Ride It or Walk It, But Do the Wiggle

Perhaps you thought the raved-about Wiggle was a recent hill-dodging bike route to get to NOPA and the Panhandle from most anywhere east. Maybe you didn’t know that much. Cast aside all assumptions and join expert Joel Pomerantz for his all-things-Wiggle “zig-zaggy” tour on two wheels or on foot. Expect plenty of natural and social history along the way.

Be transported back to the days when these very blocks were part of the San Souci Valley, with the inevitable sand dunes but also a good share of ponds and creeks. The real San Francisco natives, the Ohlone people, used this route, according to Pomerantz, “long before it became known by the ridiculous moniker.” Joel doesn’t shy from the ridiculous tag. He’s the one to first popularize the term “Wiggle” in a 1994 issue of the SF Bike Coalition’s Tubular Times. Not for a full decade did the Wiggle name really stick.

Do the Wiggle Bike Tour
When: Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010
Time: 12:45 to 2:30 pm
Meet: At the Bike Mural, Duboce Bikeway, Corner of Duboce & Church Streets
Cost: Donations appreciated, but no one turned away for lack of funds

Do the Wiggle WALKING Tour
When: Sunday, February 28, 2010
Time: 1 pm to 2:3 pm
Meet: At the Bike Mural, Duboce Bikeway, Corner of Duboce & Church Streets
Cost: Donations appreciated, but no one turned away for lack of funds

More info on this tour and others, see ThinkWalks here.