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We brought you our Big Wheel build up yesterday and now, we proudly present you with our 93-image gallery and video from Sunday's Bring Your Own Big Wheel (BYOBW) event in San Francisco.

According to the organizer, there was a lot of publicity right before the event and because of all the coverage, they had a record turnout. What originally began as a dozen friends temporarily closing down Lombard for a short trip down memory lane, has morphed into something even the original participants would have never imagined. Well over 100 Big Wheel-toting adolescents (mentally, not physically) were cheered on by over 2,000 spectators, as the crashed and careened their way down the street. As the organizer told us before the race began, "I'm happy we have this kind of turnout, but I don't have a permit and I don't have insurance, so please be safe and keep the Hell of the resident's shrubs."

The video is posted after the jump, along with a pic of yours truly making my way through turn three. Enjoy!

Gallery: BYOBW


Many thanks to Melissa Smith for manning the cameras while we were channeling our inner seven-year-old.

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Living in the Bay Area, we get our fair share of interesting activities. Some are more benign than others, but for seven years, a small band of friends have decided to relive their youth by temporarily shutting down a one-block long portion of Lombard Street -- known as the Most Crooked Street in the World -- to run their childhood conveyance in a spectacular showing of grace and stupidity. It's referred to as BYOBW, or Bring Your Own Big Wheeler.

This year, we decided to join the fray, and in order to do so, we needed a Big Wheel. With forty dollars and an hour of our time, we built our plastic steed the night before the big race and decided to document it here.

The full story of our Easter exploits is forthcoming. But in the meantime, follow the jump for our compelling build up.

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