#Cyclist Friendly and Auto-Free: Check out Sunday Streets San Francisco!

Discover auto-free, cyclist-friendly fun at:

http://www.sundaystreetssf.com

Top 10 Post Bike Ride Rituals - Recover Like A Pro

Top 10 Post Bike Ride Rituals - Recover Like A Pro

Great tips for taking care of your bike--and better yet--taking optimal care of yourself.

Recover like a pro with GCN's Top 10 post ride rituals!

Trials Biking on the Streets of San Francisco

"Viral YouTube cinematographer Devin Super Tramp recently worked with Ford to produce a ride along video that combines BMX and parkour on the streets of San Francisco. The acrobatics were performed by a team of riders that included Tim Knoll, a BMXer known for his unusual gymnastic riding style.

"Watch as the team undertake a bevy of ridiculous stunts and tricks.
Read more at Hypebeast.com."

Discovered at Regrit

Bikes on BART

Bikes on BART

 

More BART riders are biking to and from stations every day.  It’s a healthy alternative and like walking it’s easy on the environment.  Almost all BART stations have bike racks, over half of BART stations have bike lockers and four stations now have Bike Stations.  Details are included below and on each station page on bart.gov.

If you are taking your bike on BART, it's your responsibility to know and follow the bike rules.  Bikes are never allowed on crowded cars. Folded bikes are allowed in all cars at all times. Use your good judgment and only board cars that can comfortably accommodate you and your bicycle.  Bicyclists must yield priority seating to seniors and persons with disabilities.

If you are leaving your bike at a BART station make sure it is locked well.  Whether you’re taking your bike on board or parking it at a station, make sure you record your bike’s serial number along with a description of the bike.  This will greatly increase your chance of recovery if it is stolen.

Find out more tips and rules at BART.gov

5 Best Places to Go Mountain Biking

 

Image: Keystone Travel

 

Let’s face it: We’d all like to spend days on end exploring every last spot of sweet singletrack this country has to offer. But we can’t. (I know, the truth hurts.) So, after riding and researching some of the very best mountain bike destinations in the U.S., I’ve narrowed it down to five must-see spots. Start with this list the next time you’re searching for a prime place to pedal.

Read the full story here

GoPro Mountain Bike Backflip Is a Downhill Thrill

 

"Super-extreme freestyle mountain biking looks like a thrill. But it's also dangerous as all get-out, and something most of us are too scared (or smart) to try. So here's a solution: Take a virtual ride down a precarious mountain slope and even hit a soaring backflip off a clip via GoPro.
Pro biker Kelly McGarry had a camera attached to him for his silver medal run at the 2013 Red Bull Rampage competition in Utah. The resulting video hit YouTube and is embedded above. It's stunning."

Click here to read the full story

Check Out the Bicycle Blue Book

From the Website:

Bicycle Database

Find Your Used Bike's Value!

  The Bicycle Blue Book Marketplace from Bicycle Blue Book on Vimeo.
Learn how to use the Bicycle Blue Book Marketplace to sell your new and used bikes.
http://www.bicyclebluebook.com/Marketplace.aspx

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Bicycle Blue Book knows what your bike is worth. We've compiled data from years of transactions (that adds up to millions of sales) to give you the most accurate valuation of your used bike. Got one you're looking to unload, or just curious to know what one is worth? Use the filters below to find the value of your bike. Whether you're just looking for your next road bike, or the value of all Cannondale's over the past 5 years, we've got all the data tucked away just waiting to be pored over.

Plan for THIS.

Snag Your Local Bike Thief: Project Freeride

Project Freeride

by Danielle Baker  

If you ride bikes then you have had a bike stolen or know someone who has. This is a fact. Bike theft is rampant. This summer we have seen an elevated profile of bike theft in the local media both with police work and vigilantism. August alone saw Dunbar Cycles team up with police on an undercover operation that recovered their stolen property, police recovered seven bikes through their bate bike program, and a local Vancouver woman steal her bike back from a thief when she found it for sale on Craig’s List. And these are only the stories that have been publicized.

Items found by police in a bike thief's backpack by police.

