Citizen Chain Cyclery

Last Day To Vote! - Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay

Vote for Us!

Thanks so much to everyone that voted for us! We are thrilled to be in the top 5 rated shops in the bay area! HA! But its not all fun and games here at the Chain. We need your help again! The SF Bay Guardian is having their annual polling for the Best of the Bay too! And guess what!? We need your votes again! So click here to fill out your voting slip! Its kind of long, so let me make it easy for you. Page 4 “Shopping” we are up for Best Bike Shop (#22) and then on Page 5 “City Living” we are up for Best Bike Mechanic (#29). So make haste! and tell your friends! Sorry this is such a late notice. All of our friends on facebook knew about it. Why didnt you? Why arnt you our facebook friend?! WHY?!

New bike racks

Nicest rack around town!

Hello Internets! Guess who stopped by the shop yesterday?! A wonderful worker for the city of San Francisco! He installed the new bike racks we have outside our shop! Which means more parking for everyone!

PS - Dont forget to check out Phil’s blog on this site! He totally riding across the country and putting his story online for all to read! Last updated on the 17th. (note to Phil - lets get some pics up there!)

New bike racks outside the shop!

New bike racks outside the shop!

Dont look at the photo above and guess what? I bet you’ll never guess! Okay I’ll tell you. Two guys from the city came by and told me that as part of the plans to make bicycle-associated improvements to the city, theyre putting a bunch of new bike racks in. And thanks to a few anonymous tips to the coalition, Citizen Chain is getting 2 new bike racks out front! Oh yeah! Word has it that they will be put in by the end of the month. — That and were getting a couple of trees put up outside of the shop too! Its just us doing our little part to beautify our already beautiful city!

Bicycles on the Equator

sweet ride.

Hello internets! After a much needed hiatus, Im baaaack. I went to Ecuador for a quick 2 week jaunt with some friends. While I was there I tried to keep an eye out for bike paraphernalia. All in all, they really like mountain bikes there. Its a downhiller’s paradise. At the Teleferico, I saw a couple of guys throw their bikes on the gondola to cruise the 1000+ meter drop before sunset. Then I saw one crazy dude go after sunset. A couple of road bikers were here and there with one group of 8 spotted on the way to Banos. I also met a guy in Mindo that had broken his back in 3 places a couple of years back. He said that he has ridden pretty much every trail in Mindo but was lucky to still be walking after his little accident. Yeah, Id say.

This particular example was seen in downtown Banos. Looks like someone disassembled and then re-welded the frame together. Take a moment to really take this one in. A couple blocks away in the city square I found these lovely railings. Super sweet! I had a great time and wish I could have gotten a few more choice shots for you (a couple notable examples come to mind) but its a good excuse to go back. Do you think they have bicycles on Galapagos?