UA extends free trial period for bike valet
The University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services department has extended the bike valet’s trial period. The bike valet will remain free to try until October 15. According to one…
Tucsonans and their bikes: Cat 2 racer
Category Two bike racer Sherry Curtis said the 2007 S-Works Ruby Pro is the best bike she has ever owned. She’s gone through 20 bikes in the last several years,…
Scenes from Tucson’s Park(ing) Day
Check out the video and images from Tucson’s Park(ing) Day on Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. View the YouTube version of the video here.
City carves out space for bikes on West Congress
Cyclists riding east into downtown Tucson on Congress now have their own space on the road. The City of Tucson used stimulus funds to repave the section of Congress between…
Anniversary by bike: When getting there is part of the fun
My wife, Irene, and I celebrated our eighth wedding anniversary last night. As with most people, our lives are very different than they were eight years ago. When we got…
Ghost bike update: Patti Lopez and Bruce Hedges
I rode to two more ghost bikes recently. The first was Bruce Hedges who was struck from behind on Jan. 1, 2001 while riding on First Avenue just south of…
Bike lanes added to Toole in downtown Tucson
Cyclists riding on the north side of downtown will now have a little more room. Toole Avenue was repaved and the lanes were reconfigured to include bike lanes and shared…
Photos: Urban trial bike demo
Colin Holmes sent in these great photos of Thomas Oehler’s urban bike demo at the end of the Tuesday Night Bike Ride last night. I’m bummed I had to miss…
Urban trial bike demo tonight on TNBR
Thomas Oehler, the rider you saw in the video, will be in Tucson tonight demoing trial biking during the Tuesday Night Bike Ride. Emily Astiz, who works for Red Bull,…
UA’s bike valet free for 3 weeks starting Tuesday
Editor’s note: I’ve had a few little updates that weren’t worthy of their own post and I’ve collected them in this notebook. The University of Arizona’s bike valet is scheduled…
Tucsonans and their bikes: Bike for sale
Mike Sanchez was cruising around Fourth Avenue on his 1965 Diamondback cruiser in the hopes he could sell it. According to Sanchez he added the suspension fork and handlebars. The…
This year’s El Tour dedicated to four-time Olympian
Four-time Olympian John Howard, 63, is being honored by El Tour de Tucson event organizers. In a news conference Thursday, Perimeter Bicycling Association of American’s president Richard DeBernardis announced the…