Mission Mission

For every bike that goes missing, one bike is found (at least that’s how I hope it works!).

Is this your rad bike, or do you know who it belongs to?  If so, contact the guys over at MashSF, and you’ll be rewarded with karma points and warm fuzzies.

Anyone who traverses this segment regularly knows how hectic this connector between the Mission and Potrero Hill can be for cyclists, but it’s so nice to climb this hill every morning that I often take this street even though flatter routes like Harrison are available.  Now, it looks like it will be a little safer for everyone!  I noticed faint outlines last week, but this week it looks like they’ve finally gotten started.  Bike lanes!

I can’t tell if this carnage is extraordinarily fun or ridiculously foolish, but I’m adding it to my bucket list all the same.  Have any of you ever tried out something like this (and lived to tell about it)?

Link.

(Thanks Sally!)

Box Dog Bikes brings word of this bummer:

My buddy Mo just had his Otis Guy Stolen from his garage. Small, black Otis Guy frame set up as a single speed with Velo Orange porteur rack and BMX bars. This bike is very unique and hard to miss! Please let us know if you see it, or take it back and bring it to us!!!!

That’s one way to keep your bike safe (maybe) from drunk St. Patty’s Day celebrants.

Previously:

Now Here’s a Great Bike Lock

That’s what it sounds like from their twitter, as well as their help wanted section on their website.  So what exactly is a Rapha pop-up shop you ask?  From the website:

“The Rapha Cycle Clubs are places for people passionate about road racing where they can watch live racing, enjoy food and drink, peruse Rapha’s emporium of products and become inspired by the rich culture of the sport which Rapha celebrates.”

This sounds pretty cool, and trust me, there are NOT a lot of places in the city to catch a decent Giro or Tour de ( Random City) in Europe race, and I for one would welcome Rapha to our fair cycling city.   I’m betting they open the shop somewhere in the Mission, because lets be honest, would any other part of San Francisco be as fit to house a bar full of drunk cyclists talking shop for hours on end?   I think not.

What do you think?

[photo via Rapha]

Pontificating on the frustrating nature of bike security in the comments thread of a recent post about ninja-like bike thievery, reader Tiny Tim elucidates a creative solution:

Best to use Bagel Lox. Smell stays on thief’s hands and then you can trace him. Cream cheese also makes it slippery.
Bagel Lox–wherever fine lox are sold.

Think about it!

[Photo by Jesse Friedman]

The party starts in a couple hours, down at Mission Workshop:

The event will feature amazing food, cheap beer, a silent auction, a raffle you don’t want to miss! (bikes, gift cards, Beauty products, tickets to SF events, gift cards for some of our favorite salons, Mission workshop goods….just to name a few!!!)

There will be live art by Max Ehrman and a DJ too famous to even tell you their name!..as if the raffle wasn’t enough!

There will be a silent auction including: Leader frame and fork, Masi bicycle frame, bike tours by Stoked SF, $40 Falletti foods gift card, Chuey hats, Bumble & Bumble gift basket ($100 value), Mission Workshop messenger bag, Hambone bag, poster by Bikes and the City, coffee by Bicycle Coffee Co.

A DJ too famous to even tell us their name? I bet it’s DJ Jazzy Jeff!

More information here. RSVP and invite your friends here.

The search for an elegant bicycle beer transport solution has plagued mankind for decades. Significant advances were made in the past couple of years, including the Dolores Chiller by Timbuk2 and Rickshaw Bagworks’ Mexican Revolutionary-inspired Beerdolero.

This innovative and handsome solution was originally designed to to carry bike polo mallets, but once the craftsman realized that bike polo is not exactly as ubiquitous as he had thought (and that lots of people seem to think it’s lame), he strapped beer to it and won the rest of us over. The result is the “6 Pack Frame Cinch”, available on etsy now, for just $22.

Interesting idea, outsourcing the heavy lifting to your bike frame as opposed to your back. It’s probably not great for your balance, though, so don’t bother with that no-hands track stand unless you want to be picking broken glass out of your arm.

Still no word on what’s available for people who want to carry a 12-pack, though.

[via Hellen Jo, who also happens to be a kick-ass mission artist]