Tucson shooting, but actually ON topic...

[Ray]

It seems Giffords was a somewhat committed rider too, albeit at the town-bike level. You don't buy a custom Dave Bohm lugged bike without being at least SORT of into it.

http://tucsonvelo.com/news/congresswoman-giffords-talks-bikes

Glad she's doing well - can't imagine how difficult the recovery ahead will be for her and her family though.

-Ray

[norcalbiker]

:beer:

[johnnymossville]

I'd say she's more than sort of into it with a great bike like that. She looks really fit as well, which is really nice to see. I don't know about her current condition but hopefully she'll be riding it again sometime in the not too distant future.

[Z3c]

Hopefully her being fit is contributing to her recovery; it certainly can't hurt.

Cycling is a real part of the culture in Tucson so it is not surprising that she rides and that she bought something local..

[Pete Serotta]

Ray....good topic and note. THANKS> PETE


It seems Giffords was a somewhat committed rider too, albeit at the town-bike level. You don't buy a custom Dave Bohm lugged bike without being at least SORT of into it.

http://tucsonvelo.com/news/congresswoman-giffords-talks-bikes

Glad she's doing well - can't imagine how difficult the recovery ahead will be for her and her family though.

-Ray

[Louis]

According to the NYT she went cycling the night before she was shot:

On the night before she and 18 others were shot, 6 of them fatally, Ms. Giffords arrived here from Washington and was picked up at the airport by one of her closest friends, Raoul Erickson.

They stopped at her condominium, near her district office, decorated with the same kind of lively folk art — she once kept a motorcycle painted in Southwestern images — as her childhood home had been. Then Ms. Giffords suggested they go for an evening bicycle ride, as they often did. They rode 10 miles — Mr. Erickson objected at first, saying it was too cold, but Ms. Giffords persuaded him — with the congresswoman snapping their picture with a cellphone along the way.

[soulspinner]

Great find Ray, thanks. :beer:

[BumbleBeeDave]

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=83957&highlight=giffords

[Ray]

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=83957&highlight=giffords
Completely missed that one - thanks for pointing it out Dave...

-Ray

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . deserve being pointed out twice.

I hope one day she is able to resume riding.

BBD

[Ahneida Ride]

How bout the other people that were executed...

I bet some of them were cyclists too.