Cycling
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How the cooperative work structure is making a comeback to democratize labor
Do you ever have the feeling that your boss is ripping you off? Maybe it’s not your boss; maybe it’s a bit more abstract. Like you get home from work and feel cheated somehow. “They should be paying me more,” you might think. Or maybe you’re getting paid enough, but you still feel a bit empty. A bit hollowed out. Purposeless. If someone were to ask you, “Do you think your job needs to exist?” you think you know how you might answer, and it doesn’t make you feel any better.
I posed this question to myself not too long…
The most San Francisco form of transportation ever
Children love animals and things with wheels, so it makes sense that they would love the combination of the two. Indeed, there is something enduring about a stuffed animal that you can drive around.
Andrew Renz is the creative mastermind behind Blast Around, a company that makes more-durable versions of motorized stuffed animals. He started building them when his friend Dave spotted them in the mall and decided he wanted his own. When Andrew dissembled the “tragically horrible” mass-market rideable stuffed animals, he realized he could do much better. …
Photography by Chris Michel
San Francisco is a city of cyclists. According to the 2015 US Census, roughly 82,000 bike trips are made in the city each day. This number has been increasing drastically since 2006, due in part to bike-friendly improvements to streets that San Francisco has instituted during the past 10 years. It’s also no secret that a number of city-goers are obsessed with the artisanal. While we wouldn’t want to foot the bill, we’ve always been curious about what goes on inside one of these elusive bespoke bicycle shops.
Mission Bicycle Company, founded in 2008, is one…
Confession: I have not ridden a bike since I pedaled around my college town of San Luis Obispo on a mint-green beach cruiser, complete with a basket and a bell. Since moving to San Francisco, I’ve become a serious cyclist, meaning I make it to at least three spin classes a week.
It’s not that I’m afraid to cycle in the city; it’s just that given my suburban background, I feel safer sticking to stationary bikes, strolling on sidewalks and riding Muni. And unless you’re helmeting up regularly, you’re probably unaware that you live in one of most bike-friendly cities…
By Christopher Radcool Reynolds
The crowded streets of San Francisco can be frustrating, at best, and at their worst, they can be deadly. As of 2015, over 800 cyclists are killed per year. These incidents incite bicyclists to call for safer roads and increased education about bicycle and pedestrian safety. This got me thinking. I wanted to see if I could participate in the fight to make our streets safer for everyone. I reached out to my friends at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Walk San Francisco to see if there are any rules that most folks are unaware…
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