Bike+Beats and pretty peeps

hola all;
we wanted to share 2 of these week's events organized by two of our awesome local girlfriends MK+Gwen (and their cool crews+teams) here:

BIKES+BEATS
friday nov. 9th 9PM-2AM 
Baobab Village 3372 19th street / Mission

+ 11.9 facebook event page 
+ @sfyellowbike 
+ facebook.com/SFYellowBike

On Friday, November 9th, Bikes & Beats resurfaces after a brief hiatus to facilitate a fundraising fete for the newly-incorporated 501(c)3, San Francisco Yellow Bike Project. The B&B / SFYBP combo will take over the larger hall of the newly renovated Baobab Village (formerly Bollyhood Cafe) in the Mission with party-rocking DJ's (and cyclists) PARTY BEN (House Nation, Live 105.1FM) and MATT HAZE (Beats for Lunch, Silent Frisco) and the debut headlining performance of SKINS & NEEDLES, a live collaboration between DJ ZEPH (of Zeph & Azeem and the infamous Oakland Faders turntablist crew) and Crown City Rockers drummer, MAX MCVEETY. 

** All profits from the event will be donated to the San Francisco Yellow Bike Project and towards the medical fund for local bicycle hero Chuey Munkanta.
$10 suggested donation

Pedal Savvy at the SFBike Expo
Event Details:
Pedal Savvy fashion show 1:00pm, Nov. 10th and 11th
SF Bike Expo - November 10th and 11th 10:00am-5:00pm
Location: Cow Palace  2600 Geneva Ave, Daly City, Ca 94015

SF Bike Expo and Pedal Savvy present “Falling in Love with Cycling”The 3rd annual Pedal Savvy bicycle fashion show taking place at the Cow Palace November 10th and 11th 2012 at 1:00pm will feature models styled to look fantastic on and off a bike through the ever changing climates faced on the daily ride.  Models will be rolling down the “bikeway” exhibiting a range of clothing and gear from bike specific brands to vintage and designer, all on sleek sexy bicycles. Pedal Savvy is pleased to introduce Nutcase Helmets, Civia Cycles and Huckleberry Bicycles as this year’s presenting sponsors.Pretty Parlor A Go Go, San Francisco’s first and only mobile beauty truck will be providing hair and makeup services for the fashion show models.

About Pedal Savvy:A fashion show that introduces new innovative lifestyle biking apparel and accessories to inspire cyclists to have great style on and off a bicycle.  As well as educate cyclists that their daily ride can be done comfortably and fashionably.Pedal Savvy strives to go beyond the fashion show and exist as a community resource for both cyclists and businesses on all things bicycle fashion related. 

About SF Bike Expo:A yearly bicycle event that takes place at the Cow Palace.  The SF Bike Expo now in it’s fifth year combines the sport, leisure and utility of cycling.  Its mission is to bring the bicycling cultures and communities together under one roof in order to inspire, introduce and invigorate.  A variety of bicycle related vendors exhibit their latest goods to the diverse crowd of participants while  athletes demo incredible skill during the many amazing dirt and road competitions.

LINKS:
+ pedalsavvy.com 

+ fb event page 

+ fb page

+ + + + Lots of bikey events happening this weekend including the bike expo and citizen chain 5th anniv, pictures and sites are attached below. HAVE FUN!

 facebook event page + citizenchain.com + fb page

sfbikeexpo + fb event page + @sfbicycleexpo

Bikey Bay Area Weekend Calendar

Friday:

East Bay Bike Party: Lucky Charms Ride

Starts at Ye Olde Hut (near Rockridge BART)

route map is on link above.

Sunday:

Fundraiser for AidsLifecycle. Support the biciclistas for "sun and fun in the mission" who are "riding to end AIDS!" It's being held at Mission Workshop. Check out their flier here.

Give a bike, change a life! -Hans Rey

I recently received a note from a fellow blog-buddy to post, and decided to also post it here, because it is so very close to our collab blog here, and it is what this blog is all about, changing our lives for the better as citizens of this world and our planet. Thought I'd share.

*cross post from Bikes and the City
I had not heard of Wheels4Life before. I enjoyed reading about the goals this group has formed to contribute and fundraise for a great cause, providing an efficient and access to school and multiple othe locations for everyday use indeveloping countries. I thought it was a nice cause for change and benefit of this planet and us as citizens of this world, so thought I'd share it with you all

(From Josh's email) Founded by mountain bike legend Hans Rey, W4L is hosting an auction selling off 10 dream mountain bikes to raise money, which in turn will go toward buying bikes for developing nations. Wheels4Life is a great charity that provides much needed transportation to closed off pockets of the world, but for more information check out their website at www.wheels4life.org 

A link to this video was also included in his note:




From their page: About Wheels4Life

Wheels4Life is a non-profit organization that provides bikes for people in developing countries who really need them. Often these people live in very primitive and remote areas with no access to public transportation. The closest school, doctor or work-place might be 10 or 20 miles away. In developing countries, children use bicycles to get to school, adults use them to get to work, and health care workers use them to access their patients. Without a bicycle, children can end up uneducated, families can be without enough income to survive, and illnesses are left untreated. Wheels4Life provides the life-altering mobility of a bicycle to make the daily necessities accessible. The gift of a bicycle can work miracles.

So, there are a few auctions left this month to participate in, if you are interseted. Not sure how many of you are into Mt. bikes, but these look pretty sweet.

Auctions

Auction 4: 12/6 - 12/12: Focus First XC and Titus El Guapo
Auction 5: 12/13 - 12/19: Focus Raven and Titus Rockstar 29

Check out more info on the auctions and bicycles here: Bid on a bike. Change a Life»

OK, that is all for now. Now off to riding a bike =)

Radical History of San Francisco bike ride

thought i'd post this here for our SF readers who may be interested in learning about a radical history of san francisco via bici. this is a fundraiser for the national lawyers guild, SF chapter:

Radical History of San Francisco bike ride
Benefits National Lawyers Guild SF

Sun., Jun. 13 @ 10:45 am –3:00pm
Meet at Harry Bridges Plaza - Front of Ferry Building, San Francisco

Learn about the radical history of San Francisco from the 1800s through the more recent past, by biking through SF to visit sites of protest and dissent relating to workers’ rights, immigrant rights, civil rights, women’s rights, environmental struggles, and more.

Led by Rai Sue Sussman and Michael Flynn.

All proceeds benefit the National Lawyers Guild-SF chapter
$15 to $50 sliding scale donation.
RSVP to raul@nlgsf.org.
To prepay online, go to: http://www.nlgsf.org/events/#event416

can also be found here on the sfbc's chain of events: http://www.sfbike.org/?chain#3989