Archive for April, 2008
Tucson loses bid for platinum award
From today’s paper:
Platinum bike-friendly award eludes regionBy Andrea KellyArizona Daily Star
The Tucson metropolitan area has been awarded another gold-level designation for bicycle friendliness, which is good, but not really where advocates wanted to be.Gold is the second-highest designation from the League of American Bicyclists; only a platinum award is better.
The Tucson area was first recognized [...]
El Grupo Conquers the Tour of the Tucson Mountains
El Grupo youth cycling team successfully completed the Tour of the Tucson Mountains bicycle race last weekend. Months of hard work paid off. El Grupo rode as a pack and averaged 18.8 mph for the 70 mile race. Pretty impressive considering it was the first race for 15-year-old Pablo Silva, who is [...]
Read More..>>Strong Sentence for Florida Motorist Who Killed Bicyclist
A 30-year-old man from Florida was sentenced to 25 years in prison for hitting and killing a mentally handicapped man on a bicycle and leaving him to die in the road. The motorist denied knowledge of hitting the bicyclist, saying that he thought someone had shot at his car or thrown a brick threw [...]
Read More..>>Nothing about this says "Sun Tran"
It seems every Tuesday Night Bike Ride somebody comes up to me with another horror story about almost getting hit by a Sun Tran bus and I can see why. Is there some kind of institutional hostility over there against bicyclists? What is it about that organization? Are there any cyclists [...]
Read More..>>Audio from the April 8 Tuesday Night Bike Ride 911 calls
Hopefully I have the bugs worked out of this.
Lauren obtained the audio of the 911 calls that got the helicopter called out on the April 8 Tuesday Night Bike Ride. It’s a .wav file. If it doesn’t work for you, try right clicking and downloading, but it should open up right away with a [...]
Another video stolen shamelessly from Urbanvelo.org
Urban Velo put this up and it is just so hilarious for an old art history/cycling double-major like me that I can’t resist sharing it.
It cheered me up on a grim evening, so maybe it will do the same for you!
–Erik Ryberg
Reason No. 3,456,898 to ride your bike
Exxon-Mobil posted record profits this year, easily beating all other Fortune 500 Companies.
Exxon’s 40 billion dollar profit this year is the highest ever annual profit from a U.S. company, a record that Exxon-Mobil also set in 2006 and 2005.
–Erik Ryberg
Idaho police searching for motorist who threatened to cut cyclist’s throat.
Fun times from my old home of Moscow, Idaho:
Motorist brandishes knife in confrontation with bicyclist (Subscription required)
A man allegedly threatened to cut a bicyclist’s throat with a pocket knife during an altercation at the corner of Sixth and Jackson streets Wednesday.
Moscow Assistant Police Chief David Duke said a witness reported at about 4:50 p.m. that [...]
Fifth Annual El Grupo Scavenger Hunt draws 150 people
This event is a benefit for El Grupo Youth Cycling in Tucson. The way it works is that Ignacio and Daniela hide puzzle pieces in diabolical places all over town and then give out a map with hints of varying degrees of uselessness which drive you crazy as you try to find the puzzle [...]
Read More..>>Caveat Emptor
I love the GABA Bike Swap, which was yesterday. There is always plenty to look at and usually there are lots of frames I would just love to buy if only they were a lot larger. This time around I bought two sets of wheels, a really cool old Raleigh three speed with [...]
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