misc Artists Erect Impressive Bike Obelisk In Santa Rosa Christened the Cyclisk, two California artists, Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector, built this obelisk made entirely out of (unusable) bike parts in Santa Rosa. According to Inhabitant (via Wired), who have other images
SF News (Updated) Debra Saunders Slams Obama for Sporting Bike Helmet Self-consciously conservative Debra Saunders, The Chronicle's anti-gay "token conservative," tried to make a funny yesterday. Or rather, in a failed attempt to sound Coulterian, she slammed President Obama as a total "wuss." Why?
Arts & Entertainment Vigil Tonight for German Cyclist Killed at Masonic & Turk A candlelight walk and community vigil will be held to honor slain (if you will) cyclist Yannick Linke (Nils Linke) who was killed by an allegedly intoxicated motorist on Masonic last week. Tonight's
SF News What's Going On Here, Masonic and Turk? As most of you now by now, 21-year-old Nils Linke died while riding his bike southbound on Masonic Avenue near Turk Street on Friday night. He was hit by a car. His body
SF News Bike Plan Injunction Lifted On Friday, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter Busch lifted the city's bike injunction. What does this mean? It means that, more or less, San Francisco will get to paint more bike lanes
misc Arco Customers on Fell, Read This Flier SFMTA sent out this helpful flier to warn drivers about incorrectly situating their vehicles while waiting to enter the Arco gas station on Fell, a move that effectively blocks the bike lane and
SF News Cyclist Beaten, Stabbed Along Embarcadero Waterfront Early Sunday morning at 12:30 a.m. near the The Embarcadero and Broadway, police found a man in his 30s suffering from "multiple stab wounds all over his body." According to Bay
SF News Bike News Everything's coming up roses and daffodils for cyclists. (But don't tell that to cyclists; they like to believe they ride under Sobibor-like oppression from the man. Oh, relax. We're pulling your chain. Chain,
SF News Newsom Condemns Last Night's Hit and Run Rampage Mayor Gavin Newsom expressed sadness and concern for those injured in last night's hit and run rampage that saw four cyclists injured in the Mission and Potrero Hill districts. "I’m proud that
SF News Rise In Home Garage Bike Thefts In Richmond, Sunset SF Examiner alerts: bike thefts have spiked to six times a week from about once a month in the Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods, according to recent police reports. "I honestly don’t think
SF News Bike Loans Available Over at SF Appeal, Jackson West has word that Mission SF Federal Credit Union offers bike loans to those in dire need to two wheels. "They'll loan up to $2,500, which could
SF News Google Maps Adds Biking Directions Say you've taken a bike ride out to Sutro Baths, lollygagged on the sands of Ocean Beach, and then brunched at the Cliff House. It's kind of cold out there, right? A bit
SF News SF Views Talks About SF's Bike Plan: Moving Forward? Watch SFAppeal's Eve Batey and your SFist editor pick the brain tissue of admitted cyclist Jackson West to find out more about cycling -- specifically, the bike injunction/work happening. And since neither
SF News Cyclists: Let the Backlash Begin (or Not) Scott James of NYT Bay Area did something a bit crafty. He perched a camera at Duboce and Steiner, capturing cars and cyclists during their morning commutes. While not the busiest or most
SF News Driver Hits Cyclist, Shrugs It Off, Then Takes Off DNA Lounge owner and LiveJournaler jwz went riding the other day with his pal netik on Harrison Street. Things did not go well. He explains: Monday around 6pm, netik and I were biking
SF News Photos: OMGStormWatch2K9 -- Tree Almost Crushes Cyclist This dastardly tree, at Haight and Broderick, came tumbling down, nearly crushing this cute cyclist. "Cyclist 'Daniel' excited that he's not dead. Bummed that the tree ate the front wheel of his bike,
SF News Cyclists Occupying City Sidewalks What with last week's cyclist-meets-Muni crash still fresh in our mind, today's Chronicle Watch hit us like a blast of B.O. from a 4-o'clock-hour bike messenger. It seems that San Francisco cyclists,
misc Photos: Sunday Streets Meets Rock the Bike & Tornado Rider Concert Sunday Streets met with a Rock the Bike event at Ocean Beach on Sunday. Some sort of amplifier was attached to bikes, then said listening device was powered by the magic of pedal
SF News The Fixed Gear Bike is Officially Dead -- Long Live the Fixed Gear Bike by Chris Jones Of all the chain stores catering to the pseudo-countercultural, it must be admitted that Urban Outfitters is a notch above Hot Topic, if only because Urban Outfitters is usually a
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dangerous Downhill Daredevil Massan from MACAFRAMA on Vimeo. We came across this harrowing bit of footage over at Mission Mission. This SF cyclist is, for lack of a better word, insane. And a bit sexy too,
SF News Bike Sharing, Other Improvements Continue to Elude City by Chris Jones Yesterday, visitors to Golden Gate Park had an opportunity to try out this newfangled European bike sharing scheme that is currently all the rage somewhere that's not here. Seven bikes
misc NSFW Critical Mass Photos, 7/31 Nudity and cycling clashed at yesterday's monthly Critical Mass. Plug1 of What I'm Seeing snapped these choice images, some of them drastically NSFW. (Warning: nudity) Enjoy!
misc Beware of Blind, Gargantuan Cyclists Roaming City Streets SFist reader and commenter uggie sent us the above image. It's a newly installed "walk your bike or scooter to the parking area" sign on a city government building parking lot, which is
SF News SF Bike Plan Approved The plan will go ahead, folks. It seems that 15 or so minutes ago, according to a source, the SFMTA Board of Directors "unanimously voted to adopt The SF Bike Plan." And while
