The most intense level of bicycling activity in Tucson declines considerably after the El Tour de Tucson (always on the Saturday before Thanksgiving). Many of the snowbirds are themselves cyclists and they're active right up until they return to their home roosts around late April!
One of the better books, recently published, that shows some of the routes in the immediate Tucson area is "Desert Journeys", written by Jerry Rosen (published by the author - http://www.jrphoto.org/journeys.htm ). It's nicely illustrated with photographs on a glossy stock paper. The most active local cycling club (for non-racers) is GABA ( http://www.bikegaba.org/ ) they have a variety of rides in the area, including some with support. One of my favorite day rides is from Amado (south of Green Valley) to Arivaca. A ride that includes some climbs and roller coasters and ends up in Arivaca, where there is a small market and some decent restaurants. Return is back to Amado (46 miles total with the opportunity for some side rides in the area). I first heard about this ride from Colin Laing, the British custom framebuilder (now retired) who had apprenticed with the Taylor Brothers. He once had a shop in Tucson and built a triplet for my family with a kiddie-crank conversion in the center position. Jim Cloud Tucson, AZ On Nov 8, 8:46 pm, Stephen S <[email protected]> wrote: > In my experience the roughest time is right about now. Angst is high with > El Tour de Tucson and then you have the snowbirds. If you are biking > outside of the city it isn't so bad though. Lots of folks stop riding once > the winter monsoons happen. > > I lived in Tucson when Maynard's anti-Tucson article came out and the city > was not as bad as he was making it out to be. I'm not saying there never > was a time when someone didn't get angry at me when I biked around just not > as crazy as Maynard's experiences. > > Stephen > > On Thursday, November 8, 2012 10:10:17 AM UTC-8, Jim Thill - Hiawatha > > > > > > > > Cyclery wrote: > > > I contemplated a Tucson trip for this winter, but Maynard's negative > > impressions swayed me in another direction. Now that I've heard a more > > positive perspective, Tucson is back on my mind. Also, I have no fear of > > death, which helps. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
