We’re making progress on the McLaren Bike Park. We’re gathering support and reviewing proposals to submit to the city. Thanks to everyone who has already joined our McLaren Bike Park facebook page. Thanks to everyone who has visited our new MBP page here on this site. A very special thanks to everyone who signed our [...]
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 [...]
“It’s like Jurrasic Park!” was an enthusiastic comment overheard from one of the participants in a brand new summer program put on by the Presidio YMCA and SF Urban Riders. This past week, the YMCA held their bicycle skills class, and for the first time, were able to bring children mountain biking without having to [...]
So many shoes, so many shoes, that our kids will soon have beautiful trails to ride and glorious bike parks to explore… Nike, the same powers that brought Union Square visitors the giant, gaunt, and intense poster of Lance Armstrong’s race face are now running a 650,000 dollar grant to support community and school groups [...]
If I were a scrappy young paperboy, I would be grabbing a whole bunch of copies of the SF Examiner, I would stand firmly on the corner of Market and Montgomery, and yell out ‘extra, EX-tra, read all about it! SF Urban Riders is going to bring a bike park to San Francisco!!’
But paperboys on [...]
Many thanks to UCSF, San Francisco Park and Rec, and Speakeasy Brewery, who all committed resources to help this last Saturday’s Trail work happen. Many more thanks to everyone who contributed to the start of a wonderful connector trail between Edgewood Avenue and the rest of the Sutro Trails. Over 70 volunteers showed up to [...]
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 [...]
And I don’t feel it will be hard to succeed, though the path to building off-road cycling recreational areas may take longer than we want, someday, our children will look back at videos like this, and shake their heads in bewilderment that parks areas cut down trees to keep out cyclists…
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 [...]
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 [...]
