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Chalk, Golden Gate Park

Along the lines of the 2012 bikeit recap, some of the most memorable rides from 2013 were: Organizing a dumplings-by-bike tour for friends and strangers that pulled in about 45(!) people and was a great day. A Dogpatch/Bayview history ride I posted publicly through the SF Bike Coalition (and met new people on, including one person I’ve continued riding with), along scenic dirt bike paths and past graffiti, goats, and other strange sights: ...

She Drank Her Ale At The Bar(!) – NY Times, 1896.

Stunt riding with road bikes?!

After skipping last year, I rode the Supermarket Street Sweep again, with two friends. This is a fundraiser / food drive for the SF Food Bank, combined with a little light competition to collect the most food or collect it the fastest. It was an amazingly successful year for the food drive– 149 cyclists brought in 10,615 pounds of food, about 2,500 pounds more than the previous record. A few photos snapped along the way… ...

Souvenir card templates

riders, friends. bikeit’s having a holiday party tomorrow (Friday), without bikes. In which we drop by the Post-Car Travel Agency party at Huckleberry Bikes around 7, then walk down to the ArtCrank bicycle-themed poster show with $5 beer, then wander to a nearby bar for a festive drink. If you came on a ride this year, the first drink’s on me.

Biking in Tokyo can be this: As well as this: In Japan for work, sick and low on sleep, with a day at the end of the trip to sightsee with a friend but no plans and almost no Japanese language skills… we randomly ran into expat Noel of Travels In Japan (and recently a new project, Tokyo Biking Tours) and struck up a conversation. ...

Police Bike, Tokyo (cargo box for paperwork and tubes mounted to fork that hold police baton(s)).

Fish-carrying bike, Tsukiji market, Tokyo.