Archive for the 'upcoming bicycle related events' Category
Ciclovia Tucson!
Who’s up for it? There are already folks in Tucson working out the details, but I’m sure they’ll need help promoting it when the time comes. I hope my pictures from Bogota have persuaded my readers how cool this can be, and how badly Tucson needs one!
Here’s Tom Thivener, Tucson Bike/Ped Program Manager, [...]
Tucson bike count this week — they are looking for help
Every year Pima County does a bike count to see how many people are biking around. Ideally, the numbers go up, and that supports more bike infrastructure spending. But the only way to know is to count.
They are seeking volunteers for this year’s count. Here is the email I received:
Hello,
This [...]
Cool poster
Check out this awesome poster local artist (& BICAS employee) Troy Neiman made for our party.
Also, I still have some raffle tickets left, so email me (ryberg@seanet.com) or use the donation button down on the post below to buy one (six bucks) or two (ten bucks).
–Erik Ryberg
Beloved El Grupo Scavenger Hunt Bike Ride this Saturday
If you have never done this, you really ought to. It’s a hilarious ride around town with lots of other people, all equally bewildered, scrambling to put together puzzle pieces and ride in for the glory.
There’s a reason it won Best of Tucson.
Team Tucsonbikelawyer took second last year, but we lost all [...]
BICAS Party at the Hut this Saturday! Tom Walbank! Fire! Beer!
You can also support BICAS and buy raffle tickets by using the link below. I will fill out your raffle ticket(s) for you and submit them for the drawing, and let you know if you win.
–Erik Ryberg
Read More..>>Bike Church has been installed in Barrio Anita — lighting ceremony is Saturday, August 15
This should be neat. Unfortunately I’ve had to scan the flier as I do not have a digital copy, and it won’t show up properly here but if you click on the image you will be able to read it.
To get there: take St. Marys to Main, which is just East of I-10. [...]
Read More..>>Yoga for bicyclists . . . in the Barrio!
My friend Alexis just sent me this announcement:
Yoga for Bicyclists
Thursdays 6-7 pm
Starts July 9, 2009
Cost is $75 for the 8 week series
SOUTHERN ARIZONA SCHOOL OF YOGA
267 South Stone Avenue | Tucson 85701
This class will teach classical yoga postures and breathing techniques, taught with an emphasis on specific issues frequently encountered by recreational and competitive cyclists, [...]
William Wilson, motorist who severely injured El Tour rider Gary Stuebe, to be sentenced Monday, June 22
It’s before Judge Richard Nichols at 9:00 AM in Room 675 of the Superior Courthouse in Tucson if you want to go.
The Superior Courthouse is the big one on the southwest corner of Congress and Church street right in downtown Tucson.
You can read more about Gary Stuebe, the El Tour rider who was critically injured [...]
Groan. Ride of Silence: The People Speak
After Andrea Kelly’s article on the Ride of Silence, we find this:
Road runner : Bike ride goal: awareness of need to share the road
Bicyclists die on Tucson streets and throughout the country each year. Other than small memorials alongside roadways, or news stories about the fatal crashes, [...]
Ride of Silence this Wednesday
Here is the press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 17, 2009
RE: RIDE OF SILENCE
WHEN: 6:00 pm, THIS WEDNESDAY MAY 20, 2009
WHERE: REID PARK (STARTING BY HI CORBETT FIELD, NORTHEAST SIDE OF PARK), TUCSON, ARIZONA
CONTACT: Brian Beck, Chair, Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee (T-PCBAC) 520-795-3000 X113 days; 520-326-9587 evenings coyotes@cox.net ; Martha Lemen, T-PCBAC 520-400-9095 [...]