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5/21/2009 Nicole "Nico" G. says:

Get your mind out of the gutter...

Bicycles! Where to do get them, gussy them up, repair them, ride them?
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5/21/2009 Patricia "Hon of Hons" H. says:

Wheels of Justice in Montclair, and then ride them up to Redwood Regional Park!
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5/21/2009 elrod "In certain cultures, its illegal to look this good" m. says:

damn and i was SOLD!!!   :P
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5/21/2009 Nicole "Nico" G. says:

Box Dog Bikes is pretty cool. They're a co-op so they charge very fair prices for bicycle repair.
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5/21/2009 Joe "Pickles" G. says:

Recycle Bicylce in Berkeley! My brother Jake works there.

http://www.yelp.com/bi...
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5/27/2009 Triton H. says:

Anyone else notice the tasteless combination of an email title of "Put The Fun Between Your Legs" and just below the title, the statement "This Weekly Yelp brought to you by SF Women Against Rape"
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5/27/2009 Evy "Don't look at here" S. says:

I noticed that, Triton. Hopefully they didn't do it on purpose.
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5/27/2009 mary ann "back to jaded" c. says:

I noticed that and am still confused as to how thats tasteless?
seriously
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5/27/2009 kwang "super high standards cuz mom's a good cook" c. says:

not that fun....   other things are more fun between your legs

stripper poles
bareback horse ridding
motorcycle
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5/27/2009 John "Mr Miscreant" H. says:

Alright, so I've only been to a handful of bike shops here so far, but these guys are currently my favorite: http://www.yelp.com/bi...
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5/27/2009 Roderic "The" C. says:

I like Pacific Bikes.
http://www.yelp.com/bi...
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5/27/2009 Evy "Don't look at here" S. says:

mary ann "back to jaded" c. says:

I noticed that and am still confused as to how thats tasteless?
seriously
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I'm not easily offeded by things, but I can see them getting a lot of backlash for this. I wonder what they were thinking. It was pretty tasteless.
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5/27/2009 Jessica "in your guts you know they're nuts" V. says:

I noticed that, Triton, and thought it was very tacky.

Mary ann - those of us who find it tasteless do so because it's mixing a title that is sexual innuendo - and specific to women, at that ("put the fun between your legs" implying "insert cock here," Nicole even takes note of the double entendre in her OP) and then immediately tying it in to women against rape.  

I'm not going to throw some fit about it, but yeah, Yelp HQ - victims of sexual assault would have reason to be offended by that.  I don't see how that supports SF Women Against Rape.  If anything it seems to mock it.
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5/27/2009 Nish N. says:

Hey everyone, this was a poor oversight and we have changed the title here: http://www.yelp.com/we.... We seriously did not mean to offend anyone. If anyone has any questions, they can contact me directly at nish@yelp.com.
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5/27/2009 Suge K. says:

any questions? about anything? because i have a lot of questions....
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5/27/2009 Geoffrey N. says:

I think its time for another episode of "Ask Suge."
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5/27/2009 michelle "the bugkiller" L. says:

Too little, too late.  My content is going bye-bye.
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5/27/2009 Nicole "Nico" G. says:

Yeah, I'm really sorry about that guys. I should have put two and two together. That title is one we've used in other cities for our bicycle issues, so I just didn't catch that the sponsor and the issue didn't match up.
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5/27/2009 Mowgli B. says:

My problem is I've been riding alone for too long.
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5/27/2009 Bert C. says:

Juvinile headline to begin with--just plain dumb--but it's turned tasteless thanks to editors asleep at the keyboard. I don't get the feeling staff there is terribly experienced.
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5/27/2009 Nicole "Nico" G. says:

Just in case you're interested, we resent the email with a corrected headline and apology: http://www.yelp.com/we...
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5/27/2009 Scotty "SAUCE" D. says:

booooooooooo!!!!
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5/27/2009 luis "already banged the bejeezus out of your girlfriend" .. says:

Time to bring out the drama llama!
*insert picture of drama llama*
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5/27/2009 Michael "ubercool" T. says:

Frankly I thought the first headline was hilarious. By apologizing for it and sending out another e-mail, you:

1. Draw yet more attention to the first headline and force curious peeps like me to come in and post for a change. ;)
2. Disavow any knowledge that a bicycle is indeed a lot of fun between your legs.

Just my dos centavos. We take ourselves too seriously sometimes. :)
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5/27/2009 Nicole "Nico" G. says:

I do personally like a good bicycle between my legs.
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5/27/2009 elrod "In certain cultures, its illegal to look this good" m. says:

yelp elites are human too.
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5/27/2009 Michael "ubercool" T. says:

Nicole, all I can say is a good bicycle is great to find. ;)
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5/27/2009 Keith Charles "Kitten Spanker" F. says:

I clicked on this thread for all the wrong reasons.
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5/27/2009 Tammy "so over this" A. says:

Ha ha ha ha! Just about died laughing when I received the "corrected" Weekly Yelp. I'm gonna save both of 'em for posterior -- oop, I mean, posterity.

