Archive for January, 2008
Too bad the beer is so awful . . .
I first saw this fine, patriotic beer ad on drunkcyclist a few years ago, but lost it and could not find it again. Today I found it (again via drunkcyclist) on the rather brilliant site “Church of the Big Ring.”
One of my favorites of all time.
See it on YouTube.
You heard it folks: let the [...]
"Bicycle Boxing" arrives in Tucson
Years ago kids liked to lean out the passenger side of speeding cars and swing baseball bats at mailboxes along the road. This was called “mailboxing,” as in, “yo, we’re going mailboxing tonight.”
Recently though this mundane practice has become outdated, apparently, and some have taken up a more sophisticated sport they call “bicycle boxing.” [...]
Another cargo bike I want to own before I die
Corey the Bike Courier alerted me to the cargo bike offerings from Bilenky Bikes (Cargo Bike Page), a company that manufactures outrageously beautiful bicycles. Readers of TBL know of my pathological fetish for cargo bikes and so probably are not surprised that I am drooling over these things.
Bilenky Bikes also will cut your steel [...]
This Week’s Tuesday Night Ride
This week’s community ride had a larger showing than last week as the university spring semester commenced. Footdown was played in a new location in the bike path tunnel on campus. Here is a photo of Erik and Hunter battling it out.
-lauren
This in from www.aliciarides.com
Most of you know about Alicia’s website on cycling in Tucson, much of it devoted to competitive events, but also bike advocacy. I just got this note from her:
1.I was going to tell you that late fees are in effect for the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo BUT when I put the link [...]
Police say driver who killed Jose Rincon was drunk
From the Tucson Citizen.
From the article:
Glenda L. Rumsey, 42, of East Migratory Place, near Broadway and Houghton Road, had a blood-alcohol content that exceeded .08 percent, the legal limit in Arizona, Sgt. Mark Robinson said.
Robinson would not give the figure or say whether Rumsey’s BAC would qualify her for an extreme DUI charge.
Rumsey faces charges [...]
In Memory of Jose…
This sign was put up on St. Mary’s road in front of Jose’s elementary school. I spoke with one of the teachers and she informed me that the school has plans to plant a tree and make a memorial for him.
-lauren
Driver involved in fatal collision with bicyclist Jose Rincon faces charge of 2nd degree murder
This article in the Arizona Daily Star reports that Glenda Rumsey, 42, is likely to be charged with 2nd degree murder for the death of 14 year old bicyclist Jose Rincon. Erik believes that this statute describes why she can be charged with 2nd degree:
Arizona Revised Statutes 13-1104(a)(3). Under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to [...]
More on last weekend’s fatal bicycle accident in Tucson
This is a photo of Jose Rincon, the young teen who was killed this weekend.
The driver of the vehicle is in custody, according to this very-painful-to-read article. The bicyclists were not in the road. The motorist drove off the road and hit them from behind.
I think every person convicted of violating [...]
Fourteen-year old bicyclist killed in Tucson Saturday night; friend injured
These stories are so awful.
Another story here. Seems the two were riding on the side of the road and struck from behind.
Our condolences to the family and friends of the young rider.
–Erik Ryberg