Bikes of San Francisco

beginnerdad · 2011-02-09, 10:58 PM

I'm not familiar with the Bay area. Did these guys get it about right?

john_childs · 2011-02-09, 11:16 PM

The left out Muni (though Muni isn't exactly an area in SF). Muni is the name of the public transport system in SF.

maestro8 · 2011-02-09, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by beginnerdad

I'm not familiar with the Bay area. Did these guys get it about right?

I LOLled.

From what I know of the various 'hoods in San Francisco, they're pretty spot on. Here's my best explanation.

The Mission district has a lot of trend-followers, hence the fixie, while the financial district attracts a lot of commuters. The Haight (think Haight-Ashbury, deadheads, etc.) is the epicenter of weirdness, hence the unicycle. Fisherman's Wharf is chock full o' tourists, and you see a lot of cycle-taxis about on the weekends.

The Castro has a gym on every block, so the exercise cycle is very apropos. The Embarcadero is a concrete playground you'd swear was made for skaters and BMXers (and the occasional trials unicyclist). The Tenderloin is the most sketchy 'hood in SF... crackheads abound... you rarely see a bike locked up there as they disappear quickly.

Great find, thanks for sharing!

GShoe · 2011-02-10, 03:30 AM

Yeah I was in San Francisco a little while ago and I saw a guy cruzing down the sidewalk on a 24" Torker DX on Haight St so that's pretty accurate.

crashcason · 2011-02-10, 04:22 AM

I'm just amazed there aren't any segways on the chart...

johnfoss · 2011-02-10, 06:43 AM

Segways would go with the pedicab. There are segway tours around that same area.

Segways vs. unicycles

Dane M · 2011-02-10, 06:52 AM

I wonder what noe valley is?

maestro8 · 2011-02-10, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dane M

I wonder what noe valley is?

I'm guessing a lot of families in that 'hood. Kids out on their trikes.

Dane M · 2011-02-10, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by maestro8

I'm guessing a lot of families in that 'hood. Kids out on their trikes.

Ah ok, so not carnie folk then.

Ride MUNI · 2011-02-11, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by maestro8

The Mission district has a lot of trend-followers, hence the fixie, while the financial district attracts a lot of commuters. The Haight (think Haight-Ashbury, deadheads, etc.) is the epicenter of weirdness, hence the unicycle. Fisherman's Wharf is chock full o' tourists, and you see a lot of cycle-taxis about on the weekends.

The Castro has a gym on every block, so the exercise cycle is very apropos. The Embarcadero is a concrete playground you'd swear was made for skaters and BMXers (and the occasional trials unicyclist). The Tenderloin is the most sketchy 'hood in SF... crackheads abound... you rarely see a bike locked up there as they disappear quickly.

Spot on. There's a few neighborhood cliches missing, a low-rider for Hunter's Point or a dirt bike for GG park or freak bikes for the Richmond. You might not get all of them unless you've lived here a while. You'd be surprised at how few hipsters can ride their fixies well, lots just opt out for a poser single speed. I live 5 minutes from haight ashbury(ride the wiggle every morning for my commute) but I'm usually riding my unicycle towards the beach to pick up on babes. I live in the Sunset but I have the presidio bike for commuting and the uni's for play. Noe Valley has a ton of schools and quiet neighborhoods with lots of families, although it's got some super steep hills, so I can't imagine anyone getting anywhere on that trike. :P Not a lot of segways here or at least I rarely see them.

john_childs · 2011-02-12, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Ride MUNI

You'd be surprised at how few hipsters can ride their fixies well, lots just opt out for a poser single speed.

It's the same in Portland. Lots of single speed bikes that look like fixies. Few actual fixies. My unscientific observation is that Seattle has a higher ratio of actual fixies to wannabe single speeds trying to look like a fixie.

Course I'm not one who rides a fixie well in the urban hipster wannabe bike messenger fixie riding style. I ride my fixie like a road bike. It has front and rear brakes, roadie drops, and egg beater pedals. I don't skid to a stop and I don't track stand. Being clipped in tends to discourage track stands. Skinny jeans hurt my balls. But at least I ride it fixed and like it that way.

Rezinha · 2011-02-12, 07:09 AM

I like the sunset one.

2011-02-09, 10:58 PM	#1
beginnerdad Complete Noob Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL USA Age: 53 Posts: 71	Bikes of San Francisco I'm not familiar with the Bay area. Did these guys get it about right?

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john_childs Guinness Mojo Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Posts: 12,420	The left out Muni (though Muni isn't exactly an area in SF). Muni is the name of the public transport system in SF. __________________ john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Team Never Wash Your Muni My Gallery :: Unicycling Bookmark List :: World Clock

2011-02-10, 03:30 AM	#4
GShoe Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Saratoga, CA Age: 18 Posts: 148	Haight Street Unicyler Yeah I was in San Francisco a little while ago and I saw a guy cruzing down the sidewalk on a 24" Torker DX on Haight St so that's pretty accurate.

2011-02-10, 06:43 AM	#6
johnfoss North Shore ridin' Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 14,966	Segways would go with the pedicab. There are segway tours around that same area. Segways vs. unicycles __________________ John Foss "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" www.unicycling.com "Unicycling is a way of looking at the world, making a choice to slow down, finish what you start, doing things not because they're easy, but because they're a challenge." -- Nurse Ben

2011-02-10, 06:52 AM	#7
Dane M Muni Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: US - Santa Barbara, CA Age: 23 Posts: 2,552	I wonder what noe valley is? __________________ It's not as steep as it looks, just go! www.DaneMehlPhotography.com www.YouTube.com/DaneUni

2011-02-10, 04:22 AM	#5
crashcason Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Issaquah, WA Age: 26 Posts: 7	I'm just amazed there aren't any segways on the chart...

2011-02-12, 07:09 AM	#12
Rezinha Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 785	I like the sunset one. __________________ Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. I will resist with every inch and every breath, I will resist this psychic death! There's more than two ways of thinking, more than one way of knowing, more than two ways of being!

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