Momentum Magazine
November 2008

“For those who love bikes and biking, the local cycle calendar is full of flavourful events. February brings Love on Wheels, the 1970s-style dating game and party hosted by the SFBC. Easter is the date set for the Bring Your Own Big Wheel Ride down Lombard, San Francisco’s “crookedest street.” In April, local cycling heroes are cheered at the SFBC’s Golden Wheel awards. May’s Bike to Work Day rewards tens of thousands of commuters with coffee, treats, and more at 25 energizer stations throughout the city. In June you can ride with the Bicycle Music Festival and help pedal their human-powered PA system. more…

Hey BMF fans, the postcards are finally here. Their big, bold “Bicycle Music Festival” leaves no room for doubt. BMF is coming June 21. People are coming from as far as Seattle and LA. If you’ve got two wheels and two legs in this city, you know you need to be there.

And if you have a hankering to ride around to bike community hotspots like Zeitgeist, Ritual, and Atlas, bike shops like the FreeWheel, not to mention churches, synagogues, festivals, sustainability smokeouts, and night clubs like the Elbo Room and Bruno’s, and help with grassroots publicity for the BMF, please pickup some postcards and help us do distro. email paul@ or gabe@ this esteemed web site if you’re interested.

Bicycle Music Festival, San Francisco

By Krisztina Kun
Momentum Magazine
May 2008

The san francisco bicycle music festival combines two of the best parts of summer: open air concerts and riding around town with friends, creating a roving, interactive community celebration. On June 21, the longest day of the year, the festival starts at a Farmers’ Market and winds through the streets of San Francisco pumping music with a pedal-powered sound system. Stopping at parks throughout the afternoon, the ride becomes a sunset street party with stilt walkers and fire spinners, and ends at a converted auto body shop turned artists’ studio where the party continues until midnight. more…