It’s been a busy year when it comes to Tucson bicycling. Many new projects have been started or completed in the region.
Here at TucsonVelo.com, we’ve published 546 posts in 2013. We’ve has 213,000 visits from 121,000 different people throughout the year.
Here are the top most visited stories of the year:
- UPDATED: CYCLIST DIES DESCENDING MOUNT LEMMON HIGHWAY
- UPDATE: JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN CYCLING TEAM ASSAULTED BY TUCSON DRIVER
- LOCAL CYCLIST AND ADVOCATE SPEAKS OUT AFTER CRASH
- EL TOUR DE TUCSON CYCLIST KILLED IN CRASH
- UPDATED: CYCLIST SHOT AT ON MT LEMMON; SHOOTER DETAINED
- VICTIM OF SATURDAY CRASH ON MOUNT LEMMON IDENTIFIED
- DRIVER ACCUSED OF HITTING PRO CYCLISTS DEFENDS HIMSELF IN ONLINE FORUM
- 6 TIPS FOR GROCERY SHOPPING BY BIKE
- UPDATED PHOTOS: EL TOUR DE TUCSON 2013
- 2,500 TURN OUT TO RIDE WITH PATRICK DEMPSEY AND TOM DANIELSON
Here are few other posts that weren’t in the top 10, but were important or interesting in 2013.
- A LONDONER’S PERSPECTIVE OF CYCLING IN TUCSON
- BIKE SHOP HUB WELCOMED TO TUCSON BY THEFT OF $5K ART PIECE
- BISBEE BICYCLE BROTHEL CLOSING ITS DOORS; MOVING ONLINE
- TUCSON COMPANY TRISPORTS.COM FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
- PHOTOS: NEW SHARROWS PLACE RIDERS IN DOOR ZONE
- STOLEN CARGO BIKE AUCTIONED BY TUCSON POLICE
- BIKES TO BE BANNED IN WARREN UNDERPASS ON UA CAMPUS
- GRAND JUNCTION OFF-ROAD JUST THE BEGINNING FOR SADOW AND EPIC RIDES
Perhaps the biggest story in 2013 wasn’t related to bikes at all, but rather pedestrians and how many of them were being hit by motorists.
Also dominating local media was the tacks on Catalina Highway issue. You can read our coverage here.
And, of course, there was the ever present streetcar issues.
Personally, I finished my MBA and began to spend more time riding on the dirt. I’m still an everyday bike commuter, but when I get out to ride for fun, it’s usually on a mountain bike.
That may account for the smaller number of miles I rode this year (3,508) and higher number of hours I spent riding a bike this year (309).
What about you? How was your 2013 in the saddle? What was the biggest bike story of the year for you?
2013… I’ve had better, but definitely worse years. For cycling, I gave away an old Trek 930 hardtail I’d had for 18 years. Not the best, but still a solid bike, I miss it more for sentimental reasons.
But I finally did it to make room for a newer, betterer MTB that has almost been determined. 😉
My biggest bike story this year is the same as every year. “The best climate for cycling you could ask for.”
How many times a day you go off on the bike and you don’t have to think about it. That’s big news and almost incomprehensible to people in a great portion of this country. Not the city or the county or the state can muck it up, either. We may grouse about the streets, but what good is a smooth one when you’re cold and wet. Officials may fret about why more people don’t ride and what to do about it, but I don’t care. It’s here for anyone to enjoy and if they don’t, then let them have memories of not doing it. In my mind, it’s the best story always.
Most of those top stories are incredibly negative. How unfortunate.