The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition organized a bike tour of San Francisco ice cream shops last Sunday. See photos from the ride here.

Mejor en Bici is Spanish for “Better on Bikes.” It’s also the name of a privately funded bike share in Mexico City. This program complements Mexico City’s efforts to make it’s transporation more sustainable.

Read more at Planetsave.

I really don’t know what to say — the facts are that local entrepenuer Chris Hipp passed Tuesday morning on his way to a local ride. He’s not much older than me, though he was a much better cyclist. I’ve heard he was felled by an aneurysm or an embolism, but I don’t really know what happened.

Hipp used to go on club rides with a very young Lance Armstrong in Texas in the 80s. In the late 90s, he pioneered high density computing with blade computers (the world I live in these days), moved to Silicon Valley, sold his company to HP and became an industry analyst.

I took the long way home on my bike Tuesday evening in his memory.

Elsewhere:

• Pat “Mad Dog” O’Grady: Falling Star
• R2D2: Chris Hipp 1961 – 2009.
• Norcal Cycling News: Christopher Hipp.
• Chis Hipp’s website.

Salut on this Bastille Day!

“Green” Brothel gives discount to cycling patrons. “The recession has hit our industry hard.”

Find a riding buddy Really Fast.

School bans bike riding to school.

NYT: Gender gap in urban cycling. In Scotland, there’s a project to specifically encourage school girls to bike.

Urban Outfitters now sells urban hipster bikes for $400 plus shipping. Via Bicycle Design and others.

Bicycle summer inspiration hurray!

SF guerrilla bike lane markings.

Bikes in the City: Velib World Champions give their tips on how to best utilize the famous Paris bike rental service (en Francais).

Skirting Around. And Bike Skirt has their own website now.

Holier: Selling transit to conservatives.

Win a Giant bicycle from Burger King.

Fixie Noob Advice: Don’t stop pedaling.

Treehugger reviews shower in a bottle.

Jason Mancebo’s Nevada City Classic photos.

Another Lance Armstrong Art Bikes.

Photo by Richard Masoner.