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2011 Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships from Hans Kellner on Vimeo.

Sheila Moon Presents the Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships 2011
(It’s raining right now in San Francisco so the course is guaranteed to be good and muddy!)

Sunday November 20th: RACE DAY!
A world class course awaits featuring oversize obstacles the likes of which you have never seen. Races running all day long. Race multiple times and win!
Races will be held near Metson Lake in Golden Gate Park. (MAP)
Costumes are optional, though they may help start positions.

Race-Day Schedule of Events

9:00 Men C/Clydesdale/Juniors/Tandem/Women (SS/geared) – 45 min
10:00 B Men (SS/Geared) – 45 min
11:00 Open Men (SS/Geared) – 45 min
12:00 Men SS E.A.W. – 45 min
13:00 Women SSCXWC – 45 min
14:00 Men SSCXWC – 60 min
15:30 Awards

16:00 – ?? – Post Race Party and dinner at the Buckshot Restaurant Bar and Gameroom! A short ride from the park at 3848 Geary Blvd. (Between 2nd and 3rd Ave) Please note that the Buckshot is CASH ONLY.

To help big up all the female riders, every registered female racer will get a pair of Sheila Moon sleeves/moonwarmers. Sweet!

Fine out more on the FB event page.

TONIGHT! Over 30 participating Bay Area artists will be showcasing original bicycle-inspired artwork. Admission is free and posters are priced to let everybody take home at least one.

FREE Bike Parking provided by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.

Enter to win a custom screenprinted Chrome buckle bag with Artwork from SF’s own Artcrank Artists. All raffle proceeds benefit the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. There will also be Widmer Brother/ARTCRANK pint glasses for sale to benefit the SFBC.

…to Kacey for organizing yesterday’s Ladies’ Leisure Ride in SF

…to Pamala for taking beautiful pics along the way

…and to everyone who came out and made the ride awesome

A lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon in SF!

All photos were taken by the lovely Pamela Palma. Find out more at: http://www.pamelapalma.com/

(click the image for FB event page)

Come out, connect, and socialize with other lady cyclists. We will do a variation of a city loop, approx 20-25 miles. The route planned currently includes 3 climbs, but we can adjust to a route with 1 or 2 climbs based on group consensus (and skill level) when we meet up. All bikes welcome. The pace will be easy and supportive.

Meet up is at Civic Center at 1pm.

Hope to see you there!

Next weekend promises to be super dope as BFF rolls into San Francisco with a sick line-up of events, films and shorts.

You can buy tickets and see the full schedule HERE.
But peep the teaser, as it goes a lil something like this:

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22
GOLDSPRINTS KICK-OFF PARTY
The Knockout
3233 Mission St.
9:30pm-2am
Goldsprints at 10pm
Free to race, drink specials, prizes.
DJ Nate Rotsko
DJ Serious Leisure

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23
BIKE MOVIES AT THE VICTORIA
2961 16th St.
7:00-11:00pm
Free Bike Valet Provided by Mike’s Bikes

Rapha Cycle Club Rides to the BFF
Cycle Club SF
2198 Filbert St.
6:30pm Beers
8pm Group Ride to the Victoria Theatre
(Program 2, Racing Towards Red Hook)
Don’t forget to get your tickets in advance!

Program 1 // Bill Cunningham New York – 7:00pm
Program 2 // Racing Towards Red Hook – 9:00pm

AFTER PARTY
Bender’s Bar
806 South Van Ness Ave. at 19th St.
10pm-2am

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24
BFF STREET PARTY
Capp St. between 16th & 17th St.
12:00-6:00pm
BMX Jam hosted by STF
Fixed Gear Free Style Comp hosted by iMinusD
BMX Presentation by 2hip (Ron Wilkerson)
Scraper Bike Crew
plus vendors

BFF Rides with Mike Giant
(see website for start location and time)
(Leaving from BFF Street Party)

BIKE MOVIES AT THE VICTORIA

Program 3 // Womens Screening – 12:30:00pm
(WOMENS SCREENING BY WOMEN ABOUT WOMEN, YEE!)
Program 4 // – Fun Bike Shorts 2:30pm
Program 5 // With My Own Two Wheels – 4:30pm
Program 6 // BMX Screening- 6:30pm
Program 7 // Urban Bike Shorts – 8:30pm

BIKES ROCK! AFTER PARTY
Milk Bar
1840 Haight St.
10pm-2am
HOTTUB
ImmaBillU
El Elle (Lisa Light)
And Special Guests!
Free with BFF Ticket Stub. $5 General Admission.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25
BBQ KICK-BACK
Rickshaw
904 22nd St. at Minnesota St.
12-5pm
Free BBQ & Beer

Big thanks out to all the volunteers that make this event possible.
Be sure to show em some love when you see em <3!
Hope to see you out there!

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) currently restricts which stations people with bikes can use during commute hours (7:05am to 8:50am and 4:25pm to 6:45pm), which is totally annoying and unfair. They need to figure out a better way to accommodate people with bikes so that they can use the public transportation system at all times.

Recently the opportunity has come up to help improve BART’s bicycle service by providing feedback via their bike survey. Please help us make a statement by taking BART’s quick 5 minute survey within the next couple days, as they are likely to take it down soon.

Please tell BART:
1. No black out periods for bikes on BART.
2. Bikes allowed on escalators at all times.

Both these proposals were floated by a BART director, but BART staff shot him down. We’d love to show the BART board of directors that these ideas have the community’s support.

Here’s the survey link:
http://www.research.bart.gov/se.ashx?s=6011868E259E952C

To help even more, you can send comments to BART’s board of directors at
BoardofDirectors@bart.gov

Thanks!

The Interbike International Bicycle Expo is happening next week in Las Vegas! The massive week-long trade event is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary and this year they are expanding their Women’s Lounge and will feature events that highlight women’s products and influential female leaders in the industry. The Women’s Lounge at Interbike hopes to help retailers gain insight on how to better serve the female segment of the market (long over due!) The event will feature a Women’s Product Showcase, a seminar on the “Buying Power of Women” and an Executive Roundtable with top-level female industry leaders. With around 24,000 in attendance, Interbike is a massive showcase for all things bike related and it’s nice to see them trying to incorporate and promote the female perspective. In addition to all the formal trade show happenings, there will also be rides, alley cat races, fashion shows, happy hours and many more opportunities for general debauchery. (Wish I was going!)

If you are headed out to Interbike make sure to swing by these booths and say what’s up to the SF homies

Chrome

DZR

Mission Workshop

Marin Bikes

I love the onboard footage of Victoria smashing it. So rad!

Kozo, a rider from Japan, landed a fixed back flip in front of hundreds of people at the first Red Bull Ride + Style event in San Francisco last Saturday, April 30th. The sun was shining and tons of people came out to watch the event, which featured a track race and a trick competition. There was only one female participant this time around but hopefully as events like this become more common we’ll see more girls getting involved.