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Cargo tricycle (photo from my father, in India)

Trouble coffee parklet (a quick morning ride to get coffee)

Supermarket Street Sweep poster… who wants to join me this year?

The (first annual?) Fiets & Frites, a casual bike ride and tour of french fries around San Francisco: Starting out at Frjtz: Three orders of fries (too many!), curry ketchup, wasabi mayo: Bike rack as condiment tray… Ride maps: ...

A friend (and occasional bikeit rider) built herself a custom bamboo-and-carbon-fiber bike. Awesome.

Another article from 1970: “A sport the whole family can enjoy together. A way to get into condition and fight pollution. It’s the bicycle. […] For the serious cyclist the bike itself is only the beginning. There are special shoes and socks […] and special seamless pants […] But the family bicycler takes things much less seriously. An old pair of jeans, tennis shoes and a sweatshirt do just fine”

Another 1970s article from the library: a group (43 amateur riders, men and women, ages 15 to 53) biking 800 miles and over all 8 major passes through the Sierra Nevada, in 8 days. Presumably on steel bikes with all-1970s component technology, without spandex shorts, and so on – another good reminder that the engine matters more than the chassis…

More history: in 1971 there was a “Pedal Hoppers” bike bus (24 bikes + 24 passengers) between the East Bay and SF (as usual, clicking on the image should enlarge it). This is especially relevant when you realize the BART Transbay Tube didn’t open until 1973 (per BART history).

Another from-a-visit-to-the-Oakland-library biking photo and article from 1976 (click through for a detailed view). Note: 200-300 SFBC members then vs. 12,000 now…

The full article that went with the 1971 DiFi pennyfarthing photo. I have more early-1970s Bay Area cycling articles I’ll post this week.