Archive for September, 2010

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Posted by Erik on September 24th, 2010 filed in Carhead, Preapocalyptic technological dystopia

–EBR

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Ordinary Bike Shop: The Best Bike Shop of Tucson for ten years running!

Posted by Erik on September 23rd, 2010 filed in Yay!

Congratulations to Ordinary Bike Shop for winning the Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson award for the tenth straight year!
I love this bike shop because it caters to the every-day biker, the person who may not need the highest-end equipment and who often just wants a minor repair done to keep an old bike on the [...]

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My bikey day

Posted by Erik on September 15th, 2010 filed in Preapocalyptic technological dystopia, opportunity knocks, safety

After returning from court yesterday (see below) I discovered a Bike Advisory Subcommittee meeting convened outside my office door. They were looking at options to install bike lanes on Church Avenue.
Since I needed to go pick up my CSA share anyway I joined them for a block down Church, and spoke with [...]

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Are local authorities deliberately not appearing in court after ticketing cyclists for non-existent violations?

Posted by Erik on September 15th, 2010 filed in Our eternal quest for Platinum Status, puzzling, vexation of the spirit

I had yet another traffic case yesterday where the officer failed to show up. It was a case I most certainly planned to win, because the cyclist was ticketed for riding to the left of the fog line on the Mt. Lemmon Highway. This officer (Deputy Alvaro Arizpuru) apparently believes that cyclists must [...]

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