Archive for the 'Joie de vivre' Category
Biking = more social
The above KVOA TV story is pretty patronizing and idiotic (what will those zany kids with their bicycles and their iPads think of next???), but thankfully they chose Emily Yetman of Tucson’s Living Streets Alliance as their main subject, and I really liked what she had to say about how when you bike, you always [...]
Read More..>>GABA Bike Swap next Saturday!
Riding my bike near the University yesterday I saw a guy ride by with a hand-printed sign attached to his bike that said “40$.” For a brief, horrible moment I thought I had missed the Bike Swap. I nearly fell off my bike in a panic attack.
I raced to Fourth Avenue and discovered [...]
El Grupo Alley-Cat Scavenger Hunt tomorrow!
Just a reminder. 6th and 6th, 10 AM. If you don’t have a team it is always easy to join one at the start (or you can ride alone if you prefer). There’s room on our team too, if you think you can be competitive enough to join us. We intend [...]
Read More..>>El Grupo Scavenger Hunt Saturday, October 30!!
The El Grupo Scavenger Hunt is my second-favorite event of the year, surpassed only by the BICAS Art Auction.
It’s a “race” through town following clues and picking up puzzle pieces, but the fun isn’t so much in the competition as it is in solving the puzzles and enjoying a ride with friends. The route [...]
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 [...]
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