Somebody needs to go to Yelp Jail...Nish????
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5/27/2009 Paul B. says:

I also was surprised by the title, and maybe it was over the top for Yelp...but how does a title implying sexual adventure have anything to do with sexual assault. Sex does not equal violence toward women and every sexual innuendo isn't harassment.  To mis-quote Freud, sometimes sex is just sex.
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5/27/2009 Mary C. says:

yelp needs to get over itself
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5/27/2009 Alexandra "the Tsaritsa" N. says:

Who the hell bikes in San Francisco? I used to ride my bike everywhere in Philly, but it's not quite as hilly there. Biking here looks like a death trap.
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5/27/2009 Rich W. says:

the title was corrected, the terrorists won.
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5/27/2009 Adam "remembering Sammy Jenkis" P. says:

kwang "hey mon me got no job" c. says:

not that fun....   other things are more fun between your legs

stripper poles
bareback horse ridding
motorcycle

...

size queen
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5/27/2009 Kelly P. says:

Yelp made adrants! Fun times:
http://www.adrants.com...
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5/27/2009 Rich F. says:

If you are in North Beach, another great bike shop is Citizen Chain!!

http://www.citizenchai...
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5/27/2009 Evy "Don't look at here" S. says:

http://sf.eater.com/ar...

Whoops...
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5/27/2009 Nicole "Nico" G. says:

Oh, Eater. So dramatic.
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5/27/2009 Naomi C. says:

the headline in the email this morning did raise my eyebrow, i'm not gonna lie.   but as soon as i saw it was about bicycles i just put it in the trash.  The corrected email just made me fish it out of the trash and save it in my gmail inbox forever...  

by the way anyone else read "resent" instead of "re-sent" aloud in their minds when reading this??

Nicole "Da Mayor" G. says:

Just in case you're interested, we resent the email with a corrected headline and apology: http://www.yelp.com/we...

funny stuff.
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5/27/2009 Roderic "The" C. says:

Its funny when people make a fuss about things like being offended by the subject of an email. But whats more funny is that they make these comments in a not-even-close-to-anonymous account. A random sampling of profiles of complainers shows some pretty bitter behavior across the board, not just in replies to this email.  s/funny/sad/g

FWIW I was inspired to take a nice bike ride today because of this email. Then I gave it a 5 star review.
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Nicole "Da Mayor" G. says:

Oh, Eater. So dramatic.

**********

Not if you know someone who's been raped.
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5/27/2009 Anna "you remind me of my gucci shoes" S. says:

"Not if you know someone who's been raped"
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some of ya'll are taking this WAY too seriously.

unfortunate faux pas, apology given, so what? this is not a federal case.
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5/27/2009 Megan "mama tried" D. says:

+1 Anna
Seriously guys, get over it
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5/27/2009 crispy "ode to potatoes" b. says:

Terrible oversight.

Not over it, and neither is SF Women Against Rape.
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5/27/2009 Megan "mama tried" D. says:

well, that's unfortunate
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5/27/2009 John "Mr Miscreant" H. says:

I liked that little regexp Roderic threw in there.  It was very s/clever/pompous/g!
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5/27/2009 Nicole "Nico" G. says:

Just got off the phone with my contact at SFWAR and she has been so lovely and gracious. If there's someone from SFWAR who's upset who I'm not aware of, they can feel free to contact me at nicole@yelp.com
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5/27/2009 elrod "In certain cultures, its illegal to look this good" m. says:

Aimee L. says:

Nicole "Da Mayor" G. says:

Oh, Eater. So dramatic.

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Not if you know someone who's been raped.
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+1
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5/27/2009 Megan "mama tried" D. says:

elrod "do you want me to squirt you?" m. says:

Aimee L. says:

Nicole "Da Mayor" G. says:

Oh, Eater. So dramatic.

**********

Not if you know someone who's been raped.
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Yeah, I do - ME, and I can still see that this was nothing more than an unfortunate mistake
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5/27/2009 elrod "In certain cultures, its illegal to look this good" m. says:

@megan  sorry to hear and that takes a lot of guts to come out and say that.
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5/27/2009 John "Mr Miscreant" H. says:

Ummm perhaps you should be responding to this, Nicole?

http://www.soychicka.c...
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5/27/2009 Megan "mama tried" D. says:

thanks Elrod. I'm really not trying to make on issue of it, I just want whoever it is from SFWAR that is still angry over this to shift focus back to what really matters - helping rape victims
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5/27/2009 Thömäs "\m/" F. says:

Why is everyone so butt-hurt over this?  They stated that it was done by accident and rectified the problem.
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5/27/2009 Shelly "this will go down in your permanent record" V. says:

Anna "back on the scene, crispy and clean" S. says:

"Not if you know someone who's been raped"
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some of ya'll are taking this WAY too seriously.

unfortunate faux pas, apology given, so what? this is not a federal case.
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I agree.

