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SF bike party core group test/ride, from December 2010.

January 6, 2011 8 Comments

This was back in early December, a core group of San Francisco bike extraordinaries+enthusiasts, rode a testing a route of what would be the 1st unpublished SF bike party. A lot of outstanding efforts, time, and planning has been discussed and the route for this upcoming Friday event was tested a few times.
Many props to all the organizers, volunteers and chefs in the bike party planning kitchen making all that noise.

In preparation for this Friday’s ride, below is a little video I made last year (at the time there was no URL available but now you can find all the info at sfbikeparty.org.) I think I’m liking this presentation style of including a video, what do you think?! not bad huh..
I have also included the set of fotos below, these are too from the first test/ride Dec.2010 =)
[vimeo] Video:

2 photos of the crew: awesometasticos!!! missing a few, but mostly there.
San Francisco 1st bike party  
minus Deep (Photo taken by him)
San Francisco 1st bike party
minus me (same)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
parteeeey
YEAH!
More fotos of the ride: Distance of about 16-18 miles.
 The route was smoething like panhandle>Bernal Heights>Bayview>3rd>Howard>Dolores Park. 
Good times.
lights at the statues
The start at the Baker street statue.
the guys
The boys.
on valencia
On Valencia street.
you!
You!
oh haaaaaay
hot chocolate duo
ramonsitta
ramonsitta
kevin +mary kay
peace duo
cue ef si
qfc beats duo
friends
blue and red duo
up the hill team effort
Push team duo! — up a STEEP hill. (Deep’s sound tricycle weights a ton!) Go teamwork!!
mustachow
fashionable duo
qfc
chatting-the night away duo
dogpatch
dogpatch duo
friends
amigas duo
casitas y bicis
The view from the back of bernal heights.
cristina
Cristina is a star.
bayhsore
Bayshore stop.
monkey electric by a kelleys mission rock
Dan +his monkey electric bike by a kelleys mission rock
Alongside the water
on howard
on Howard.
La CTX
Stripey socks smileys. Calitexican.
super good times from all the by-standers
Super FUN good times from all the by-standers. Be aware of the tremendous amounts of smiles this ride causes =)
deepsaurus
Deep and the Trikeasaurus
las spice bikers
and let’s hear it from the WOMEN!! yeyaaaaaaaaa ♥!!
golden standard
golden standard.
dial M for troubles
M+M: We say you can ride hills, all levels, all bikes. There is no shame of walking up a hill if you need to.
We like routes, we like hills: they do a body good. Your legs will thank you. kthx
the end.
the end.
+Don’t forget to join the party tomorrow night. Bring your neighbors, bring your friends.
More details at SFbikeparty.org

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//// The San José bike party will be in the family of parties with SJ Bike party (posts from August and April rides), as well as the East Bay party.

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Los events: Happy Bike To Work Week!!!

May 10, 2010 No Comments

Hola all, San Francisco will be full of bicycles, fun, great events and more bicycles, of course!!

I will be participating in Tuesday’s and Thursday’s and they should be super fun. Wednesday’s film screening should also be happening, bring your friends, a date, your bike. Everybody!

Here are three happening events this week:

///// Tuesday, May 11th
Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School SF presents:

2nd Annual Cute Girls on Bicycles!
111 Minna | SF
$10 general admission. $7 students/teachers
7-10PM
+info here: 111 Minna Events »
Los events: this week

///// Wednesday, May 12th
2nd Annual Disposable Film Festival Bike-In Screening
8-10pm, Bike valet: 730-1030PM
Sound by Deep
The Good Hotel, 112 7th St
For +info: disposablefilmfestival.com

///// Thursday, May 13th
SFBC Bike Away from Work Party and Fashion Show 2010
Rickshaw Stop | 155 Fell St
6-10PM
+info here: SFBC on Facebook
Los events: this week

– – – – – – – – –
Don’t forget this Thursday, May 13th is Bike to Work Day!!

Just do it – and if you have not yet bike to work in the city, there are stations with coffee, snacks and many goodies. There are convoys to help you get to know your route better, find them here: SFbike.org/commuterconvoy
& let me know if you do bike, how it went 😀

That is all for now.
mucho love
xxo♥m

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Slings and rickshaws.

May 3, 2010 3 Comments

One for surgery and another one an elbow accident. Get well soon, my bike gentlemen. The bike lane misses you but we all want you to take aaaaall the time you need for a sound recovery!!
♥mucho caffeinated bike love

michael
Michael, recipient of this year’s leadership award – congrats!!
the face of muni pains
Volker and “the face of MUNI pains”

So what happens when you can’t ride a bike and Deep is around?! – you get a ride from his fabulous rickshaw bike, of course. Deep, his lady friend and Volker depart in style.

the rickshaw is now departing

These photos were taken last week, at this year’s Golden Wheel Awards – full report coming soon!

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This Sunday – Cookies and the city.

