Archive for February, 2010
Good Samaritan chases down drunk driver and snatches her keys after she nearly kills cyclist
What interests me most about this story is the total lack of hostility directed toward the cyclist. Not even a hint. Maybe it’s the good samaritan angle that accomplishes that. But nobody is asking whether he was wearing a helmet, whether he “swerved into traffic,” or was wearing reflective clothing. I [...]
Read More..>>Bike lanes from around the world — including Tucson — on Huffington Post
But as usual, Copenhagen wins.
–EBR
BICAS, El Grupo, the GABA Bike Swap, and what is great about all three
Thanks K for sending this around and Ricardo for producing it!
–EBR
“Can I not just apologize?” asks motorist arrested for repeated attacks on cyclist
Suspended sentence for driver who tried to run cyclist off road…9 times
By Simon_MacMichael – Posted on 03 February 2010
A teenage driver who repeatedly tried to run a cyclist off the road has been told by a judge sentencing him to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, that he had made a “bit of an [...]
Jose Rincon wrongful death trial commences
Most readers of this blog know about young Jose Rincon, who was killed two years ago while riding his bike along the shoulder on Broadway.
His family has sued the City of Tucson and the driver, Glenda Rumsey. The trial is occurring now in Superior Court. If you want to go, the trial is [...]
The bikes are winning in Tucson and everywhere
For a look at how bikes are entering the popular cultural mind:
And a more local view:
Then one day a few years ago I started secretly following the CopenhagenCycleChic.com blog and marveling at how absolutely beautiful it is over there in Europe, and although I forgot for a moment, pining away for some Scandanavian or Mediterranean [...]
“Idaho stop” bill introduced in Arizona — would permit bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs when safe to do so
Bicycles, Rolling Stops, and the Idaho Stop from Spencer Boomhower on Vimeo.
I got a call yesterday from my State legislator, Daniel Patterson, who told me that the “Bike safe-yield” bill had been introduced again this year. This bill would permit bikes to treat stop signs as yield signs when safe to do so. [...]
Bikes in the *Old* Pueblo
Check out this righteous post on Tucsonbikebeautiful.blogspot.com of historical photographs of bikes in the Old Pueblo! Whoa!
–EBR
Tuesday Night Bike Ride, tomorrow at 8 PM sharp! With Special Guest Star Lauren!
My friend J has been on a campaign to whip the TNBR back into its advertised 8 PM start time, so sometimes we leave right at 8 PM. Most people, of course, haven’t even arrived yet thanks to the fact the ride doesn’t usually leave for another 30 minutes or more.
So consider this advance [...]
My new bike
I’ve been riding my new Azor Workcycles Transport for about a month now. I’ve ridden it just about every day for a month.
It’s everything I hoped it would be. I got it from Dutchbikeseattle and it arrived just a few days after I ordered it. I hardly had to do any assembly [...]