so many bikes...

that we hang em from de trees!

SF... I <3 this citay!

pssst...

my bike is still hot.

we are going to be in a photo shoot on Sunday. hopefully. if it all works out.
yeee!

July 2009

I haven't been riding my bike as much as I should. I've been hella busy OK. But I did ride a bit last week, which inevitably means bruises, lol.


my bike is still as hot as ever:

and check out this other cool bike I spotted in front of Burma Superstar, one of my all time favorite restaurants:

sick.

I'm off to New Zealand this Saturday to visit some friends and do some snowboarding.
I'm so excited!! I wonder if they have cool bikes there..??
Dun worry, I'll post pics of what I do see.

Doored!

Can't believe I forgot to post this until now.
My poor brother got doored by a dumb ass in Berkeley.
He was riding in the bike lane and some fool opened a car door right into him.
His bike is fucked. Bent frame.
He ran into the door with his arm, I guess and then fell down and hit his head hard on the pavement, but was wearing a helmet.
YAY..... for helmets!
Everyone should wear a helmet all the time!
Myself included, damn it.
(p.s. if you ever see me riding without my helmet you have my permission to talk hella shit to me about how stupid I am. It doesn't happen much anymore, but I've been known to *forget* my helmet, despite the fact that my mom and now my brother have both been saved big time by helmets.)
When my brother sort of sat up he looked at his arm and noticed that his whole shirt was covered in blood. All the blood made him feel a little whoosie, so he had to lay back down. A nurse showed up and helped him out. The driver drove away so someone called 911 and reported it to the police. All the emergency people showed up and he had to go to the hospital and get some stitches.

I really hope he gets a new bike out of the deal.
He got a police report and is in the processes of trying to get the other person's insurance to pay up.
Totally sucks!
But as usual, it could have been a lot worse, so you gotta be thankful.
Be careful out there kids.
It's a mad mad world.

YAY.. Wed. Night Bike Rides!

So they cut my hours by 4-5 hours (10-15%) at work, and it sucks in a lot of ways, but the one super awesome way that it doesn't suck... is that it means I get to ride bikes on Wed.'s again with the Fix without Dix crew. This makes me happy! I love riding with girls! It is really so much more fun. Nobody gets left behind. But we ride hard and we have fun. I would love to get some more of my girl friends to come out and ride bikes!

SO IF ANYONE EVER WANTS TO RIDE WITH US... IT'S WED. NIGHTS @ 630PM AT LAKE MERRITT BART!

fucking ouch!

mai bike today

I was outside a bar on 6th street last weekend, getting ready to ride home and I heard this guy say *I've seen that bike before... on the internet*

Fix Without Dix Write up on Oaklandnorth.net

Check out this awesome lil write up, and video about the Fix Without Dix crew: http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/04/24/oakland%e2%80%99s-premier-lady-bike-crew%e2%80%94fix-without-dix/
They are all so cool and riding with them is so much fun!

I used to ride with these lovely ladies all the time (back when I was living and working in the East Bay) but when I started working in Palo Alto I could never make it over there in time.
Then I just found out that my job is cutting my hours by 10% and at first I was freaking out, but then I realized that I can just ask for Wed. afternoon's off and ride with the girls again and that makes me super happy. That is worth way more than the money, believe me!

yay.. bikes!

random

Soooo.. I've been really busy lately.
I MOVED TO SF!
Which I'm super stoked about.
But it's been crazy.
Work is crazy.
Life is crazy.
Didn't have internets for a while.
But things are finally starting to come together.
And I can't wait to start riding my bike every day again!

So yeah, as of late, it's been mostly moving, not much biking.
But there are plenty bruises none the less:


And check out this sweet Bike Vid that my friend Max turned me on to:


Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather!
<3

help out a fellow cyclist, please read!

So a friend of the SF bike community has had a motorcycle crash in India it's bad bad news for her.
Her friends and family are trying to raise money to bring her home for better medical care.
Check out this link and then do what you can.
http://friendsofhollis.blogspot.com/

(and it is my professional opinion that nobody should travel without travel insurance cause you just never know and shit happens. we can learn from this.)

myyy bike in a magazine

check it:

so sweeet!

ouch!

So there's no *bike* in this post.
But my friend Beth has some knarly bruises from a recent car accident so I thought I'd share, cause I've never seen bruises like these!
(BTW.. when you are at a red light in Oakland and the light turns green, B4 you go, you should count to 3 and look both ways, cause mutha fuckers be runnin' lights like it ain't nothing. 2 of my friends have been hit down town on a Sat. night, one in a car, one on a bike. No good!)



Beth is OK, thank goodness! But her car is not.
And she does have a fractured wrist and all these beautiful bruises.
:(
OK, I can't have a post with no bikes, so here is my bike on the last FWD ride I was able to go on:

and here is a kitchen full of bikes from the mustache ride a few weeks back:

<3!

This post has nothing to do with bikes.. But it's important stuff so PLEASE READ

If you are outraged like me.. please take a minute to send a letter to Assemblymember Tom Ammiano and Senator Leland Yee encouraging the introduction of a bill to create a long-overdue civilian oversight board for the BART police dept.
Just click on the link below.
Thanks! - marin

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/NeverAgain

On January 1, Oscar Grant -- already subdued by police and lying face down -- was shot in the back and killed by a BART police officer at the Fruitvale station.

Unfortunately, this tragedy is not a first for the BART police force, which has been accused in the past of using excessive and unnecessary force in two other shooting deaths.

