# Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race — Vermont Street, San Francisco

**Source:** SFist.com, April 2025
**Original URL:** https://sfist.com/2025/04/21/video-bring-your-own-big-wheel-race-draws-easter-crowds-to-sfs-vermont-street/
**Archived:** March 15, 2026
**Evidence Map Reference:** SFist_BigWheel_Vermont_2025.url (B05: Nothing Stolen)

## Key Facts

Vermont Street in Potrero Hill is San Francisco's true crookedest street — sinuosity 1.56 vs Lombard's 1.2, as measured by Travel Channel's "Fact or Fiction." Originally a straight unpaved road, switchbacks were added circa 1928 to make the steep incline navigable.

The Bring Your Own Big Wheel race began in 2000 when John Brumit rode a children's big wheel down Lombard Street. The event moved to Vermont Street in 2009. By 2025, it was in its 23rd year, held on Easter Sunday.

## Relevance to B05

Vermont Street, Potrero Hill — the location of Steve's house. The post describes arriving at "his house on Vermont Street — the real crookedest street in San Francisco, not the tourist one." This article confirms the street's character and neighborhood context.