Ride benefiting cancer research coming to Tucson
Echelon’s Gran Fondo series is expanding to Tucson. The Echelon Challenge and Gran Fondo are two separate rides held on May 1. The rides will be Echelon’s first major event…
BAC takes up bike parking debate
The Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee passed two motions to oppose the city planning commission’s new bicycle parking codes, which control the location and number of bicycle parking spaces. The…
PDX cyclist visiting Tucson; offering ’boutique’ wrenching classes
Portland cyclist and Gracie’s Wrench owner Tori Bortman will be in town offering her bike mechanic education services as well as spending a lot of time on her bicycle. She’ll…
New rules require less bike parking; can be placed further away
Bicycle parking in Tucson took a turn for the worse last week when the City of Tucson’s planning commission passed several motions that weakened the parking regulations for new developments.…
AP reporter covers Giffords’ love of cycling; Tucson cyclists’ response
An Associated Press reporter who is in Tucson covering the shooting called yesterday to chat about Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her love of bicycles. I met with her and sent…
Reactions from the Youth Bike Summit
Two Tucson youth cyclists attended the country’s first Youth Bike Summit this weekend. Below are Donovan Caputo and Ashley Batchelor’s final reactions to the Youth Bike Summit. They were accompanied…
Giffords rode her bicycle night before shooting
According to a New York Times article Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords rode her bicycle with a friend the night before she was shot. They stopped at her condominium, near her district…
Bill submitted to allow cyclists to yield at stop signs
State representative Daniel Patterson has once again submitted a bill which would allow cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. HB 2130 states: C. The driver of a vehicle approaching…
Local cyclists heading to youth summit in New York
Four Tucson cyclists representing BICAS and El Grupo are leaving for New York City on Friday to take part in the first Youth Bicycle Summit. The summit is hosted by…
Sights and sounds: Bike vigil for shooting victims
Check out the images and video from the bike vigil held Tuesday to honor the victims of Saturday’s shooting. More than 150 cyclists attended the vigil. If you haven’t read…
Bike vigil to be held Tuesday night
A bike vigil for the victims of Saturday’s shooting will be held Tuesday evening, The ride, which was organized by Tucson Pedaler publisher Damion Alexander, will meet at 6:50 p.m.…
TriSports ‘concierge’ aims to make training in Tucson easy
Every winter Tucson’s population surges, but it isn’t just snowbirds in giant cars hitting the streets. Hundreds of cyclists and triathletes from around the world will make Tucson their home…