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Tuesday Night Bike Ride for families? Is there one? Why not?
A friend of mine just called me to ask if there are any easy, safe, fun bike rides he can do with his young daughter. He was wondering if the TNBR might be a good option, but apparently he went to my blog and read the recent posts about it and thought he should [...]
Read More..>>Tucson bicycle collision near-real-time twitter feed
Check this out: Collin F, computer programmer and frequent TNBR participant, has created some kind of robot that downloads Tucson police information on some kind of RSS feed, searches it for its relevance to bicycles, and then puts the resulting report on twitter. It’s quite interesting.
He is also working on a map that shows [...]
Various “Share the Road” Signs generating controversy among signage experts
Above is a sign near Flagstaff, which a reader of mine alerted to me a few weeks ago.
And this sign, above, is from Tempe. Tom Thivener, City of Tucson’s Bike/Ped Coordinator, sent me this when I asked him about the Flagstaff sign. I had asked him if the Flagstaff sign was an official [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bike to Work Week!
In case anyone doesn’t know this yet, next week is Bike 2 Work Week in Tucson. What this boils down to, at a minimum, is free breakfast all week for most of my readership. Plus a whole lot of other stuff if you care to check it out!
This used to be the one [...]
Cyclovia needs volunteers
My readers know how excited I am that Tucson is having its first-ever Cyclovia. We are looking for volunteers for the event to help with the road-closures and other things. Please sign up for a slot to help out if you can! You can sign up for as little as one hour. [...]
Read More..>>Nice*
*But illegal.
Read More..>>Yellowstone Ciclovia!
Who knew? Yellowstone National Park roads closed to motorized use for one month each spring.
They advise you to bring bear spray and be prepared to turn around if wildlife is blocking the road.
–EBR