Posts Tagged ‘bicycles’
Friday, May 31st, 2013
So yeah, I’ve been riding bikes on the Streets of San Francisco on an almost-daily basis since the 1980′s, right?
But this isn’t the way you do it:
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First of all, this gal came down Franklin Street against traffic from Golden Gate Ave to McAllister and that’s just wrong. ‘Cause cyclists have the right to use both the left and right sides of Franklin so it’s never a good thing to be going the wrong way in the street on that block.
And then she hopped onto the eastern sidewalk as she continued south past the Herbst. Illegal sidewalk pedalers need to realize that they’re second class citizens, right? Because she was going the wrong way and she got locked into this fenced-off sidewalk, there would be nowhere to go if a group of peds had been coming the other way.
So, if you are going to ride on sidewalks, this isn’t how you do it.
Just saying, Brocephus.
Tags: 2013, bay area, bicycles, bike, bikes, california, civic center, cyclists, franklin, pedestrians, peds, salmoning, San Francisco, sidewalk, street, wOMAN
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Have you seen Lebron James on a Cannondale? It’s not pretty.
So, to solve that kind of problem, here comes The DirtySixer MTB with 36 inch tires.
There it is, parked at Erin Sherbert’s favorite bike rack - it’s next to the very same rack but look how different the bikes’ tires are:
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Looking at this thing freaked, me, out.
Now myself, I’m 6 foot 1 and a ton of fun so you’d figure one of these rigs would be great for me. But no, I’m not even close to qualifying for the DirtySixer club. You gotta be like 6 foot 5 or taller to fit proper.
Perhaps District Eight Supervisor Scott Wiener could use one of these rides for Bike To Work Day 2013 tomorrow? Why not?
Oh, the expense, what must be the crushing expense. I can only imagine what the MSRP is. That’s real titanium for the frame, BTW.
Now myself, I’ll have to make do with the MTBs sold for $200-something at the Marin Bikes Warehouse at 7th and Folsom in SoMA. (Fulton Street in 1st gear: Fuck, why can’t 1st gear be lower? Broadway Tunnel eastbound (scary scary): Fuck, why can’t 21st gear be higher? It’s like I’m being punished by Shimano for not spending enough or something.)
Anyway, contact Dave French if you’re interested.
All the deets.
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Monday, April 29th, 2013
Near 5th Street:
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What’s that., you just paid over $1000 for your ride and now it’s being traded around like it’s a $20 bill?
Yep.
Sorry.
Oh wait, if your stolen bike is a Bianchi, its street value is more than $20.
As always, Biacnhis Cost Extra, just as IRL.
Tags: 2013, bay area, Biacnhis Cost Extra, bianchicurrency, bicycles, bike, bikes, california, homeless, San Francisco
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Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Look at them all go:
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Remember, Cyclists Alway Have the Right Of Way.
Oh wait a second, I just made that up. It’s not correct. I’ll fix my error by telling you I was wrong.
What I meant to say was Pedestrians Always Have the Right Of Way.
Oh wait, that’s wrong as well.
The SFBC knows by now that their statement is wrong but they still have it up on their website?
Yep.
What they should have done is had a lawyer do their bikelaw page.
Oh well.
Tags: 2013, bay area, bicycle coalition, bicycles, bike, california, cyclists, fell street, lane, lanes, salmoning, San Francisco, san francisco bicycle coalition, san frtancisco bicycle coalition., sfbc
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Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Thusly:
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
All right, camera right shows a light-colored Chevy properly waiting at the red arrow light to turn from westbound Fell onto southbound Masonic. The confused driver is in the blue two-door Honda – she wants to make the same turn to get from NoPA to SoPA but she’s in the wrong lane.
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Of course back in the day, the Honda driver would have been driving properly but things changed at this intersection about a half-decade back. Check it. Anywho, she sat there waiting to turn left even though she had a green to proceed straight on Fell Street.
That pissed off the driver of the car behind her, so then its driver is all “hoooooooooonk!” You know, at the Blue Honda Chick.
