Archive for February, 2011

AZ Daily Star reminds us to remember that bicyclists do not pay for infrastructure

Posted by Erik on February 21st, 2011 filed in Don't read the comments

Oh for the love of . . .
Andrea Kelly, whose journalism I have praised in the past, finished her AZ Daily Star piece on the new 4th Avenue bike-paving with this doozy:
And while many won’t care whether there’s a new strip of pavement placed where bicyclists will likely ride, plenty of others will see [...]

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Developers to Tucson bicyclists: Eff you and the bike you rode in on

Posted by Erik on February 16th, 2011 filed in Preapocalyptic technological dystopia

(Apologies for the advertising in the above video)
Tucson has embarked on what it calls a “Sustainable Land Use Code Integration Project,” whose objective is “…to prepare a sustainability analysis of the Land Use Code, identify a series of recommended amendments to the [code], and ultimately to draft amendments that implement the City of Tucson’s sustainable [...]

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Get’chyer bell on

Posted by Erik on February 14th, 2011 filed in Joie de vivre

Hand-painted bike bells!
–EBR

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Over a year on a Workcycles Transport Bike

Posted by Erik on February 1st, 2011 filed in Cool bikes

For Christmas in 2009 I bought myself an Azor/Workcycles Transport bike from Dutchbikeseattle.com. Now that I have had it for a year and ridden it nearly every day, I thought I should write up a review.
First of all, this bike gets an awful lot of attention. I get complimented on it just about [...]

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