What are you doing this evening? Grab your bike and find the

pretty sunsets:

unexpected bike wheelies:

all kinds of bikes like, tandems:

single speed bikes with big baskets, and mixtes with not-so-big baskets:

big big bike smiles:

get contagious by the joy of the i-just-bought-this-bike-and-i-love-it!!:

bike kisses:

routes passing the touristy destination in town:

more smiles:

wicked change of temperature:

old friends:

and lots+lots of bike parking:

All these photos are from last week, Wednesday July 28th

Come and get it.
♥Butterlap | Meets at Ferry bldg. 7PM • Ends at Bender’s around 9PM • about 17-18mi ride

Was my first butterlap.
Was hard as hell but they all still waited for me.
cheers.

Smurfette – The view from Twin peaks.

Frenchie – The view from Pacific Heights.

Bikes on the ferry. From Larkspur to San Francisco.

Woke up this morning listening to “come along and ride this train…»” with mr. Cash.
Happy 4th US of A!!

via the selvedge yard

Hey ladies – it’s Thursday and the Pushbike Ladies bike ride is here. Bring yourself and bring your bike and be ready to ride some distance, and not the usual stroll to the cafe and bar.

Meets at Pushbike at 6:30PM
3045 24th St, in la misión.
“…The Wiggle to the panhandle, cut through the park to Arguello, take Arguello (and a little jog to bypass The Wall), through the Presidio, and across the GGB. We can stop there and enjoy the view before heading back.”

Bike lane superstar Lynne will be leading the ride this Thursday (featured in the Women Who Bike series/on BikeNopa»)

Arguello street. Riding with Lynne this past May.

See some of the 2009/previous ladies ride here and here

This set is from when I realized my camera was really not good. Meaning the lens almost fell off… je jee. That much missed camera should be back from repair soon. Well enjoy the set, and more than likely, see you tonite. Weather should be fantastic!!

start. “who are we waiting for? lets go!” -mark

Ian, Lee, moi, Stephen
Ian tells me I’m horrible, because I’ve influenced him to go up hills and that it sucks.
Ja jaaa, I hear you talking, but all I see you is smiling – whatever you!!!!

suuuuup. 1st butterlap. Fabulous!!

game face on. boys ready to cruise race.

into Golden Gate Park.

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Butterlap is about 15-18 miles. Lots of hills. All types of rideres. Co-ed. No pressure. Multiple districts in the city. Much fun. Even 2-3 speeds can do it, see my friend’s Ade’s post and her fancy new camera snaps [link»] and here are some by LMG (set»)
Takes about 2hrs, if not less, to complete.
+beautiful fog y sunsets ♥!!!

So I uploaded my first vimeo video last week. With the camera’s half-broken lense, I didn’t think it turned out that bad for 9 seconds…
Come join us for butterlap, you’ll get splendid bay view, ocean views, lots of damn hills and countless smiles. Maybe meet a new friend or two. No better way to mid-week detox. I tell you.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12706915&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

Just another day on Stockton st.

North Beach > Stockton tunnel > Polk street > Hayes valley:
14-18 minutes – approx. 3 miles

route map (+BTW, not what google recommends)
Cutting through the city’s northeast from North beach, to get to the Hayes Valley for some more coffee is pretty fun. Biking all over the city, seeing sharrows is like seeing new cafes – I notice them right away.

An alternative postcard. You might recognize that little pointy building.

However, blog-reader Andre brought to my attention the weirdness he experiences on Sutter st. with the sharrows that seem to be thrown in the middle of traffic. I had not noticed these ones, so I decided to check it out. This one-way street during fast rush hour time, can be pretty intense, it has been a couple of years since I last rode in the midst of crazy traffic on Sutter.

To be honest I have always taken the bus lane because the MUNI line (3 Jackson) will probably not be around in between the time that takes to get across Sutter from around Union Square, to get to the Polk street corridor.

On the bus lane. Not much going on behind me.

Here is an example of the lanes.

ah look who is there. I got a text from my friend, so I stopped at the corner.
After a few minutes, the bus came out of nowhere – & yes, there are burrito joints everywhere 😀

Anyways. I’m sure that many of you have biked this street in heavier traffic. These shots were taken mid-day Sunday. As you can see there is not much traffic at all.

As far as I can compare, a similar situation applies to Post st. I used to ride in the early mornings and not having a designated bike lane was no big deal, however, car-traffic in the morning seems pretty impatient, so more than a few honks did happened.
Personally, I haven’t had to bike on Post or Sutter during AM/PM commute hours. Have any of you ridden either one lately? What other street do you take to head west or east, on the northside of Market? Geary? go through the Broadway tunnel? California – Do share your experiences and let us know how you feel about the designated sharrows that are placed in the middle lane, to the left of Muni.

South of City Hall/Civic Centre. Hola, adiós. –til next time!