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 the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Skate Park [...]
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 [...]
It’s what we do around here. We just wanted to remind everyone to come out in 2 weeks time to learn how to do it right. Saturday April 4th Join SF Urban Riders as we join the International Mountain Bicycle Association’s (IMBA) trail crew, Jason Van Horn and Inga Beck as they lead a trail [...]
Wild Flower and History Tour of the Interior Greenbelt 10am – 1pm, Meet at McLaren Lodge 501 Stanyan St. (entrance to Golden Gate Park) A map of the start location can be found here SF Urban Riders director Dan Schneider will lead a 3-hour wild flower and history tour of San Francisco’s incredibly forgotten Interior [...]
