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Bring Your Own Big Wheel is a Go for 2022
Registration is closed! This is an updated post from January. The event costs have been added down yonder so you can see where we are with donations. Is it really happening? Will we really have the hay in our eyes
Hang on tight fans, we are postponed again until 2022
This isn't easy to write so I'm just going to rip off the bandaid. Well, the subject line kinda already did but whatevs. Maybe us locals have gotten quite used to things being rescheduled, canceled or broadcast online. Being used to this bizarre new
BYOBW postponed until 2021
Note: This post has been updated since March when we first learned that the event had to be canceled. Unfortunately, due to the current public health concerns and restrictions on group gatherings in San Francisco until sigh, May or June or who the heck
BYOBW Will Happen Rain or Shine or Apocalypse! (edit 2021, well this didn’t age well)
Dear Big Wheel enthusiasts! We'd like to address the sickly elephant in the room and give it some space and respect. At this time Bring Your Own Big Wheel is proceeding as planned. Everything is in place for a successful event and unless things drastically
BYOBW is 20 in 2020! How You Doin’? Important Time Change This Year!
An iconic image from BYOBW 2006 on Lombard. Shout out to JRad! Can you believe this crazy, fun and crazy fun event has been happening for 20 years? According to legend, 2000 was the year the first handful of dorks rolled down
2019 Registration is Open! Event Info in this post!
Very serious on Lombard. This is my determined face (photo circa 2006 from the Lombard years). I'm just as determined today to make BYOBW happen! And happen it shall for everyone regardless of financial Bay Area wallet crunch constraints. We will never
BYOBW 2019 is a GO!
It's a typical chilly sunny day here in SF and on my day off I'm at the kitchen table tapping away at emails to SFPD and Rec and Park. The street closure permit hearing went smooth like buttah in December so one (of two)
Post Event Gratitude and a Fundraising Photo Opportunity
I was too exhausted to take a post-event video of how squeaky clean the park and street were on Monday but trust me, the hard working volunteers and yours truly made sure that no evidence was left from our merry making and mayhem on Sunday.
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