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Group Rides Every 3rd Sunday

Mar 10th, 2010 | By Dan | Category: Featured Articles

Lets get together shall we? Enough of this working business.  Time to invest in your sanity, throw a leg over a mountain bike, get ready to explore, and come out and ride with us.
The THIRD Sunday of every month, we will be meeting anyone who’d like to come and ride.  The rides will be geared [...]



An Ode to Waterproof Clothings

Jan 20th, 2010 | By Dan | Category: Blog

Welcome to crappy poetry lunch hour:
I awoke this morning, to a storm quite dreary
Rain and wind and cold there were a plenty.
My home was warm as was the office, but the space between filled with rain and wind.
I thought of the bus, somewhere I could sit and read a book comfortably within.
Umbrella overhead, I pushed [...]



Stripping it on Down

Dec 11th, 2009 | By Dan | Category: Blog

I’m sitting here, thinking about rain. Thinking about how we could use some rain on California’s parched soil, but how even a weekend of forecasted rain makes me think…
“If I can’t ride my bicycle, what can I do!???”
Well, for one thing, I could actually fix all the bicycles I have broken over [...]



SF Bike Expo Needs…YOU!

Nov 10th, 2009 | By Dan | Category: Sponsors

We’re looking for a few volunteers to help build dirt jumps, help setup a cyclocross race course, and other tasks of a general high grade of awesomeness.  If you think you could assist, please head on over to the SF Bike Expo volunteer signup page which can be found here. They’re looking for volunteers for [...]



What’s a Pump Track?

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Dan | Category: Lead Story

UPDATE: Our web-savvy alumni Jason Van Horn, is up in Portland building his own – and y’all should head on over to his person site for a moment of inspiration as to what is possible with time, tools, and land.  The story is here.
You mean, aside from a dream backyard playground?  Just imagine taking an [...]



Sweet, Sweet New Trail

Aug 18th, 2009 | By Dan | Category: Lead Story

Thanks to everyone who lent a hand in McLaren park the other weekend.  It was a beautiful example of what can happen when like minded community gets together to build something beautiful.
The work was hard, the mood was uplifting, the result was a huge amount of new and restored trail in McLaren park.
SF Urban Riders [...]



Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Jun 2nd, 2009 | By Dan | Category: Sponsors

Just wanted to put up an update on the Sea Otter Action of a couple months ago. It was a wonderful success for team SFurbanriders/IMBA, and many thanks to those whos generous support made our first official race-a-thon such a success.  Mitch Monroe, SF Urban Riders resident fearless flyer, reports on the race scene.
The Race
You [...]



SFUR Team IMBA update – $9,000 so far!!!!

Apr 2nd, 2009 | By Dan | Category: News

A message from Dan Schneider, President of SF Urban Riders
This is an enthusiastic update on what is happening with our first SF Urban Riders fundraising event taking place at the Sea Otter Classic this upcoming weekend.
So far thru the generous support of the cycling community SFUR has raised $5,961.33. For those who have already contributed [...]



This Sunday, 4/5, Flow with us through McLaren Park

Apr 2nd, 2009 | By Dan | Category: Blog

This Sunday, come out and meet some of your fellow Urban Riders for a fun group ride through Crocker Amazon Park. Come to share your input and brainstorm about what potential this area has for local cyclists. We’ll see you and your knobby tires there.
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Meet at Geneva [...]



Win this Bike, Support Off-Road Advocacy

Mar 26th, 2009 | By Dan | Category: News

The good people at RideSFO and CA frame builder NemesisProject Bikes are holding a raffle for this fine, blue DJ frame.
Get your chance to win @ booth 808 at the Sea Otter booth.  Proceeds will go to the finest MTB advocacy group in San Francisco.  The good ol’ SFUR.
So go to the Sea Otter, race, [...]