Bike theft falls into an ugly category of property crimes, the perfect storm for thieves; it is an easy crime with a value low enough to excuse any real punishment. Theft under $5000 in provincial court will garnish a slap on the wrist for first time offenders, fines ranging from $100-$400, suspended sentences with probation, or where there is prior related criminal behavior, short periods of jail time. With the frequency and growing popularity of it, bike theft was up 20% in Victoria last year and 38% in Calgary, we have ended up in a situation where insuring for actual value or claiming with the threat of rising deductibles often leaves us bikeless and bitter. In the past, reporting our bikes stolen to the police has felt like an exercise in futility. Often dismantled and shipped out of province before you pick up the phone, the chances of ever seeing your ride again are slim to none. But with a combination of the growing popularity of mountain biking and the rising value of our bikes, the police are taking a more pro-active approach and it leaves us, the bike owners, in the hot seat. Are we helping bike thieves and hindering police work?

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More from the article:

For all of your rides, record the brand, model, color, serial number, and modifications. Lock them up, and then lock them up again. Be aware of your surroundings. Stop Stravaing your rides from your house. Be smart, think about the bigger picture. While Kayla Smith 'stole' her bike back, and we all love a good vigilante story with a happy ending, the thief has probably already stolen a few more bikes since then. Adam Mantle from Dunbar Cycles teamed up with police and using his online research they were able to arrest and charge Wesley John Devries. He has not stolen a bike since. If your bike is stolen, by all means look for it on Craig’s List, put in the time and be proactive, but team up with police when you find it. While myopic actions can be sensationalized, they will do nothing to progress a solution for our community as a whole. 

Read the rest of the story here

San Francisco Holiday Deals: All Bike Tune-Ups Half Off | New Coupon

San Francisco Holiday Deals: All Bike Tune-Ups Half Off  | New Coupon


Special Offer

San Francisco Holiday Deals:

All Bike Tune-Ups Half Off In November!

Regular Price: $80
Half Off Pricing: for the Month of November:

ONLY $40

for A FULL TUNE-UP

Visit the shop for a half-off bike tune up, done by an expert mechanic, me! Tammy Powers.

Contact A Tran's Bay Bike Shop for more info, or bring your bike in, any time in November for this awesome special!


PRINTABLE COUPON

(After November, please call for all current offers and deals.) 

 

Daily Deals In November: Buy, Rent and Tune Up Your Bicycle

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Drive With Care: Support Your Local Cyclist

From Richard Masoner and TreeHugger
Richard Masoner of Cyclelicious: " Bike Pittsburgh created this campaign and bought the outdoor ad space to remind drivers to pass with care, drive like a grownup, and take the high road."

Pretty nice campaign. Check it out at TreeHugger.

Classic Bike!

1970 Schwinn Typhoon. All original. Sturmey-Archer 3-speed works perfect.

BART Strike Commute Alternatives: Bike-to-Bus, to Work!

BART Strike Commute Alternatives: Buses, Ferries, Telecommuting

With a BART strike looking increasingly likely, here are some alternatives for getting around.

 

By Sasha Lekach, Bay City News Service

With the likelihood of a BART strike effective [shortly], many Bay Area commuters will have to find alternate ways to get to and from work and other destinations with the strike possibly extending into the weekend.

BART will provide a limited number of free roundtrip charter buses at nine East Bay BART stations starting Friday morning. Buses will pick up ticketed passengers at El Cerrito del Norte, West Oakland, Concord, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Dublin/Pleasanton, San Leandro, Hayward and Fremont stations starting at 5 a.m.

BART officials said there will be five to 15 buses at each station. The buses will drop off passengers at San Francisco's Temporary Transbay Terminal. On the return trip, riders will board buses between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the terminal. Those buses will go to West Oakland, where transfers can be made to other buses heading to various East Bay destinations.

[See Patch's list of transportation alternatives in the East Bay.]

Excerpt reblogged via Patch.com.

Please Read the full story here.

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MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNTS

A Tran's Bay Bike Shop Gives Discounts to all San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Members.

We happily provide Membership Discounts for all San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Members.

Current Offer: *10% parts and accessories and 

50% bike tune ups in December, January and February.

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