April 25, 2010 No Comments

Get your free cookies tommorrow at the Mission’s favorite cookielands.
•tip hat via sf_haps•

hese are from July last year, Deep and I went on a tandem troll around the Mission and stopped by to say hello to the cool peeps of Anthony’s cookies. Keep up the sweet work and happy 1st anniversary!

anthony & his cookie helpers
anthony & his cookie helpers
tandem on the window
tandem on the window
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Lecture diaries.

November 28, 2009 5 Comments

September 29th, 2009
David Byrne spoke in San Francisco at the Herbst Theatre.
The tickets sold-out quickly but to my lucky luck, my fabulous friend Deep, hit me up letting me know that he had a spare ticket. Awesomeeeeeeee.
So after we had some yummy crepes for dinner, we headed over to the theatre. It surprised me that there was no bike valet parking that I could see (or did I totally miss it?!…), but well, every meter and sturdy fence between Van Ness and Grove st. was beyond jammed-packed with bicycles.

Deep at will call. DSDSSSSUPER!
Deep at will call. Saves the day. DSDSSSSUPER!

I attended the lecture after reading the book, so many of the points Byrne touched upon, was almost like listening to a live version of an already summarized version, which was nice. We all want to someday have bicycle traffic as Copenhagen, yea yea. We all know that. Europe is great.
He talked with his own elegant humor a bit of crap about Texas, which I’m sick of people always talking so much shit about Texas. The 2 photos he displayed from Austin, were underneath a freeway. Meh. I have been to Austin (&I know is UNLIKE the rest of the state) but I read numerous blogs from people on bicycles based out of the Lone Star land, and that are tremendously active in their community, so I don’t think they deserve that. Sure it is a freeway mess, but I can say that there are some great people that do try and care for cities, and for their future. The bicycle community in Texas might be very very small, but it is there. And wagging 😉
I don’t think that was his point, or I’m sure hoping it wasn’t but so, ok I’m just saying… And come on, we don’t have to even go outside California to talk crap about conservative non-bike friendly crap like that. Bakersfield anyone?

ANYWAYS -David Byrne looked fantastic. I know he has said before that he dresses as if he is pretending to be someone else, but whatever. His style is swoon, his humor was present and he looked divine, dressed impeccably in all-white. I hear white jeans are the hit in Argentina. Angelical – period.

Slideshow
Slideshow

SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum & the one supervisor in SF that does not own a vehicle and commutes by bicyle David Chiu, also gave interesting personal bicycle stories and points of views about our beloved city and what direction we are headed.

Your city diaries.
Your city diaries.

Shahum also said something like: ‘Ok, let’s not focus on Europe so much for the moment, and see the changes that are happening now, in the States.” I really enjoyed her before and after photos of various US cities included in her slideshow. Asides the NYC closure area of times square, she of course had to proudly present our own SF street closure series (which I was so happy to see on the big projector screen!!) such as the Castro/17th corner, shown below.

David Byrne checks out our market/castro 17th plaza.
David Byrne checks out our market/castro 17th plaza.

Emeritus Professor Michael Tietz, was also part of the panel and perhaps my favorite perspective because he admitted he was not a cyclist now (I calculate he is in his 70-80s) but has a vast knowledge about all things urban, development and structure. There was (it is SF, so there always will be) a smart ‘question’ from the Q&A at the end of the lecture, directed to him on how he thought was the best way to make SF bikers TO STOP at red lights. His reply was something similar to:
“Well, for motorized vehicles as well as bicycles, you can place a cop on every corner of the city for that sole purpose and ticket everyone for a week, then, I supposed you can say you tried”

The lecture hall was filled not only by bicycle enthusiasts, but also by season ticket holders to the Herbst Theatre lecture series and loyal David Byrne fans. Many signed books were sold by Books Inc, a west coast indie bookseller. Good experience overall.

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You can’t have any pudding! But here are some bike lanes

November 26, 2009 No Comments

Alrite, let’s keep it going SF!!! Bike lanes make the city look sexy. Uu yeah.

« sfgate.com | S.F. can implement some bike plan projects »

Riding back from the Cow Palace.
Geneva st. bike lane party.

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Best rocking trikesaurus

July 31, 2009 No Comments

Congrats to deep and his trikesaurus super star. Very very awesome to see one of your peeps mentioned, especially with bikes and happy moments. Awesome!!

BEST BLOCK-ROCKIN’ BIKE /Amandeep Jawa’s bright blue, sound-rigged party-cycle — Trikeasaurus — is our bestest Critical Mass compadre and bike lane buddy, and an essential component of his impromptu FlashDance parties. This three-wheelin’, free-wheelin’, pedal-and-battery-powered funk machine has been bringing the party to the people — and leading spontaneous Michael Jackson tributes — from the Embarcadero to the Broadway tunnel for the past two years. [more here]


trikesaurus in full action.

FLASHDANCE this Saturday
Ok peeps, put your dance shoes on and get your moves ready for another one of deep’s flashdances. Be there or be square.
THIS SATURDAY (8/1/2009): Our next FREE outdoor dance party will be: Saturday 8/1 from 8PM to 10PM at Ferry Plaza – in front of the Ferry Building More info click on “NEXT FD” [here]

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