Archive for December, 2009
Kevin Nierman’s Bike Art
I of course am a huge fan of bike art — so much so that I was called “the grinch who stole the BICAS art auction” for bidding on so many pieces at last week’s auction.
Isn’t this guy good? Check him out. His blog:
http://skiptooth.blogspot.com/
His site:
http://www.kevinnierman.com/home.htm
–Erik Ryberg
Hey it’s Tim!!
Thanks AZTT for the link (bikehugger.com).
It appears my friend Tim was spotted in Seattle. Many in Tucson know him. He could often be seen riding his old ordinary bike (“high wheeler” or “penny farthing”) around town either with friends, on the Tuesday Night Rides, or by himself. He has a [...]
Riding to bike rack on the sidewalk now legal in Denver
One of the things that has always irked me is that, to be strictly lawful about it, you have to mount and dismount your bicycle in traffic and walk to a bike rack.
I never cared much about it until, naturally, I got a client who had been ticketed for riding his bike fifteen [...]
NYC bike lanes removed because they attract “scantily clad hipster cyclists”
Lauren sent this in, from the NY Post:
Groups of bicycle-riding vigilantes have been repainting 14 blocks of Williamsburg roadways ever since the city sandblasted their bike lanes away last week at the request of the Hasidic community.
The Hasids, who have long had a huge enclave in the now-artist-haven neighborhood, had complained that the Bedford Avenue [...]
FYI
Lance Armstrong hawking books on Sunday.
I’m the Event Marketing Manager handling National Events for the Borders stores in AZ and wanted to pass along some information that could be of interest to cyclist enthusiasts in the Tucson area.
Lance Armstrong will be at Borders Tucson this Sunday, December 13 at 4pm signing copies of his new [...]
Brad Gorman Memorial at base of Mt. Lemmon to be completed this spring
From KVOA:
Trailhead near Mt. Lemmon to remember cyclist
author
Quinn Schuler
Tucson, AZ – It’s not easy going there but Jean Gorman and her husband still do.
“It’s just devastating without him,” Gorman said.
On his birthday and on holidays they visit the cross along the side of Catalina Highway. It’s the exact place where their son was killed.
Brad Gorman, [...]
Cargo bikes on NPR
Great story here.
–EBR