Archive for the 'Yay!' Category
“I don’t know what it is, but it sure looks bitchin’”
Keener Custom Cycle Works from Chris Wagganer on Vimeo.
Eleven years ago the machine in the above video was stolen, but I learned it has just resurfaced in Phoenix, and it’s designer/builder/rightful owner will be picking it up and bringing it home.
You might recognize one of his other designs here.
–EBR
BICAS’s refugee program
Bicas from The Episcopal Church on Vimeo.
I am so proud to be a part of BICAS! What a great organization.
–EBR
Ciclovia this Sunday — and it’s right in my neighborhood!
I’m very excited about the Ciclovia route this year. It goes down Meyer and to “restaurant row” in South Tucson. It’s a very good route with good pavement, no traffic, and lots of stuff to look at.
The bike ride is from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Start anywhere you like, go whichever [...]
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 [...]
Ordinary Bike Shop: The Best Bike Shop of Tucson for ten years running!
Congratulations to Ordinary Bike Shop for winning the Tucson Weekly’s Best of Tucson award for the tenth straight year!
I love this bike shop because it caters to the every-day biker, the person who may not need the highest-end equipment and who often just wants a minor repair done to keep an old bike on the [...]
WTF? Is the Tucson Police Department finally getting on board with bicycle safety?
Readers of this Website know that I have been very critical of TPD since I started it back in 2007. In fact, the whole reason I did start it was my frustration at TPD officers who were not citing motorists for collisions with cyclists that were demonstrably the fault of the motorist. Over [...]
Read More..>>A (Bittersweet) Historic Moment in Arizona’s Three-Foot Rule?
Check out this email I got from P.M., a rider in the Phoenix area yesterday:
Thought I’d pass on some news of a good experience with the Scottsdale police.
I ride to work frequently from my house in Tempe to my office in Phoenix, roughly 15 miles each way. A good portion of my route goes though [...]
BICAS given five-year lease in Citizen’s Warehouse
My readers know how much I adore and admire BICAS, Tucson’s Bicycle Inter-City Arts and Salvage cooperative. BICAS, in its 20th year now in Tucson, provides low-cost bike repair classes, recycled bike parts, and offers public, do-it-yourself, low-cost shop rental with experienced mechanics on hand to help you.
BICAS also has an art program that [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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