Thread started by Creative Thing at 02.15.09 - 4:48 pm

I'll be in Tucson next Thursday for six days.
I haven't found any bike stuff on line. Does anyone have the 411 on the Tucson bike scene?
I'll be cycling regardless, but it would be cool to hang out with the local ridazz.

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just kick it around downtown Tucson has a pretty cool bike scene and its super cyclist friendly check this place out
http://www.bicas.org/
and read this guys blog
http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/



apineda
02.15.09 - 7:45 pm

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BICAS is a notorious mecca as far as bike co-ops go. Heard lots of great stuff about it. Let us know!



SKIDMARCUS
02.16.09 - 10:14 pm

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Thanks for these tips.
I'm looking forward to checking out Bicas.



Creative Thing
02.17.09 - 8:19 am

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Many thanks for the Tucson tips.
I visited Bicas. Wow, they really have it together in Tucson.
Bicas is about 3 times the size of our beloved Bicycle Kitchen.
Very well organized and staffed.
They don't have the population numbers we have, but Arizona State University has a huge student body that rides bikes and there is a "Green" vibe about the shops and services in the city.
I saw people riding bikes everywhere I went, day and night.
I did a short group ride with 5 other ridazz around downtown one night.
There seems to be a strong group of bike advocates who are focused on gettting things done with the city. Most major streets have bike lanes and all the buses have bike racks. While driving around town, I spied two Ghost Bikes. My friend who I was staying with told me there are several other Ghost Bikes which I didn't see.
So, yeah. Drivers still need to be educated, and the Ghost Bikes are a graphic reminder for them to watch for us.



Creative Thing
02.26.09 - 7:01 pm

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The friend I was visiting photographed the punk rock scene in L.A. 30 years ago. He took some of the best photos of X and the Blasters.
He is now involved with Humane Borders, an organization which provides 80 water stations in the desert, to cut down on the number of deaths of migrants crossing the border.
The stations are marked with 25 foot tall blue flags.
I went on a run with the group, visiting 8 stations, refilling and reparing some damage done by those who...I don't know, want people to die of thurst? They tried to drain the water barrels and bent the flag pole. The truck we drove had spare flags and pole parts, as well as extra barrels and of course water.
My buddy was with another group a few weeks ago which found a body, or what was left after the animals had a few days with it.
I don't think providing life sustaining water should ever be a crime.
I rode my friend's bike while in Tucson. He found it in the dessert, abandoned by migrants. All the chrome was spray painted black to prevent detection at night. A pretty decent, if heavy, road bike.
I took a picture of the bike, but lost it while down loading.



Creative Thing
02.26.09 - 7:20 pm

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I once went on a trip to fill those kinds of buckets with water bottles that were outside of the border from Mexicali. I was horrified to discover that minutemen make a point of going to these water barrels and they destroy them. I mean, that is the lowest.



Joe Borfo
02.26.09 - 7:36 pm

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Thanks Borfo and CT for your efforts.

And I find it absolutely inexcusable for anyone to risk the lives of others by fucking with these water stations.



toweliesbong
02.26.09 - 8:00 pm

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