One of my favorite things about the Epic Riders 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo is the team names. Check out some of my favorites:

4 Person Single Speed:

• Singles Sells SeashellsbytheSeashore
• A Derailleur Killed My Family
• One Gear Full Beer
• Abusement Park

4 Person Men’s Open:

• Johnny Cash Slept Here
• Team Bacon Strip
• Spacely Sprokets
• rollin rollin man my nuts r swollen
• WorkTooMuchToBeRacing
• Hold my beer,watch this

4 PersonWomen’s Open:

• Single Speed Sweetness
• Backcountry Babes
• The Spinerettes

5 Person Coed:

• Cactus if you can!
• wrasslin Hillbillies
• Cactus Cartel
• Dirty Tucson Tri Girls & Token Dude
• Weapons of Ass Destruction
• The Laptastic Five
• my mom thinks i’m fast
• 9 Good Ankles
• Good For What Ales You

Corporate:

• Fly’n Naked Apes
• Polka Dot Speedos
• The CrankArmStrongs
• Habub

Duo men and women:

• Biggest Little Drunk Cyclists
• King and Queen of Pain
• Dolphins Are Just Gay Sharks
• Team Mooseknuckle
• Abercrotchity & Bitch
• The Tall Pink Ducks
• 1 Taco Short of a Combination

Solo men and women:

• Dude where’s my team?
• Your Pace or Mine
• El Freako From Rico
• 7 more then 29 and Keener
• Solo Single But Not Available
• Bikes For Boobs (Mammograms In Action)
• What, What, What Am I Doing?
• WHAT TEAM?
• Wait, This Isn’t a Road Bike Race

Which ones are your favorites?

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Local

• Tuesdays with Dirty: Raced by a Village

National

• Make a Bicycle Water Bottle Cage from a Coat Hanger
• Appeal of Bicycling Rises with Gas Prices
• Woman with no pants disrupts bike shop

International

• Cyclist in Scotland performs ‘UK’s first bungee jump by bicycle’
• Tokyo’s quake-inspired bicycle boom
• The Adventure Blog: Video: Major Mountain Bike Descent In The Alps

Edward Gomez-Nava

The driver who hit and killed Albert Brack on the east side of Tucson in September has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated driving under the influence.

The Arizona Daily Star’s courts reporter Kim Smith reported that Edward Gomez Nava, 48, is facing between 16 and 36 years in prison for killing Albert Brack on Escalante Road.

According to Smith, Nava will be sentenced on April 16th.

Read more about the crash and Brack here.

Albert Brack

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Local

• Old Pueblo Winner: Mike Melley
• Take On The Unrelenting Ascent At Kitt Peak

National

• CNN: More people pumping their bicycle tires to avoid the gas pump
• The Oregonian: Bikes to blame for potholes, PBOT budget mess
• SF set to adopt new plan to promote bike commuting
• AirHead helps prevent “helmet hair”
• Vitus 2012 road bikes – First look
• Gas prices lead to bike boom in OK

International

• Bike biz feeds billions into Germany economy
• Brisbane’s bike courier romeos told to cut out sweet talk
• ‘World’s craziest bike race’ victory goes to Chile’s native son

Editor’s note: Karilyn Roach wrote this post. She holds a MS in Urban Planning from the University of Arizona and works as a Program Coordinator with Watershed Management Group, a Tucson non-profit. She currently sits on the Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee and rides a Jamis Aurora Elite.

Local cyclist Chloe Woodruff showed the men how it is done in the third race of the Mountain Bike Association of Arizona’s 2012 race season on Saturday. With too few competitors in the Pro Women and Category 1 Women fields, Chloe chose to race with the Category 1 Men, coming in a strong 3rd place.

Racers in the Single Speed category vie for position at the start

The Hedgehog Hustle was held at the Competition Track in Estrella Mountain Regional Park just south of Phoenix.

Pro Men leaders are called up to the starting line.

Drew Edsall unseated the previous points leader for the Pro Men, Mimmo Futia. Krista Park, who took the top honors in both the first and second MBAA races this season, did not race. In fact, there were no riders in the Pro Women category at this race. Full results are here.

The next race, Foray at the Fort, will be held in Sierra Vista at the Wren Arena on the Fort Huachuca Military Base on Saturday, March 17.

Riders checked at the registration tent as the sun rose over Estrella Mountain Park.