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,
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
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 Updated: Missing Berkeley Cyclist Had Been Fasting for Three Days, Found in Roseville NBC Bay Area has an update on the Saturday disappearance of Mike Martin, who had been cycling in the Berkeley hills when he suddenly vanished, dropping his cell phone along Tunnel Road for
SF News Drunk Driver, Drunk Cyclist Collide Gee, this is harrowing. Two fools who crashed into each other over the weekend were allegedly both drunk while riding their preferred modes. "Jose Luna, 40, of Redwood City was turning from northbound
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 Slow Down, Cyclists: Golden Gate Bridge Speed Limit Decision Delayed To the two-wheeled speed demons who spoke out against the proposed 10 mph speed limit on the Golden Gate Bridge: the Bridge has heard you and the Bridge will reconsider its plan. According
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
Arts & Entertainment Photos: World Naked Bike Ride SF [NSFW] On Saturday, candid cyclists gathered in San Francisco to take part in the World Naked Bike Ride. How did it go? Don't ask us. This editor is saddled with red hair and thus
SF News Cyclist, Car Collide In Outer Sunset; Cyclist Injured A bicyclist suffered a nasty head injury after colliding with a car at 19th Avenue and Ortega on Monday afternoon. "The driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene and cooperated with authorities,
SF News Gas Prices High Will Make You Want to Ride a Bike Oh oh! It looks like gas prices are increasing again. At this 76 gas station on California Street yesterday, a gallon of regular was going for a cool $4.39/gallon. What's more,
SF News Wrong-Way Cyclist Struck at Haight and Masonic Saturday evening, a cyclist headed against traffic on Haight Street was struck by a car heading south on Masonic says Bay City News. It's likely the driver, who cooperated with authorities, didn't see
Arts & Entertainment Tonight's SF Bike Party Ride: Favorite Female Icons Another SF Bike Party ride pedals around the city for your Friday night pleasure, and you shouldn't miss it. The theme for the evening? Female icons. Since march is Women's History Month, and
SF News Driver Runs Over Cyclists Protesting In Brazil (VIDEO) In southern Brazil last week, around 100 cycling activists were mowed down by an angry driver. Associated Press reports: "Cyclists in the Critical Mass ride tell the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper that
SF News Cyclists, Rejoice: MLK Drive In Golden Gate Park Getting Makeover BikeNOPA has some wound-relieving wounds for cyclists who bumble their way through Golden Gate Park on a daily basis. The long stretch of Golden Gate Park will receive a much-needed repaving in time
SF News Cyclists Treated Like "Bedbugs In Need Of Extermination" By Media, Says Streetsblog According to Clarence Eckerson Jr. of Streetsblog NY, "television and print media portray cyclists as if they were a menace to society, like bedbugs in need of extermination. The constant barrage of late
SF News More Bike Lanes On Folsom? Good news for San Francisco’s downtrodden biking class: soon you may be able to ride directly from Rainbow Grocery to Philz Coffee with complete vehicular impunity. The SFMTA’s Sustainable Streets Division
misc Bikes of San Francisco This might be an oldie - yes, we assume it's appeared on Laughing Squid or any number of other sites that consider bicycling a personality trait; by all means, relish the fact that
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
SF News Don't Forget: 1st S.F. Bike Party Starts Tonight As we mentioned earlier in the week, the San Francisco Bike Party rolls out its inaugural ride tonight. This ride meets at 7:30 p.m. at AT&T Park, starting at
misc Behold the SFMTA Bike Counter Bike NOPA has images and facts on the bike counters placed under city streets. They're used to tally the details of cyclists' routes and numbers. This one here is Baker Street and Golden
Arts & Entertainment S.F. Bike Party Kicks Off This Friday View SFBP RIDE 1 Route, Jan 7, 2011 in a larger map Billed as a monthly celebration of biking, this Friday, Jan. 7, San Francisco Bike Party rolls out its first ride of
SF News New Artist-Designed Bike Racks Installed Last year, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition held a Treasure Island bike rack contest. Kirk Scott, Todd Gilens, Daly Genik Architects, and Ryan Dempsey won the opportunity to create bike racks in the
SF News Behold the Brian O'Neill Memorial Peopleway Now that the city's Bicycle Plan is back on track (har), fanciful new ideas are coming to light. One idea that we like best, which was highlighted Streetsblog today, is the Brian O'Neill
