SFBC Treehouse Talk: Taming the Bike Commuter Beast

By Aaron Bialick
Oct 25, 2010

Come hear Timbuk2 CEO Mike Wallenfels talk about his 38-mile commute from Novato to San Francisco’s Mission District. Mike will share his secrets to bike commuting success that will get you off the fence and on your bike.

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At Safe Streets Rally, SFPD Blocks Bike Lane to Make Point of Victim-Blaming

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 21, 2013

Update: Shahum reported that SFBC staffer Marc Caswell found a surveillance camera at an auto body shop which has footage of Le Moullac’s crash, even though SFPD has said no such footage could be found. More on that story later as it develops. San Francisco Police Sergeant Richard Ernst apparently decided that the best way to […]

Victims Share Tales of SFPD Anti-Bike Bias and Hostility at City Hall

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 8, 2013

When Sarah Harling was hospitalized by a minivan driver who made a left turn into her at a stop sign intersection, she says the SFPD officer who filed the police report included a fabricated statement from her claiming that she “approached the stop sign without stopping.” Harling said she tried to submit a response to […]

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Panel Asks: How do We Get More Diversity in Bike Advocacy?

By Roger Rudick | Aug 17, 2016

Yesterday evening, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) held a discussion about diversity as part of its “Bike Talks” series at the Sports Basement Grotto on Bryant Street. Janice Li, Advocacy Director for SFBC, moderated a panel comprised of Lateefah Simon, President of the Akonadi Foundation, Tamika Butler, Executive Director of the Los Angeles County […]

SFBC Treehouse Talk: Taming the Bike Commuter Beast

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 11, 2011

From SFBC: Taming the Bike Commuter Beast, a presentation by Timbuk2 CEO and Marin to SF commuter Mike Wallenfels. Riding to work can be a daunting endeavor for newbies, but Timbuk2 CEO Mike Wallenfels has learned how to make it work. Learn about his 38-mile commute from Novato to San Francisco’s Mission District. Mike will […]

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Faces Contested Board Election

By Melanie Curry | Nov 30, 2015

UPDATE: This post has been edited to clarify a point about the SFBC board’s actions. Please see note at end. For the first time in its history, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, which has grown to become one of the city’s most active and effective advocacy organizations, is facing a contested election for its board. […]

SFBC Finds What SFPD Didn’t: Video of Crash That Killed Amelie Le Moullac

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 23, 2013

Soon after an SFPD sergeant harassed bicycle advocates at a rally for safer streets at the site where Amelie Le Moullac was killed, SF Bicycle Coalition Program Manager Marc Caswell found what SFPD investigators claimed they couldn’t: two surveillance cameras facing the street, one of which had footage showing the truck driver running over Le […]