Come out and join us for a group bike ride around Las Cruces! This will be a chill paced ride for about 12-15 miles and drinks at the end. Tell your friends! The more the merrier and lets have a fun ride.

We are meeting up in downtown Las Cruces near the Rio Grande Theater. Bring lights and a helmet.

Abq cyclists SEEN

With more than 200 cyclists riding together on Central and other major streets in Albuquerque Sunday, Albuquerque drivers are hopefully more aware that we need to be SEEN. BikeABQ’s Can You See Us NOW? ride was a major success and it received major media attention.

See Johnnys story on KOAT 7
http://www.koat.com/news/21022599/detail.html

Tags: Bicycle safety, Bike Ride, Critical Mass, Fun video, Ride, Sustainability, Transportation

on a lighter note, a funny vid from MC SpandX:

Tags: Fun video

Gustavo Vega Memorial Ride

This Saturday Sept. 12th there will be a memorial ride for Gus. Any one with a bicycle please come out and support his family. Let’s show the city of El Paso and surrounding communities that we cyclist stand united.

Gustavo Vega

The ride will be leaving Dick Shinaut Park on Saul Klienfeld at 9 am. It will then head down Pebble Hills to Eastwood Park, formerly Album Park. Once at Eastwood Park everyone will regroup and ride back to Dick Shinaut Park. It’s a 9 mile loop. Belen will be waiting with goodies and after ride drinks. The media will be present, so it’s very important that we let El Paso know we’re out there. Thank you to everyone ahead of time, and be careful.

Tags: Bicycle safety, Bike Ride, El Paso, In memory, Ride, Sustainability, Transportation

You may never know…

Another fellow marauder, Gustavo Vega from Horizon City, east of El Paso, has been the latest victim of intoxicated manslaughter. Mr. Vega, 47, was riding East on North Loop’s designated shoulder when 25 year old Araceli Nava veered off the road striking him. Mr. Vega died that morning, laying in the sun next to his mangled bicycle, in a dried-out irrigation ditch.

Ms. Nava told the authorities that she was parting all night and that she last drank an alcoholic beverage at 6:00am, four hours prior to the incident.

I would hate to believe that the last emotion Mr. Vega had was the horror of the impending impact, but rather that of the liberating feeling a cyclist gets as one glides through the country side. This incident brings up the point that cyclist are completely susceptible motorist’s actions.

In an age of rampant hit-and-runs, Ms. Nava is commended for not only having stopped, but for alerting the authorities of the incident.

As fellow cyclists, you may be aware of our soft-bodied vulnerability contrasting with a world of steel and concrete. We may have helmets, lights and everything else, but we may never know when the poor judgment of others will cross our path.

As you ride along on your next excursion, just remember those who lost it all partaking in your passion… and stay alert, we have way more to loose!

Sheriff’s Report

Tags: Death, Urban Aggression

Unsung Hero

We At Urban Aggression would like to congratulate Senior Las Cruces City Planner Mr. Andy Hume for receiving the Unsung Hero Community Champion Award. Molina Healthcare of New Mexico recently recognized his efforts in implementing the Safe Routes To School program, which provides better bicycle infrastructure and education for schools, providing children a safe & healthy alternative way to get to school.

Mr. Hume is a planner for the local Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and has been the crucial link between the community and the powers-to-be. He helps communicate ideas and concerns with city council as-well-as works to secure funds for future bicycle facilities. Mr. Hume has set a goal for the City of Las Cruces to become a recognized Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclist. A formidable task we know he can accomplish. We hope more of Andy’s hard work pays off in the near future. Bureaucracy and funding have proven formidable opponents to real on the ground improvements in facilities but we know with support from local cyclists, he can help this city get moving in a healthier direction.

Andy can also be found out-and-about at the various local events riding his bicycle. Congrats again and thanks for all your help!

Tags: planning, Transportation