She doesn’t budge ’cause she knows she wants to turn left, you know, from the wrong lane.
Oh, here she goes, around the Chevy:
Now all that honking attracted the attention of the Park Station police, who also made an illegal left from the wrong lane in order to follow the blue Honda driver onto southbound Masonic. Here they are near Oak:
The moral of this story is that drivers will never get used to this unique intersection set-up. The reason being is that the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition overruled the traffic engineers who originally had cars on Fell turning left at the beginning of the green light phase for Fell Street. But you see, that had car drivers “going first.”
Oh well.
On It Goes…
And oh, what you’re supposed to do when you mistake driving is to just go with it, go with the flow. You know, respond to stimuli. So like if you’re in the westbound lane and you have a green to go straight then you should go straight for a while EVEN THOUGH THAT”S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW. Obliviously, you can’t just make up your own traffic rules…
Tags: 2013, bay area, bicycle coalition, bicycles, bike, california, citation, cops, cyclists, dept., fell, golden gate park, illegal, intersection, lane, left turn, liight, msonic, NOPA, officers, panhandle, Park station, peds pedestrians, police, San Francisco, san francisco bicycle coalition, sfbc, signal, street, ticket, traffic
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Monday, April 8th, 2013
Homeless encampment, major Japanese city, city center, down by the river:
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Note the bicycle parking area.
Cf. San Francisco homeless encampment, under Interstate I-80, Mile Zero:
Note identical blue tarps as in Japan, sourced from, for all I know, the same factory in China.
One group uses bikes to get around, like to work ‘n stuff.
The other will strip your bike of any parts not superglued on in a New York Minute, as soon as your back is turned.
Which group do you prefer?
Tags: 2013, A-Team, bay area, bicyckes, bicycle, bicycles, bike, bikes, blossom, california, cherry, chop shop, craigslist, crime, encampment, homes, interstate, Japanese, Laney College, Learning From Japan, less, Mohawk, Oakland, parking, river, San Francisco, SFPD, soma, south market, steal, theft, van, Vans
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
‘Cause by the time you hear about this opportunity from the MSM or a blog, it’ll be too late.
Now some people wanted to charge you for the chance to walk the bridge, but they ended up deciding to just require registration with no payment required.
C’mon, this thing is only two decades-plus late.
All the deets:
“We are excited to announce that registration for the Bay Bridge Walk will be FREE! Our next email will include more details on each event and registration dates.
Registration is required for all on-bridge activities and there will be limited capacity so sign up early!
Please tell your friends and family who wish to participate to visit baybridgecelebration.com and sign up for e-mail updates. You will be the first to hear when registration is open.
More details on the Bay Bridge Bike, Run & Walk coming soon!
-The Bay Bridge Celebration Team”
There’ll be plenty of space to roam:
See you there!
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Thursday, March 21st, 2013
See?
‘Cause then the wide, wide sidewalks would come “complete” with bike lanes:
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Who knows, it might happen – Bush might get its own “contra-flow” bike lane in the Financh, the way they want for the one-way part of Polk near Market and the way things are now in some parts of Golden Gate Park.
Someday…
Tags: 2013, bay area, bicycles, bikes, california, complete streets, Contra, contra flow, cyclists, district, financial, flow, improvements, riding, San Francisco, SFMTA, sidewalk
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Friday, March 15th, 2013
They keep their inventory in the four giant tents you can see on this particular block of Division
And their vans, always with the vans.
In fact, these guys are just like the A-Team. You’ve got Mad Dog Murdock on the left there, building away, and there’s B. A. Baracus there on the right with his reverse Mohawk. And Hannibal and Faceman are out cruising in the van looking for more bikes:
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Anyway, your bike has been disassembled and its parts have been put on other bikes for sale on Craigslist or at Laney College in OakTown.
Sorry.
Tags: 2013, A-Team, bay area, bicyckes, bicycles, bike, bikes, california, chop shop, craigslist, crime, interstate, Laney College, Mohawk, Oakland, San Francisco, SFPD, soma, south market, steal, theft, van, Vans
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