And yes, this is an issue near and dear to my heart and to my family.

It's just another reason for people to attack yelp.

What do you want them to do? Take 100 lashes in the public square?
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5/27/2009 John "Mr Miscreant" H. says:

YES.  And Ray Brennan gets first ups.
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5/27/2009 Bart F. says:

Aimee L. says:

Terrible oversight.

Not over it, and neither is SF Women Against Rape.
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looks like someone needs to have a little bit more fun between their legs. geez
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5/27/2009 crispy "ode to potatoes" b. says:

Nish already sent an apology to me.

Bart, let's hope you put that face to good use someday, okay?
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5/27/2009 Shelly "this will go down in your permanent record" V. says:

I thought about my last post.

Although my last post is my opinion, I do acknowledge that people may be offended and very upset by the email.

However, do something productive. Tell yelp what you want them to do to make it better. Don't just say it sucks.
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5/27/2009 Bart F. says:

I was talking about riding a bike, Aimee. Please don't get all melodramatic and take my words out of context, ok?
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Megan "mother effing heirlooms" D. says:

elrod "do you want me to squirt you?" m. says:

Aimee L. says:

Nicole "Da Mayor" G. says:

Oh, Eater. So dramatic.

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Yeah, I do - ME, and I can still see that this was nothing more than an unfortunate mistake
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Good for you for coming out and saying that AND not taking the oversight personal.  

Everyone makes mistakes.  It's not like Yelp is trying to attack anyone.. sheesh.....
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5/27/2009 crispy "ode to potatoes" b. says:

Right, Bart.  Right.
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5/28/2009 Megan "mama tried" D. says:

Thanks jennifer:)
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5/28/2009 Ann "Dr. Ann" B. says:

Just get on your bikes and ride.....I like 'FreeWheel" in the Mission on Valencia....
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5/28/2009 Drue "sleep is overrated" C. says:

Aimee -  you have been critical of a sexual innuendo, the disrespect of people and the poor choice of words when referring to a group of people who bring something positive to the people who live in SF. Below is your review of SF.
______________________________ ____

I dreamily expand my waistband for your abundance of great chefs and delicious food.

I caress your bodily erection aptly named Coit Tower.

I throw away hundreds of dollars at Westfield.

I craftily move my car just so that ugly parking  maid won't give me a heinously overpriced ticket.

but still... you fuckin' tourists need to get the fuck out of my way.

_________________

Everything can be misunderstood, taken out of context or push somebodys buttons. Just making a point here.
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5/28/2009 loach X. says:

Alexandra "the Tsaritsa" N. says:

Who the hell bikes in San Francisco? I used to ride my bike everywhere in Philly, but it's not quite as hilly there. Biking here looks like a death trap.
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Not to push buttons...        
Anybody who is anybody bikes in SF.    

Just because you decided to retire your bike on the east coast due to the hills here (?!) - that has no impact or bearing on the reality of biking in the City.  Look out your window sometime, we're all over out there.    

It was a rather unfortunate headline.
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5/28/2009 .Hazel "Thistle lander" T. says:

Damn -
Okay that was my Hazey post right there (not loach's).   Sorry I forgot I was not on my own laptop....
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5/28/2009 Dolph "Subscribes to the Big Bang" W. says:

The consensus elsewhere in the Yelposphere is that those who have gone off on the warpath over this need to take a chill pill:

http://www.yelp.com/to...
http://www.yelp.com/to...
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5/28/2009 Theo "live every week like it's shark week" R. says:

If it was any more fun between my legs, I'd get arrested.
What's everyone talking about?
Rape isn't fun, while the wording is humorous... GET OVER IT.
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5/28/2009 Alan S. says:

Nicole & Nish, good job on being respectful and changing the title.
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5/28/2009 C "ChubbyBunny" B. says:

God are we STILL talking about this?

If this is the worst problem in your life, I want to live your life please.
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5/28/2009 Joshua L. says:

I'm sure the East Bay Express will be lifting quotes from this thread for their NEXT attack article on Yelp.
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5/28/2009 Keane L. says:

Here's a quote: Baby bugger bumper boo.
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5/28/2009 brian k. says:

did you also notice that Yelp stole a creative commons image for their rape-tacular newsletter:
http://www.flickr.com/...
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5/28/2009 Nicole "Nico" G. says:

Oh, we corrected that.
http://www.yelp.com/we...
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5/28/2009 Tammy "so over this" A. says:

congratulations on making the local media and techy blogs:

http://digg.com/arts_c...
http://www.techcrunch....
http://www.nbcbayarea....
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5/28/2009 Andrew "Flying Photog" L. says:

"Wheels of Justice in Montclair, and then ride them up to Redwood Regional Park!"

I wouldn't recommend buying from here necessarily; small shops tend to be really expensive. Go here for maintenance I guess.

They were pretty generous in that they let me ride one of their bikes way up the hill on a test ride in exchange for my driver's license.

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