Get the fuck out? Bikes As Transportation?
From: Cutter
Subject: Bikes as Transportation
Check it out, “could profoundly change the bicycle commuter experience“
Yep. I remember bike lockers in Tempe too. But to think of it in a holistic sense, advocacy of cycling as a viable alternative urban transportation form just seems to be so far off the plate, [...]

A follow up to the Bike Down post on Saturday:
—– Original Message —–
From: Barbara LaWall
To: pyramidcoaching
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 12:36 PM
Subject: e-mail message to cycling community …
Dear Mr. Blanchard:
Your recent e-mail to the cycling community asking them to write letters in “an attempt to persuade the Pima County Attorney’s Office to take action [...]

Let’s start at the beginning: There was an accident during El Tour de Tucson this year.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a car that hit a group of bicyclists this morning near the Westward Look Resort before leaving the scene.
About 60 bicyclists were traveling westbound on Ina Road, east of Oracle [...]

I had conversations long ago, in the NAU cycling days with Sam. He’s a good kid and likes to ride just like the rest of us. A cyclist shall we say?
One day, he discovered a way to stay on the bike for months, and make it an effort towards a better world with trees and [...]

I made it back up the hill this morning after hanging with local friends in Kleenix just yesterday at the FOTP. In a word, the day was moist. The unusual November monsoon from the night previous, that brought hail the size of marbles to my parents house, provided epicness for the following days ride. With [...]

Sell! Sell! Sell! I’ve already started sorting for the swap:
El Bike Swap de Tucson – Bargain Hunters Paradise!
Saturday, November 15th, 2008; 8AM to 2PM

LOCATION: On 4th Avenue, between 6th and 9th Streets, near downtown!
NOTE: While I-10 is under construction (see here for official information), we recommend you [...]

File this under: You gotta be shitting me.
Oct 14th, 2008 | WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is taking steps to make it easier for mountain bikers to gain access to national parks and other public lands before the president — an avid cyclist himself — leaves office.
The National Park Service confirmed Tuesday that it [...]

Chris R, Representative of Drunkcyclist.com, is looking for your support:
From: Chris

So here is the deal: Ryan and Sara own a great little bike shop in town called Kore. if you are in the BMX community you have probably heard of it. They have single handedly developed a super positive scene and provided a place for [...]

My dad told me a story one time. Here goes,
One day a man goes to a conference talking about how to be a better this and that. People talking about how you need to feel good about yourself in order to have a positive impact on the world. That type of stuff. [...]

I only hope so…
Bicyclists to get own day on Chicago streets
Parkways will be closed to autos
What would streets be like without cars?
You’ll have a chance to find out on two Sundays in October.
A network of inner-city boulevards will be closed to automobile traffic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 5 and Oct 26, [...]

This story just came out (AFP) – former Northern Arizona University runner – qualified in the 1500: will be the U.S. flag bearer at the Olympic opening ceremonies. I had the pleasure of speaking with Lopez back in April and I can tell you this guy is so gracious and down to earth, just a [...]

So, this guy Ryan sends Gnome and I a lot of emails. I post most, if not all, of them. This one was a complete and total kick in the nuts. I have asked him to start contributing to Drunkcyclist directly, enough with the me posting his emails routine. We’ll see [...]

Gnome’s post sure got a lot of Flagstaff attention lately, especially from people not usually associated with Drunkcyclist. It was clear from the moment i read it that it was going to get some panties in bunches, because he went right at a few topics all at once. and he didn’t flinch, blanch, or mince [...]

The FBO has a very diplomatic report regarding the local USFS closing some pre-existing trails under an umbrella known as the “Fort Valley Restoration Project.” The closure was labeled as “an effort to protect” the Mexican Spotted Gray Owl (TMSGO). A bird that seems to have survived until now without the “desperately needed crutch of [...]

Another one in from our boy Chris. Keep’n it real, he is.
From: Chris
Subject:
Juan Grande,
Let me get right to the point. It is stoopid hot in Blythe, CA. Just rode here from Brawley, CA, where it is retarded hot. 88 miles today, 77 yesterday, 55 on Monday where we started in La Jolla. [...]

I needed a win. And I got one.
Erotic actresses from Austria and Germany line up for their national anthems before a five-a-side beach soccer match on the Danube river island in downtown Vienna.
Mind you, it’s complete with photos. Oh my. Read more: www.stuff.co.nz
One for the event calendar in case you’ve got [...]

My man Chris is on a cross county ride that started on the 16th. Check the route – it’s the real deal. And it benifits the Fuller Center, a group I have never heard of before this ride. And I guess maybe that’s the point of this exercise – to raise awarness. [...]

Cyclists taking part in the Ride of Silence were almost hit by a speeding car on Highway 101 Wednesday evening.
The incident happened after 7:00pm. A Spartanburg County deputy on escort duty for the Ride of Silence took off after the car after it came close to some of the cyclist taking part in the ride.
According [...]

Something to think about when you assert your right to ride.
Be safe out there.
—bp
(jonny needs to fix the embedded video shit. If I can do it half in the bag the morning after, he can get it right with cactus in his nuts.)