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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 at McLaren Lodge, 501 Stanyan [...]



SF Urban Riders took on Old Man Winter – Go ride a less-muddy Historic Trail

Feb 5th, 2010 | By Mo | Category: Featured Articles

It was a great trail building day on Sutro today.   A little rain,  and there was lots of mud, but we got a lot of rock mixed in to a large section of the Historic trail.   Both trail and day came together and we finished to glorious sunshine.   It’s a long swatch, so [...]



The bike park of the future needs your voice!

Jan 19th, 2010 | By dcrites | Category: Featured Articles

ACTION ALERT: Take this survey – voice your support for a bike park and mountain bike trails in McLaren Park.  This is one of the most important ways you can help our cause, and make this image something more than a map.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/McLarenPark
When the city officials hear your voice, we’ll be that much closer to our [...]



Bikes Flying Everywhere!!!

Dec 11th, 2009 | By dcrites | Category: Featured Articles

Happy to say that the RideSFO expo was quite a success. SF Urban Riders extends a great hearty thank you to everyone who bought a raffle ticket, everyone who came out, and everyone who stopped by our booth to offer words of support and thoughts.
Through the community’s contributions, we were able to raise about [...]



Mapmaker mapmaker, make me a map…

May 20th, 2009 | By dcrites | Category: Featured Articles

Want to see what we’re dreaming of? What we’re going to rally public support for?  SF Urban Riders is still in preliminary discussions about the details with SF RPD, but the proposed location has received tremendous initial support. Meanwhile, Dustin Smith and Mitch Monroe have developed a first draft of what we see evolving into [...]



Don’t Ride Naked. Buy our T-Shirts.

Apr 30th, 2009 | By dcrites | Category: Featured Articles

Fresh off the silk screen, we just got in some stylish new threads for all those that love off road cycling in and around San Francisco.  This Saturday will be your first chance to buy these t-shirts.  Know that all funds will go to support our advocacy efforts and raise funds for more trailbuilding and [...]



Putting the ‘Ride’ in Riders

Apr 10th, 2009 | By Peter_D | Category: Featured Articles

After a hard day of trail work, SF Urban Riders led a Sunday off road Adventure through McLaren Park. Accompanied by the IMBA trail care crew, the purpose was to educate the fellow riders about the impending Trail Projects in the Park and how those relate to the needs of the cycling community.

Not only [...]



Seattle leads the way with the I-5 Colonnade Bike Skills Park

Mar 5th, 2009 | By Jason VH | Category: Featured Articles

When the I-5 Freeway was constructed through the city of Seattle, it effectively split parts of the community into halves. The no-man’s land underneath the freeway became a place no one would want their children to come near as it was problem area, with rampant drug use, prostitution, garbage littered everywhere.

Inga Beck of IMBA rides [...]



IMBA is coming to town

Feb 25th, 2009 | By Jason VH | Category: Featured Articles

The IMBA trail care crew have perhaps one of the most amazing jobs in existence. They work to improve trails the world over.
They travel together, in a new Subaru, stuffed full of living, building, and riding tools. For an entire year, they travel around the United States and beyond, instructing local [...]



The future of the sport

Oct 26th, 2008 | By Jason VH | Category: Featured Articles, Videos

As they spin around and through, the children’s faces lit up with enthusiasm and glee, grew focused and intense as they focused on riding the line, or just focused on riding.  It was a non-stop whirlwind of children playing through our home-made skills park, loving every minute of it.  Some fell down, all got back [...]