martha Stewart, one of the most critical yet underrated philosophers in these our modern times, fell prey to San Francisco's sensitive cycling community over the weekend. It seems
