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Sharing is caring: Toy and bike drive with SF Bike Party!

Sharing is caring: 12/7/12 Toy and bike drive with SF Bike Party! Here at San Francisco Yellow Bike Project we consider all year a “season for giving”, but when we get to collaborate with groups like the San Francisco Bike Party on a toy drive, we get extra excited about holiday giving! On Friday, December 7th we will be…

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Back off Cyber Monday, think Giving Tuesday.

Check out these great gift ideas for your bikey friend, that will give you a warm fuzzy feeling without the guilty aftertaste. Click on the pictures to visit the eBay auctions for the items. 50% will go to Chuey’s Medical Fund, and 50% will go to SF Yellow Bike.  

Sunnyside Elementary Bike Swap and Rodeo!

Our Kids Bikes program sprinted off to a great start on October 20th, when we participated in Sunnyside Elementary School’s Bike Swap. Thanks to brilliant blogger (link to CYLRAB) and generous yellow bike contributor Adrienne Johnson, the Sunnyside PTA had invited us to be a part of this great project. At Sunnyside’s bike swap, families can bring an…

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Nov. 9 Fundraiser for SF Yellow Bike & Kachusha “Chuey” Munkanta

BIKES & BEATS is hosting a fundraiser dance party to benefit SF Yellow Bike and Chuey, the internationally celebrated cycling cap maker who is facing steep medical costs after an incident with SFPD. We 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,…

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SFYBP at Sunnyside Bike Festival

SFYBP will be helping to host a kid’s bike swap October 20th*. Because we will be offering the youth an opportunity to trade in their bikes, we will need more kids bikes. We are asking anyone who has a kid’s bike collecting dust in their house to let us offer that bike a new home.…

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SFYBP at Sunday Streets!

Yellow Bike: Use it for a day, for a year, or forever!

In our last post, we mentioned that we have shifted gears (groan) in our Yellow Bike program. In this post, we will elaborate on that change and explain the rationale behind it. The Change: As originally envisioned and imported from Austin, the Yellow Bike program involved releasing fleets of Yellow Bikes into the streets of…

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After Long Silence

Blogging after long silence; it is right, All other matters being completed or delayed, Unfriendly wet roads hid under clouds’ shade, The storage unit’s doors drawn against unfriendly night, That we descant and yet again descant Upon the themes of bikes and education: Bicycle repair requires wisdom; young We all began once and were ignorant.…

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Upcycle Ball: a huge success!

Well, we have taken a week to breathe, recount, reflect on and otherwise take a tally of our Inaugural Upcycle Ball. And we are so happy to announce that it was a HUGE success. First and foremost the reports from people who attended have been overwhelmingly positive. Mary Kay and Adam had a great time,…

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Silent Auction Update: Founders Feature

SFYBP President and Austin Yellow Bike Project veteran Nathan Woody is offering up not one, but two items for the auction! 2 hour Bike Workshop Work with SFYBP President, Nathan Woody, to learn the basics of maintaining, tuning, and generally loving YOUR bike! (some newer technologies may not be supported. No hover bikes, please.) One-of-a-Kind Fine Art by Nathan…

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