Tucson Velo

View Proposed route highland path addition in a larger map In the future cyclists riding north or south through the University of Arizona campus may have a new alternative. David Heineking told the Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee last week that the University will be adding a bike path between the Highland Avenue Garage and a [...]

The Sheriff’s Department is urging bicyclists to call their office each and every time they find tacks on Catalina Highway. Deputy Ryan Roher said at Wednesday’s Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee that the department needs as much information as possible to catch the person who is doing it, which means cyclists need to call. He [...]

Editor’s note: See the most recent post about the issue here.  If a county proposal goes forward, the Starr Pass trail in the photo above could be paved with a shared use path. The county is proposing paving one of two routes through Tucson Mountain park to connect to the the Loop on the west [...]

In case you were convinced the tacks that appeared in the shoulder on Mt Lemmon Highway two weeks ago, were deliberately placed there, more piles were discovered on Thursday and Friday. This was the message on Sabino Cycle’s page on Friday: There’s been more tacks put out on Catalina highway. Friends found three separate piles [...]

Arizona jumped four spots to become the 10th friendliest state for bicyclists according to the League of American Bicyclists’ newest rankings, released earlier this week. The ranking returns Arizona to the top 10 after falling to number 16 in 2011. The last time Arizona cracked the top to was in 2009, which was before many [...]

Pima County Sheriffs Deputies stopped the Tuesday Morning Ride this week after seeing the group ride four abreast and cross the center line. The Pima County Sheriffs department became involved when a motorist sent photos of the riders riding four and five abreast earlier this month. Here’s an email from Ryan Roher who is the [...]

More than 15,000 people participated in Sunday’s Cyclovia Tucson (more photos) making it the highest attended Cyclovia ever. The total marks a 50 percent increase from the 10,000 people who attended the first event earlier this month. Kylie Walzak, the event’s organizer, said the new route likely played a part in the increase. “It seemed [...]

  The second Cyclovia Tucson of 2013 had a lot of firsts. It was the first time the organizers have pulled off two events in one year and the first time the event has ventured north of Grant Road. The out-and-back route was also a first for the organizers and received mostly positive reviews from riders. Over [...]

The bike rack and sculpture stolen more than a week ago from Tucson’s newest bicycle business was returned yesterday. BikeShopHub.com‘s owner Josh Lipton said he received a call from a man saying he had the rack and wanted to return it, but wanted to make sure they weren’t going to call the police. Lipton said [...]

A 23-year-old woman was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison and five years probation for a fatal DUI crash that killed a motorized cyclist last year. Samantha Baldwin, 23, and a passenger switched places after the crash and fled the scene. They were both arrested several miles from the crash site. The crash occurred [...]

At least ten people got flat tires from tacks on Mount Lemmon Highway this morning. Several cyclists stopped at a nearby bike shop to get supplies after getting a flat tire. One cyclist said he was riding in a group that had seven people who got flats. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call about [...]

BikeShopHub.com recieved a less-than-warm welcome to Tucson. The mail-order business that relocated from Flagstaff to Tucson this weekend was greeted by the theft of their $5,000 bike rack and art piece a mere three hours after unloading it. BikeShopHub.com owner Josh Lipton said the rack took eight people to move and weighs about 1,000 pounds. [...]