Sights, sounds and team names from 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo
The 2011 24 hours in the Old Pueblo is in the books. Check out the photos, video and — if you aren’t easily offended — the best, or worst, of…
Coaching tip: Test yourself!
Editor’s note: Travis Woodruff is a Tucson-based cycling coach (USA Cycling certified Level I Elite Coach) and founder of Momentum Endurance, a coaching business. On Monday, Travis will begin providing…
Local cyclist and author offers book for free
Between 1980 and 1992, local cyclist, author, photographer and web developer, Martha Retallick, rode in all 50 states. Then she wrote a book about it. Now you can download a…
Introducing Tucson Velo’s sponsorship coordinator
I want to introduce Lauren Frisk. As of Friday, she has taken over as the site’s sponsorship coordinator. She’ll be hitting the streets of Tucson looking for site sponsors. My…
Video: Riding with kids
I’ve been meaning to post this video produced by KVOA for quite a while. Very few things make me as happy as being able to run an errand on my…
Half off bike parts and more at Sabino Cycles
Today’s Groupon.com deal is $50 worth of bicycle supplies from Sabino Cycles for $25. If you’ve never used Groupon, here is how it works: 1) Go to http://groupon.com/tucson and sign…
Traveling cyclist and author presenting about world travels
Writer, photographer, speaker, bicycle advocate and former actor Willie Weir will be in Tucson speaking about the latest bicycling adventures from his book, Travels with Willie . Check out my…
It’s my birthday and I’ll skip the BAC meeting if I want to — but you should go
Today is my birthday. I’m turning the big Three Oh. Instead of attending the Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m., I am going to…
Local elementary school building campus bike track
Students at Elvira Elementary School in the Sunnyside school district may soon have the first campus bicycle track in Arizona. Officials from the Elvira and the Pima County Bicycle and…
Youth cyclist going on bike tour to talk about El Grupo
Although, El Grupo team member Marcos Esparza, 17, won’t officially graduate from BASIS High School until May, he is done with classes and is going to spend two months on…
Rider of the week: Michigan native says it’s cold here
Geoscience graduate student Esther Posner braved the record-low temperatures on Thursday to attend class. Posner, who moved here four months ago, says she had to remind herself that she is…
Photos: Frozen commute
With the temperature hovering around 17 degrees and the wind chill making it feel closer to 5 degrees according to my weather.com app, there were certainly a lot fewer people…