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Bike to Work Day: Experience biking's benefits

In years past, my awareness of Bike to Work Day was limited to the day it was taking place. Bicycling downtown, I would notice the increase in the number of people riding bikes and the San Francisco...

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Bayview Festival: Inaugural event for community

The fourth Sunday Streets of the year is this weekend, and it will open a route of nearly 4 miles from near Pier 48, along the central waterfront (primarily on Third Street), to the Bayview Playground...

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Summer resolution: More bicycling

As the days get longer and warmer, it's time to expand your cycling range. This could be the summer you ride down the coast or up Mount Tam. Here are three places to find assistance and inspiration....

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Sunday Streets in the Mission: Ditch the car

This weekend offers yet another opportunity to leave the bustle of weekday traffic and clogged commutes behind for five hours of fun during Sunday Streets in the Mission. The day includes plenty of...

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Simple ways to bike safely

You have dusted off the bike that's been languishing in your garage, received a beautiful two-wheeled gift or treated yourself to the same. You will soon be getting around town - and getting lots of...

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Transition Tours: Abandoned S.F. lots reborn

On a quiet street bordered by warehouses in the Potrero neighborhood is a long, narrow garden, an unlikely swath of green in an urban industrial neighborhood. The garden is the CCA FARM, an experiment...

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Bike valets: Convenient parking eases access

"San Francisco summers" may seem like the world's biggest oxymoron, but summer in San Francisco is more about a state of mind than actual climate change. The city offers a steady stream of events and...

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Ice Cream Ride: Cyclists follow sweet tooth

Nothing says summer like bike rides and ice cream. This ride is going to be sweet, so let us not sugarcoat it: San Francisco sunshine, your unpredictable presence matters not. With or without you, the...

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S.F. classes help you make own bicycle repairs

If you've ever paid to have your bicycle serviced or repaired, you know a bicycle is worth more than the sum of its parts. Over the eight years I had my last bicycle, I probably paid for it three times...

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PARK(ing) Day: Celebrating S.F.'s mini parks

Finding a peaceful place to relax on a hectic San Francisco street can be no day in the park. Or maybe it can, as a burgeoning movement around town is converting parking spots into mini open spaces, or...

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Tour de Fat: Ride bikes, do good, drink beer

Tour de Fat - a unique amalgam of bicycles, beer, entertainment and do-gooding - can take some explaining for the uninitiated. "It's a traveling, philanthropic cycling carnival," says Michael Craft, of...

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Tour de Fat: Ride bikes, do good, drink beer

Tour de Fat - a unique amalgam of bicycles, beer, entertainment and do-gooding - can take some explaining for the uninitiated. "It's a traveling, philanthropic cycling carnival," says Michael Craft, of...

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Family Biking Day promotes fun, safe riding

Remember that free and easy feeling as you glided down your neighborhood streets on your first bicycle - zipping past trees and houses with the wind as your companion? It was equal parts fun and...

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Explore the Tenderloin during Sunday Streets

This weekend's Sunday Streets season finale marks the event's Tenderloin debut. The Tenderloin may be one of San Francisco's most misunderstood neighborhoods, but its history and culture are...

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Mission Community Market: Bike to fresh produce

It's always a good time to haggle for your regional veggies in an alfresco setting. But with the advent of harvest season, it's harder to say no to a bike basket full of Mother Nature's free-range...

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Freedom From Training Wheels: Helping kids learn

Remember the day you first rode your bike without training wheels? The moment you turned to make sure your adult still had his hand on your bike seat, and he didn't, and you crashed? The moment you...

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Winterfest 2010: Building a bike-friendly city

What is the one opportunity each year to go home with a new bike, new friends and the rewarding feeling of having helped build a more livable and bikeable city? It's Winterfest, and it's just around...

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Holiday Lights Ride: Viewing the best of S.F. cheer

As the seventh annual Holiday Lights Ride approaches, it's hard to say who is more excited - coordinator Robin Marks or the more than 100 anticipated participants who are decorating their bicycles with...

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New Year's Revolutions: 2011 on Two Wheels

2010 was a great year for bicycling in the Bay Area and especially for San Francisco, where new bike lanes are connecting the city and streets are being transformed with parklets, colored bike lanes...

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Reid brothers ride: Learn about S.F. as you pedal

At this time of year, many people keep New Year's resolutions in the back of their mind when planning weekend activities, keeping an eye out for self-improvement opportunities. Fortunately, the San...

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