Archive for October, 2008
A Happy Ending to the Steely Dan Saga
Steely has been recovered!!!! Last night my best friend Jared, who is a wizard, hunted down the guy who had my bike! A big thank you to one of our blog readers, Tony. Tony came into Ordinary Bike Shop while I was working and told me that he thought he may have seen someone riding [...]
Read More..>>Steely Dan Stolen!
Last night, Steely Dan, my touring bicycle, was stolen from the front rack outside of the YMCA. That bicycle was the most valuable thing I owned. I moved here from Ohio on that bicycle. It’s not just a bike….it’s my best friend….for gosh sakes the bike is top friend on myspace. To anyone who races [...]
Read More..>>Bicas Art Auction Call to Artists
Submit a piece to contribute to the annual BICAS art auction fundraiser. The submission deadline for donated artwork is November 20, 2008. Anything related to the bicycle in some form or another is accepted. Last year we saw everything from toothbrush holders to cross-stitch to ships welded out of bike parts. Find out more information [...]
Read More..>>Bike-Thru Banking in Tucson
After our readers Nick and Blank informed us about the Arizona State Credit Union bike-thru window, Erik sent me on a TBL mission to find out more. Indeed, this bank features a lane designated specifically for bikes that is too narrow for cars to fit through. I inquired about the window with the info desk, [...]
Read More..>>You probably don’t want to miss this BICAS Bike-In Movie (Said to include “some of the best bike scenes ever recorded on film . . .” )
From Troy over at BICAS:
Bike in Movie this Sunday everybody, Halloween special:
BLOOD CAR is a 2007 low budget horror comedy that takes place in
the near future when gas is $40 a gallon. A kindergarten teacher
is trying to develop a car that runs on wheat grass but
accidentally invents a car that runs on human [...]
Happy birthday Lauren!
It’s Lauren’s birthday today, so if you see her around in the next week be sure to wish her happy birthday. Because I am trying my best not to win the contest for the worst boss in the world, I gave her the day off and naturally she got on her Xtra-Cycle and pedaled [...]
Read More..>>“The driver is not facing charges”
Rhino from Urban Seeds sent me this awful news from Phoenix, about a man struck in the bike lane by an SUV. The cyclist was driving some kind of motorized bicycle (full disclosure: I find those things obnoxious) but it seems he had every right to be where he was and every right not [...]
Read More..>>All Hail Old Pueblo Bank
I just knew something would come along and let me blog about the banking industry.
Emiliano just sent me this story about Bike-Thru Banking at what might be the nation’s only cool bank (so far).
Click on the short movie. Behold a lane that has been blocked to cars, and bears the universal “bicyclist” symbol. [...]
GABA Bike Swap
Here is a link to the GABA website regarding the upcoming bike swap meet on November 15th. Don’t miss this twice a year event! It is recommended to arrive fairly early because many of the best deals get swept up in the morning. Erik and I will be manning a Tucson Bike Lawyer booth complete [...]
Read More..>>Whew!
Tucsonbikelawyer and his wonderful assistant Lauren have been kept quite busy these past few weeks defending and representing all you bike-riding scofflaws, misdemeanants, civil-infractors, and crash victims. We’ve been staying late every day and working on weekends, too. So would you all please try to ride a little more carefully in the future? [...]
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