Unlike most police departments around the country, BART police are not subject to a civilian oversight board, despite numerous calls for one by community leaders over the years. But BART has refused.

Assemblymember Tom Ammiano and Senator Leland Yee promised to introduce legislation requiring BART to create a civilian oversight board -- like the boards that have improved accountability and police conduct in other communities. While this is a significant step in the right direction, we must ensure that the legislature passes a strong bill.

The only way BART police will get the oversight and accountability they need is if the public demands it. The more people who sign this letter, the more likely it is that Assemblymember Ammiano and Senator Yee will be successful in getting the state legislature to create a strong civilian oversight board, and provide the kind of lasting change that the community demands.

hmmm..

it's been pretty cold out lately and I haven't been riding my bike as much.
maybe that's also why I feel like a total spaz lately.
(I just now made that connection)

my last real ride was with my dad at xmas time.
we rode from grover beach to san luis and back.
it was about 30 miles.
it was fun.
my dad is cool.
we stopped for bagels and I took this pic.
(it's my otttther bike, lol)

don't be stupid

So I know this girl..
well, I don't really know her irl, I only know her on the internet through her super awesome blog http://wahappenings.blogspot.com/

and she recently had a post about going to the Fixed Magazine Launch Party in London.

She says, "After a banging evening of games, free drink, impromteau DJing and a dance off with local b-boys, we all set off to go to Katie Skills party at Dragon Bar like a pack of feral wolves and I fell off my bike spectacularly while showing off...."
Here's the damage:

a busted eye AND

2 chipped bones in her wrist.

BUT like a good girl, she doesn't blame her bike :)

here's what she says,
"I can't believe I acted so stupid! Never show off, while drunk!

But I still don't blame you my love..."

knucks and bikes at BART

my knuckles are scraped and bleeding
annoying pain
but
just cause I'm clumsy
not psycho
NOT psycho

do you think that bicycles have souls?
when I go to work and have to leave my bike at BART,
it feels like daycare, sort of, not really, but let's just say..
aaaand soooo I always try to lock up next to the hottest bike there
or at least one with some style and originality
so they can
have fun and laugh
and flirt and be
bike friends!
I think other people do that too
maybe
I don't know
but seems like, maybe

just bikes

soooo.. while I still have plenty of bruises, I'm lacking actual photos of said bruises. and they are nothing too exciting anyway. you're not missing much.
BUT, I do have new pics of my two favorite bikes :)



We rode up to Union Point (I think that's what it's called) around sunset the other day and it was quite nice.
And had I been riding with, oh I don't know... a boyfriend or basically any cute boy other than my exxxx-boyfriend, it might have even been slightly romantic.
But alas, there are no other cute bike riding boys in my life at the moment, so we really only chilled long enough for me to take these pics.
Then we bounced over to the taco truck.

someone left this comment on my flickr page:
*i think they are in love... don't you?*
and I replied:
yes, but their love is strictly platonic ;)
I'm pretty sure BOTH OF THESE BIKES ARE SINGLE, lol

Bombshell 2008

Sam was awesome enough to organize the 2nd annual Bombshell Alley Cat Race in Oakland last weekend and it was lots of fun!




I suck and I did not even finish the race. I got separated from my team and they had the map and I couldn't find the rose garden. Then I got this insane cramp in my butt and decided to just ride down hill to my house to play with my new iphone. :)
But NEXT year.. I'm all over it.(and I went out and bought my own maps so I'll never be lost again, lol)
But it was fun to see all the girls dressed up with their bikes.
This kind of thing makes me happy.

safety first

OH and..
on the bike ride last week I think everyone had a helmet.

awesome!

Kelley cont.

Got a couple more awesome injury pics from Kels.
Hahaha.. so glad we can laugh about it now.
Wait, I'm pretty sure we were laughing the whole time.

healed up nicely

remember vicky, with the gauze beard?
well, here she is all healed up:


sweet.





and here's a few bikes from last week's FWoD ride to the ports:

*le sigh*

I haven't been riding my bike much lately, which probably explains why I've been in such a shitty mood.
(exercise is my drug and without it, I get cranky, lol).
So here is an old bruise.
I like it because it's perfectly round.
It's my favorite.

I did ride my bike last night, and I somehow managed to lose my light.
Not cool.
That light was perfect.
And now it's gone.
Damn it.

PA custom/fabricated sidecar bike

I've seen this guy and his dogs twice since I started working in Palo Alto.
He has this awesome custy bike with a SideCar for his English Bull Dog and this huge Great Dane run/walks along side them.
It is sooooo freakin' awesome!

Courtney!

Courtney and the bike:

Courtney and the crash:

I love this pic!
It fully embodies the spirit of this blog.
We are glad Courtney is OK and still smiling.
I’m inspired by her spirit and I hope that we get to ride together again soon!
<3

man..

I bet you'll get sick of seeing pics of my bike

Victoria aka Vicki aka Vickster!

Before I even knew Vicki I was stalking her bike

Cause just look how cool it is!

^^And Vicki is every bit as cool as her bike!
She is super creative.
And she is awesome at making things:



And she makes really cute bike hats too.

And now you can buy her super cute hats online. So go check em out!!
Vicki is OG FWoD crew .
And a little over a year ago on a FWoD ride, Vicki *swerving around jokingly* crashed and the girls got to take a trip to the emergency room.
Check out her stitches:

and her subsequent gauze beard that she got to rock for a few days afterwards:

We are glad that Vicki healed up nicely.
And her FWoD emergency room visit will be memorialized in FWoD trivia for many a potluck to come.