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Amazing 2011 Cycling Videos You May Have Missed

Dec 15th, 2011 | By Dan | Category: Blog

There are so  many videos out there, its hard to keep track of them all. Here are just a few we think all cyclists need to see in 2011. Some amazing riders and situations that everyone will learn from and enjoy. Antelope  MTB Crash: HERE Cyclocross Barrier Crash: HERE Danny Hart’s 2011 Championship Downhill Run: [...]



Help Build Bike Trails in McLaren Park This Summer!

Jun 29th, 2011 | By Dan | Category: Blog

Sound to good to be true? Well it is happening the weekend of July 23rd -24th, and SFUR  is encouraging the cycling community to come out and join the fun! This will be the THIRD Year in a row that SF Urban Riders has stepped up to the plate to assist our partners SF Rec [...]



Sneak-A-Peek at the NEW Interior Greenbelt Trail

Sep 13th, 2010 | By dan | Category: Blog, Lead Story

Its been rumored about for quite some time, there have been community meetings, and there was even an emotional vote of approval from the SFRPD Commission, but nothing tells the story like a photo. The long awaited Interior Greenbelt Trail project, or better known as the Stanyan Street trailhead, finally breaks ground on Saturday October [...]



Trail work recap

Aug 9th, 2010 | By Peter_D | Category: Blog

A big thanks to everyone who helped improve the Fairy Gates trail this weekend. The trail is now more bombproof and it’s looking like a walkway you’d see in a botanical garden. Enjoy the the wider switchbacks, the carpet-like trail quality, and be sure to come up and help the Sutro Stewards the first Saturday [...]



The Double Bonus of Trail Work

Aug 4th, 2010 | By dan | Category: Blog

Participating in trail work events at your favorite riding areas is always a good idea. It not only helps with the trail maintenance, but also continues to emphasize to land managers and other user groups that cyclists are a valuable part of maintaining open space. The best benefit of all is a chance to continue [...]



Hand Praise

May 19th, 2010 | By dcrites | Category: Blog

All to often I find myself whining about product.  Things that are too expensive, poorly made, or just not up to the task of withstanding the abuse that my 180 lb frame and penchant for sloppy downhill lines deliver.  But it’s too easy to focus on what doesn’t work.  Time to focus in on what [...]



Going Ghetto

Apr 2nd, 2010 | By dcrites | Category: Blog

Tubeless – a nice, but expensive upgrade, right? Wrong.  Here’s how to upgrade your wheels to tubeless for around 40 dollars – retail, or you could not read this and spend 400 dollars on a new wheelset. Here’s what you’ll need: -Bottle of Stans or similar sealant: 25$ (this quantity should keep you in sealant [...]



As requested, a cookie recipe for the SF Urban Riders faithful

Feb 5th, 2010 | By Mo | Category: Blog

I been making cookies for Trailbuilding for the last few months, and I have been everything from politely asked to hounded to share the recipe. This is what I always say the recipe is: It’s the above or it’s the version from Joy of Cooking. That’s how the cookies were made, that’s how it was done where [...]



The gauntlet has been thrown

Jan 27th, 2010 | By dcrites | Category: Blog

Simply by watching this trailer, I have seen the light.  I have had just about enough of the current state of mtb film.  Shock and Awe tactics of huck and flip are worthwhile, but not if there is nothing else to the film.  Sure, the collective and others like them have put some bit of [...]



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 [...]