Wanda Ross June 1 was a beautiful sunny day with temperatures in the 70s as eight CycleMasters ladies gathered at 7 a.m. for a morning ride within SaddleBrooke. There were wide streets with little traffic, beautifully landscaped yards, green bushes, flowering agaves, and more. So much beauty in this wonderful community. The scenic highlight of this…
Wanda Ross The Ride of Silence is an annual cycling event that honors bicyclists who have been killed or injured on public roadways. It also raises awareness for bicyclists’ legal right to share the road. Thousands of riders participate each year across hundreds of locations. This year’s Ride of Silence took place globally on Wednesday,…
Wanda Ross Every month many volunteer members of the SaddleBrooke CycleMasters deliver the SaddleBrooke Progress newspaper to our homes. This raises money for the club to buy brand new bicycles and helmets that are donated to local school children at Mammoth-San Manuel School and at Oracle School. At both schools, one student from each grade…
Randy Park SaddleBrooke Cyclemasters, a 250–member club, will again travel to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and Spokane, Wash., in June. Around 30 members are signed up to enjoy five days of bike riding on paved bicycle paths, most of which will be on the desired Rails-to-Trails variety. The trip starts with two days riding in the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…