Archive for January, 2008
Behold the Velorbis Long John
But you cannot buy it in this country. More info at www.velorbis.com.
Read More..>>Another B.A.C. Meeting. Sigh.
I attended the Bike Advisory Committee meeting this week. As most of you know, the point of the “BAC” is to be a liason between bicyclists and the city council. Also, a committee like this is needed to achieve the coveted “Platinum” bike friendly award from the League of American Bicyclists.
I have [...]
Report from Elizabeth
One of the things that is so cool about Tucson is that just a few blocks from my office you can buy a bus ticket all the way to Mexico City. For $160.00. You get on the bus in Tucson and about 36 hours later you get off it in one of the largest [...]
Read More..>>…Speaking of right hook accidents
A driver right hooked me this morning as he was turning into his apartment complex. Oblivious to having hit me, he proceeded to his designated parking space. When I confronted the man, he said that he had signaled to make the turn, and I replied that signaling when you are behind a cyclist [...]
Read More..>>More on bike boxes
About ten minutes after making that last post of the “bike box” (directly below) my friend Greta alerted me to this article in the New York Times about Portland, Oregon’s decision to install several of them in areas where the “right hook” problem is acute. Two Portland cyclists died last year in right hook [...]
Read More..>>Someday in Tucson . . .
I stole this photo from the excellent link sent to me by my friend Leo from the Carfee USA blog. I’m not sure what city it is from.
–Erik Ryberg
Another refreshing Tuesday Night Community Ride
Everybody was all bundled up for last night’s Tuesday ride which went east through residential areas and turned around at the mall. There was a fairly large turnout and the ride was very pleasant and peaceful. At one point we used the pedestrian technique to cross a busy road. It culminated in [...]
Read More..>>Cargo bike invasion
Another cargo bike has rolled in to Tucson, which means that there are now three of them floating around the 4th Ave./Downtown area. Erik and I met the owner of the third bike on the Tuesday ride last night, and he seems to be very pleased with the purchase. The Mercurio can be [...]
Read More..>>Now I want one of these, too
Allison sent in this link to a four-person, pedal-powered Buick. Unfortunately it was determined by the authorities to be unsuitable for highway use, at least in Canada.
–Erik Ryberg
Nice turnout on a windy New Year’s Tuesday Night Ride
I didn’t count but there was a great crowd and it was a fun ride. A couple showed up on a Bike Friday tandem, something I’ve never seen and, of course, now want.
Actually there were three tandems on the ride. My friends Greta and Steve brought out their lovely old Peugeot tandem and [...]