Lazy Sunday

Today the Tucson Brompton Meetup Group (in association with Metrognome Music and Cycle to Go) went out for an easy ride to Sky Bar for some coffee and calzones.  We even had a guest from out of town... ukulele and guitarist virtuoso (virtuosa?) Del Rey (not to be confused with Lana Del Rey).  We were also joined by a couple of prospective Brompton owners, who after the ride became pending Brompton owners (orders were placed for some arctic blue H6Rs!)  The weather was hot (hey! It's almost June in Tucson!), but the ride was enjoyable as usual.

Another convert...

Last week my friend & owner of Metrognome Music (earlier post here) received his red M3R that he won on eBay.

Check out the rack on that beauty!!

I'm trying to get him indoctrinated into the Brompton culture as fast as I can, and hopefully he'll start coming out to Meetup events.

Cyclovia Tucson 2013, Weekend 1

Yesterday (April 7) was the first of two Cyclovia events in Tucson for 2013.  Cyclovia Tucson is based on the Bogota Ciclovia, where several streets are closed to motorized traffic and walkers, skaters and cyclists are free to roam the streets.

The weather was pretty warm as is customary this time of year.  Regardless, there was a great turnout with lots of opportunities to people & bike watch.  It was just HT Chen and myself for the Brompton contingent, but we saw quite a few Bike Fridays.

I've got some video footage, but I've noticed that I seem to tilt my head a bit, making the footage a little skewed.  I'll see if I can correct it post-production before posting it up.

Unfortunately I was too busy talking and taking in the sights to take many good pictures.

Trying out the Sun Tran Hybrid Bus.

Some better pictures can be found on the Tucson Velo site.

Old Pueblo Grand Prix and new factory video

I'm still getting over being sick for the past week, but I still was able to make it out to the Old Pueblo Grand Prix with the meetup group.  We did a parade lap with some cool kids (I'm in photo #5 in this Tucson Velo gallery).  Unfortunately I wasn't able to stay and watch any of the races.

It was also brought to my attention that there is a new video of the Brompton factory at work making works of art.  I always enjoy these insider videos, so I linked it here for you to enjoy!

Tucson peeps: There's a new ride event in downtown next weekend!

Tucson Velo website announced a community ride in downtown Tucson being hosted by actor Patrick Dempsey (of Grey's Anatomy and Can't Buy Me Love (a film made in Tucson) fame and pro cyclist Tom Danielson.  The ride, dubbed "Ride On, Tucson!", is set for Sunday, January 20, 2013 from 1 - 4 PM.

The route is shown below:

The route is approximately 2.5 miles and will be closed off to car traffic.  Riders are encouraged to ride as many loops as they want!  I hope to bring a lot of people from the Tucson Brompton Bicycle Club Meetup Group and get some good photos and maybe some video!

Additional details are at the Ride on, Tucson website.

It's official... the Tucson Brompton Bicycle Club is here!

As I mentioned in the last post, I was thinking about starting a Brompton group at Meetup.com.  There are two other Brompton meetup groups... one in Washington, D.C. and the other in Edinburgh UK.  The one I am organizing will of course be based in Tucson, but I hope to perhaps get members from all throughout Arizona and maybe beyond!

I'm thinking about organizing events for Brompton owners (and those curious) to hang out, take rides, maybe even do some trips!

Here is the link to the Tucson Brompton Bicycle Club! (Let me know if it isn't working).  Hope to meet some of the readers here sometime soon!

First kinda-sorta meetup...

Yesterday I met up with the other cool Brompton owners at Sky Bar. It was the first time we all have gotten together since the Gary Fisher ride. It was nice to see everyone again and talk about the future rides and trips they are planning.

It was mentioned that they have seen other Bromptons around town, which is exciting. I think I'm going to make the leap and form a group on meetup.com, and hopefully that'll make meeting more Tucson Brompton owners even easier! Once I get everything figured out I'll share the group info in a new post!