Archive for June, 2008
En bici alrededor del mundo
Perhaps you have seen him parked on 4th Ave…his bicycle is hard to miss. Renato Campihno, a cheerful Brazilian man, is riding his bicycle around the world. Today I had the pleasure of riding with him for a few blocks. Apparently he will soon embark for Sedona as he makes his way [...]
Read More..>>Almost the one-year anniversary of the Tuesday Night Community Bike Ride!
I talked to my friend Nick Jett on the bike ride tonight. He says the one-year anniversary will be June 27 (his birthday), but we aren’t sure which Tuesday that is closest to this year.
Tonight’s ride had 200 or more people on it I think–it was huge. And what a beautiful [...]
Tucson Citizen weighs in post naked bike ride
The story is here.
As my friend Kyle says, whoa, people sure are making a big deal about this. I’m wondering what Freud would say, not about the participants in the ride, but about the crazy and obsessive and childish reactions to it.
–Erik Ryberg
Jose Rincon ghost bike to be removed by City . . . sort of
I’ve just been told the City intends to cut the lock on the Jose Rincon ghost bike. I am told they won’t remove the bike but they will cut the chain. Because, you see, it cannot be chained to city property.
I think Tucson ought to consider looking the other way on [...]
A few notes on tonight’s World Naked Bike Ride-Tucson
I’ve sure been getting a lot of calls about the World Naked Bike Ride. It turns out the article in yesterday’s Daily Star was on the front page, above the fold, and a version ran in the Arizona Republic as well. The comments sections are, as usual, particularly awful. Now TV stations [...]
Read More..>>And now this . . .
Bicyclists who bare it all could be arrested, city warns.
By Tom BealARIZONA DAILY STAR
You might want to cover your “naughty bits” if you plan to ride in Tucson’s first naked bike ride Saturday.
A flier promoting the Tucson World Naked Bike Ride suggests you go “as bare as you dare,” but lawyers warn that if you [...]
Girls Bike Out this Saturday . . . followed by the World Naked Bike Ride
Lauren isn’t here to advertise this month’s Heels on Wheels Girls Bike Out but I wanted to make sure to let everyone know about it. It leaves at 6 PM from Time Market on Saturday, June 7. Dress appropriately. Heels and evening wear encouraged, but not required. Please be sure your [...]
Read More..>>An interesting, somewhat counter-intuitive approach to bike theft
Those Dutch! They have apparently discovered that one of the best ways to prevent bike theft is to teach people how to steal bikes. By holding classes in lock-picking they are able to demonstrate what a simple matter it is to steal an improperly secured bike, which then causes people to use better [...]
Read More..>>Egged on the Tuesday Night Bike Ride
Twice now somebody has thrown eggs at the Tuesday Night Bike Ride.
It takes a certain kind of person to hurl eggs at a group of 300 healthy bike riders, but I guess doing it from a car, as this person does, takes the courage out of it.
If it happens again I would urge whoever the [...]
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This photo has been all over the web the past few days but so many people at the Tuesday Night Ride had not heard of this incident, and many others have written me to ask why I haven’t posted about it.
It’s not an easy picture to look at. It is a photo of a [...]