Do you bike in the city? Do you want to bike in the city? Do you have friends who want to bike, but doesn't know where to start? We need you! We are planning a series of safe, accessible rides though urban San Francisco that give people a taste of every-day biking in the city. You won't find 50 people in spandex on fancy bikes, or a mass of riders in the street a la Critical Mass. Love them both, but we want to add something different to the mix! Here's what we envision: + Safe, tried and true r …

… Safe bicycling is a great way to explore and enjoy new vistas, get in better shape, live fully with great pleasure and make fun new friends. "Since the bicycle makes little demand on material or energy resources, contributes little to pollution, makes a positive contribution to health and causes little death or injury, it can be regarded as the most benevolent of machines." Stuart S. Wilson

We'd like to connect with tandem bicycle owners (and tandem lovers if not owners) in and around San Francisco. Let's share our enthusiasm and experiences, swap tips and advice, and of course meet up! As it happens, we founders of this tandem Meetup group are not car drivers. This means that when we go out the door, it is not to load the tandem on the roof of the car and drive to a bike path; when we go out the door, we're tandeming—on city streets, though probably on our way to a reachable bike …