Saturday: You should come to the Supermarket Street Sweep, a ride around the city to collect groceries for the SF food bank. It’s nominally an alleycat-style race (a few hundred people show up, they give you a list of grocery stores to visit and things to buy, and you have to figure out a route), but I’m not going to try to “compete” this time— I just want to get some friends together to do it at whatever pace is comfortable.
I did it last year, and it was a lot of fun— good people, a good cause, an irreverent not-too-serious vibe. Plus, there will be a party afterwards with lots of donated prizes raffled off. Seriously, probably at least half of the people at the party won something last year.
Bring a rack, panniers, bags, etc if you have them (we’ll probably join the “cargo” division rather than the speed division)— let’s see how much weight we can bring back.
Cupid’s Span, Saturday, noon, the biking ends at 4.
Also this weekend:
Sunday: The SF Bike Coalition’s “Winterfest” party and fundraiser. As usual, I’ll be working one of the beer tents (the first shift, until 8:15). I know it’s not cheap ($35, I believe, or $20 more for unlimited beer, and you need to be an SFBC member), but if you decide to go, drop by and say hi.
Friday: It’s the monthly SF Bike Party (leisurely-pace evening ride of 200+ people around some part of the city, with stereo systems and stops in parks). I haven’t been in a long time, but will probably skip it because of all the other bike love.