Archive for the 'Joie de vivre' Category
Obviously this has something to do with bicycles
Gallup poll reveals Denmark to be happiest country in the world.
EBR
A visit from Kickstand Magazine’s publisher
Brad Evans, the publisher of Kickstand Magazine, is in town and stopped by yesterday to chat about cycling in Tucson. The magazine, subtitled “The Owner’s Manual of the Freewheeling Life” focuses on city cycling and urban cycling life. The new edition is available at bike shops around town. It’s extremely well done.
Brad [...]
“Something is Working Here”: BICAS in the news again
There’s a great story on www.examiner.com about some folks in Yuma coming down to BICAS to get ideas on how to make such a thing work in their city. (BICAS, of course, is Tucson’s bike-repair collective.) They remarked on the line of people waiting to get in before the doors open, and concluded [...]
Read More..>>Midsummer Night’s Dream Bike Ride and Bike-In Movie
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bicycle Ride
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
7:30pm – 10:30pm
BICAS, 44 W. 6th St.
Fairies, nypmhs, lovers, dreamers, artists, music-makers, merry women, men, and children… Celebrate midsummer with a fanciful costumed bicycle ride then cool off with a chilled fruit buffet and a showing of the bicycle adaptation of the film ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, [...]
Xtracycle Returning to its roots: BICAS!
As a huge fan not only of my beloved Xtracycle, but also of course BICAS, I was doubly pleased to see this announcement in my inbox just now:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 6/2/2010
SUMMARY
Groundbreaking Bicycle Company with roots in Tucson swings through town on a
Western States Tour. Founder and Tucson-native Ross Evans to speak about “living
your dream, [...]
Bikejoy
Last night I was riding my bike home in the dark and as I was pressing slowly up a hill with a fully-loaded Xtracycle I heard the familiar sound of a bike bell, being rung quite vigorously. I looked to my side and could just make out a young child bent over the handlebars [...]
Read More..>>BICAS Fundraiser, this Friday! Art for sale by BICAS Superstars!
Behold the latest work by Troy Neiman, BICAS’s Shop Coordinator:
It could be yours if you hurry and buy your ticket to the BICAS/Ballet Tucson Urban Lunch Box Picnic and fundraiser, to be held this Friday.
Or, perhaps your tastes run to the more rugged, bikey look, in which case you will want this gorgeous piece by [...]
What BICAS looked like yesterday
God I love that place.
–EBR
That was fun!
I’m not going to recap yesterday’s festivities because it’s all been amply done over at Tucson Velo. Suffice to say that the Cyclovia, which has been a dream of mine for several years, was a huge success.
When I started this blog almost three years ago it was in part out of revulsion [...]
BICAS wants your lovely body and maybe even your dog
From Agent K. Walzak, of BICAS:
Subject: BICAS NEEDS YOUR BODY!
Come show your support by showing up at BICAS this Sunday, April 18th at 5:45pm SHARP, SHARP, SHARP!!!
We will be taking a HUGE group photo with everyone who is a friend of BICAS and we want you, your friends, family and even your dog to be [...]