Tucson Velo

View Three most bikeable neighborhoods in a larger map Are you in the market for a new house? Want a bikeable neighborhood? You might consider moving to the Pie Allen, Iron Horse or Armory Park neighborhoods. The three neighborhoods ranked among the top 25 most bikeable neighborhoods in the county according an Atlantic analysis of [...]

A new supplemental Tucson bike map released yesterday aims to highlight city bike routes that have lower volumes of cars and are more comfortable for cyclists. The map, which has been in the works for months (read the October story here), highlights six different categories of bike infrastructure including; Shared-use paths, bike boulevards, enhanced bike routes [...]

This weekend was a huge weekend for riding bikes in the Tucson Velo family. As you can see from the video, my three-and-a-half-year-old daughter is riding her own pedal bike. She still has a hard time with the starting and stopping, but she’s nailing everything  in between. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I [...]

The National Ride of Silence is scheduled for Wednesday, May 15 and Southern Arizona Cyclists have two options for participating. The Ride of Silence started in Dallas Texas to honor a cyclist who was killed in 2003. It was going to be a one time event, but word got out and it spread across the [...]

Yesterday was a big day for the TucsonVelo family. Luci took her first ride on our trail-a-bike, which isn’t actually a bike because I’ve been banned from buying anymore bikes. Instead it’s a bicycle accessory. At least that is my story and I am sticking with it. Luci’s legs are a little too short for [...]

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 [...]

The Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee is seeking nominations for bicycle commuter, advocate and bike friendly business of the year awards. The nominations are open until March 27 and should include a few paragraphs about why your nomination is deserving of the award and include their contact information. The awards will be announced at the [...]

Cyclovia Tucson organizers launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund two events in April. Organizers are hoping to raise $8,000 to pay for the rides on April 7 and April 28. Kylie Walzak the director of Cyclovia Tucson said creating an opportunity for the public help fund the ride has been something the group has [...]

Epic Rides, the masterminds behind the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo, Whiskey Off-Road and Tour of the White Mountains, are taking their show on the road. President Todd Sadow announced this weekend then they will be promoting an event in Grand Junction, Colo. over labor day weekend. Sadow said The Grand Junction Off-Road will [...]

Just over two years ago a Tucson Police Officer presented a completed version of a voluntary bicycle registration database to the Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee. At the time they were just waiting the city’s IT approval. Two years later the completed site is still not live and has been put on the “back burner” [...]

A new piece of legislation aimed at reducing cyclist harassment is working it’s way through the Arizona Legislature. House Bill 2528, which is sponsored by District 25 Republican Justin Olson makes it a misdemeanor to harass a cyclist if they fall or stumble. The bill reads: Section 1.  Title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended [...]

It turns out the stolen bike that turned up on the City of Tucson public auction site last week never went through the Tucson Police Department. Lugh Schoonover’s Accent mountain bike was left on a bike rack on a Sun Tran bus after being stolen in June. Schoonover wrote an email to me detailing what happened: [...]