Wanda Ross Several CycleMasters rode the Tour de Cookie, an annual fundraising event of the Rotary Club of Marana. The 35-mile round-trip ride was on The Loop river bike path. It was a cool and cloudy Arizona day but by wearing multiple layers, everyone did fine. Along the route, bicyclists stopped at 12 stations that…
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Clubs & Classes, March 2026
Cyclemasters Divas Bicycle Outside SaddleBrooke
Wanda Ross Several Cyclemasters do outside rides every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. These tend to be long, fast rides with experienced bicyclists, mostly men. With a desire to get more women riding outside SaddleBrooke, Julia Boyd created a Divas group of women to bicycle outside. It has already become a huge success, with 50…
January 2026, Clubs & Classes
Cyclemasters Remove Trash Along SaddleBrooke Boulevard
About two years ago, SaddleBrooke Boulevard was repaved and widened, with a bike lane added. It is much nicer now and much safer for vehicle drivers, golf carts, and bicyclists. But, somehow, trash still ends up on the side of the road. On Dec. 6, 15 Cyclemasters left their bicycles at home and donned work…
January 2026, Generals
Important: Insure Your E-Bike
Wanda Ross Insurance companies treat manual bicycles very differently from e-bikes, because e-bikes have a motor. A manual bicycle, like many of us have ridden since we were children, is treated by insurance companies as personal property, the same way they view other sporting equipment. However, an e-bike is considered to be a vehicle, because…
December 2025, Front Page
CycleMasters Ride in the El Tour de Tucson
Wanda Ross How fortunate we are to have a major world-class bicycling event right in our backyard, the El Tour de Tucson. One of our country’s premiere bicycling events, the El Tour attracts bicyclists from around the world and has raised $150 million for charitable organizations since its inception in 1983. On Nov. 22, the…
November 2025, Clubs & Classes
Cyclemasters Bicycle Outside SaddleBrooke
Wanda Ross Each week, several of our more accomplished and faster bicyclists do rides outside SaddleBrooke. These rides on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are announced by various club members, most often Dan Hoshino, inviting others to join. They bicycle to various places in Tucson. Some favorite rides are to the Mercado, to Panera Bread at…
October 2025, Clubs & Classes
Cyclemasters Ride the Tucson Loop de Loop
Wanda Ross A group of 24 Cyclemasters, decked out in our club jerseys, bicycled 20 to 30 miles on Sept. 20 in the Loop de Loop event on the Chuck Huckelberry Loop. The Loop, as it is commonly called, is a paved, 54-mile bicycle loop in the Tucson area. In true SaddleBrooke style, we enjoyed…
September 2025, Features
Cyclemasters Bicyclists Enjoy Trips to Cooler Climates
In early August, 16 Cyclemasters drove to Summit County, Colo., an area noted for many bicycle paths. Each morning during the week, we bicycled 20 to 30 miles at elevations of 8,500 feet and higher in scenic Frisco, Dillon, Keystone, Breckenridge, and Copper Mountain and also in Leadville, on the highest paved bicycle trail in…
September 2025, Clubs & Classes
Cyclemasters Bicycle All Year Long
Wanda Ross It’s summer, so it’s hot and the snowbirds are gone, but we’re still bicycling in SaddleBrooke. The Cyclemasters bicycling club has organized rides every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. During the summer months of June, July, and August, we start riding at 7 a.m. to enjoy early daylight and light traffic and to…
August 2025, Clubs & Classes
SaddleBrooke Shows Patriotic Colors
Wanda Ross On July 4, several Cyclemasters bicyclists, led by Gail Thom and Marty Herbert, rode for an hour on many SaddleBrooke streets and counted 290 U.S. flags. That’s a lot of American pride here. Since our independence on July 4, 1776, the United States of America has changed greatly. The USA has grown from…