Archive for December, 2008
¿Mexico D.F., bike friendly city?
I won´t say it isn`t a stretch, but they are trying. Mexico City`s mayor is apparently a strong advocate for bicyclists. The city rents bikes for free at the zocalo, and the whole downtown area is saturated with signs like the one above.
Best of all, they close down Reforma Avenue on Sunday mornings for bicycles [...]
On the trail of the elusive Mexico City ice-bike with sidecar
Hola everyone. I still have not been able to secure one of these vanishing machines, but I feel I am getting closer. For awhile I was only able to see them from far away, and could not catch one.
But at last I was able to get some close-up photos by staking out their habitat: the [...]
Mexico!
Tucson bike lawyer is in Mexico City for the holidays, investigating the bicycle culture here. I should be able to post some photos in the coming days, once I find an internet cafe that will let me do so.
Mexico City is full of bikes, but most of them are used for transporting goods. There are [...]
See how easy that was? El Tour hit and run driver indicted
Story here.
Update: Slightly more thorough story here.
–Erik Ryberg
A public service announcement . . .
. . . for my readers who do not hang out on bmx sites and are unaware of the things that are going on in the bmx world, I hereby offer you the following:
As a reader said on the site I stole this from, some of this stuff isn’t even possible in video games.
–Erik Ryberg
Update on Gary Stuebe, injured El Tour Rider
As most of you know, Gary Stuebe was critically injured nearly a month ago at the El Tour de Tucson. He seems to be improving, but the improvement is very slow as he suffered a brain injury. This is what I have:
UPDATE GARY STUEBE:
Gary opened his eyes yesterday. I asked him if he [...]
Lose a black fixie with yellow bar tape recently?
If so, check out this posting on Craigslist. From the posting:
i found a nice fixed gear bike with yellow tape on the bars at the U of A library. there was a snipped combo lock hanging from the frame when i found it. odds are someone tried to steal the bike but couldn’t ride [...]
City Considering Electric Bike-Sharing Program
AZ Daily Star reports that the owner of the electric bike store on University has proposed an initiative for Tucson to invest $35K in an electric bike sharing program. It sounds as if the program would be based around a short-term rental system through which you can use a credit card to rent the bikes:
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Cargo Bike No. 3 rolls across the border and into Tucson
Leif just sent me a picture of his new Mercurio Cargo Bike, purchased in Nogales. Below is his account of his adventure. He got his for about $35.00 less than Lauren and I paid for ours. Like we did, it appears he rode it right out of the shop and across the border.
Erik,
I [...]
Can it be true? NYPD Officer indicted after knocking over bicyclist
Readers of TBL no doubt remember the above YouTube video of the NYPD Officer lunging at and knocking over a bicyclist in a Critical Mass Ride.
Now it appears a grand jury has indicted the officer and he will also face charges for falsifying his police report!
Thanks I. J. for the link!
–Erik Ryberg