Tag: Cycling
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Tucson’s Newest Cyclist
Years ago my wife Gwyn lived in an Amish commune where all forms of modern transportation were shunned. Alas, she never learned to ride a bicycle. I kid, I kid. Gwyn isn’t Amish. But it is true that for various reasons (viz. reasons I do not know) my Dear Wife never learned how to ride a…
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My First Bike Wreck
It was inevitable. My coordination and dexterity levels are somewhere around those of the African Bush Elephant. Today, while riding down Tucson’s Ft. Lowell Road, near the intersection of Ft. Lowell and Dodge, I hit a rough patch of pavement that sent me head over handlbars, off my bike. Fortunately for me, the asphalt broke…
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Bike Ride Along the Rillito River
I suppose in a perfect world, a river bike path, would run along side an actual river with water in it. But this is Tucson, and things are seldom perfect in the desert. Truth is, calling our Rillito River a “river” is a bit misleading. In reality, it’s a dry sandbar where a perennial river once…
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First Bike Ride in Tucson
I just completed my first spin around Tucson on the new bike. Seeing as it’s a balmy 93 degrees today with a chance of rain, one might rightly question the wisdom of such a trip. Most of my morning was spent fighting with the u-lock mount on the Kryptonite lock I bought. Once this was…
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Why I Chose to Cycle
After many weeks of hemming and hawing, I finally decided to take the plunge and give commuting by bicycle a shot. The move is purely pragmatic, so let not your hearts be troubled. I won’t be buying organic or driving a hybrid anytime soon. Neither action will save the planet anyway. So Why Cycle? With…
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