SAN FRANCISCO: THE SCARIEST BIKER GANG OF ALL

THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO ERUPT IN CIVIL WAR AS BICYCLISTS TAKE ON DRIVERS

San Francisco could take it easy if it wanted to. It could just sit there on the apron of the continent and find contentment in its unfair share of splendor. But America's most hypersensitive city has never been happy without a cause to embrace passionately or, at the very least, something to be ticked off about.

This time the entire populace has been worked into a lather over bicycles. Or cars. It depends on which side you're on. What began five years ago as a monthly rush-hour bicycle ride designed to make the point that cycling is a sensible alternative to...

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