October Highlights
October on La Doce was a blast. Thanks to the many businesses, community organizations, artists, and neighbors who hosted Cyclovia on South 12th once again this year (remixed).
Celebrating Art
Cyclovia collaborates with local artists to create a limited-edition sticker specific to each route. For October, Students from Ernesto Somoza's graphic design class at Pueblo High participated in a contest to create a colorful design to represent their neighborhood. Over 100 of these super cool stickers were distributed through Remix events—the first of 6 collectibles needed to earn a VIP Access Pass at Cyclovia in April 2022.
See design contest winner Jocelyn Preciado walk through the process and tell it in her own words.
If you missed a chance to grab one of these limited-edition stickers in October, you can still pick one up, along with a Sonoran Dog, from route sponsors BK Tacos.
Jamming out to Sounds of the Route
Keep grooving with this month’s route soundtrack, handcrafted by local artist Enrique García Naranjo, or DJQ. Big thanks to DJQ for sharing their process and how it all started at Pueblo High in a special extended interview.
Art takes to the Streets
We were lucky to have Tucson Water artist-in-residence Alex! Jimenez facilitate a public chalk mural at the Mission Manor Park Party, along with a special release of her Otomi-inspired Cyclovia design. Jimenez’s multi-media work reflects the South and West Sides of Tucson where she grew up, including the Talking Mural near Oasis Fruit Cones on 12th Ave and District St.
Tanline Printing brought a special release of Jimenez’s Cyclovia design to life—live screen printing it from their bright red, solar-powered fire truck.
Walking & Rolling
While we couldn’t block off the streets this year, Cyclovia Remix brought folks together to ride bikes in safer, larger numbers. About 40 people attended October’s kickoff ride down the Liberty Avenue Bicycle Boulevard.
Throughout the month, other volunteer-led groups met up to create mini-Cyclovias! Treats from La Estrella Bakery make Saturday morning rides well worth the effort, and sponsor Rollie’s Mexican Patio is always a great place to pick up a bite.
Bike-able scavenger hunts led prize seekers to iconic La Doce businesses like Yosi’s Creations & Flower Shop and La Estrella Bakery.
Pueblo High students organized other route highlights—the Road Warriors cycling club hosted one of their 60+ mile training rides touring the Loop pathway.
The ride was a fundraiser in support of club members’ bids to ride El Tour de Tucson in November. Catching up with student riders during Cycling class at Pueblo High provided inspiration and handy tips on riding their home turf.
Coming Together
Our Pop-up Party at Mission Manor Park rounded out the month with games, music of the La Doce soundtrack, community resources, bike decorating, the delicious Frozen Delight ice cream truck, a communal mural, live screen printing, BMX demonstrations and more!
After a long COVID-hiatus, it was so special to share space and have fun with over 250 local residents at a Cyclovia event.
Thanks to sponsors and collaborators like the Pima Department of Environmental Quality, 40 bike light sets were distributed along with information about how to ride The Tucson Loop.
36 attendees were able to get their vaccine or booster shots, thanks to the hardworking Pima County Health Department medical team.
Cicli Noe Bike Shop provided free bike repair—servicing the tires, brakes and chains of almost 30 bikes!
With support from the Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility, we fitted and distributed 25 youth bike helmets.
Ward 1’s Ready, Set, Rec van provided giant board games, lawn games and all manner of fun, family activities.
Stars of the show, Genuine BMX, took over the Mission Manor parking lot to show off their moves on BMX ramps large and small. Watching fearless young riders learn new tricks in real time blew all of our minds!
A huge thank you to everyone who participated and much gratitude to all of our partners, artists, community organizers, and neighbors who make these places great year-round.
While we met up together in La Doce during the month of October, neighbors, businesses, and community organizations demonstrate their resilience, creativity, culture, and social fabric all year round. Cyclovia seeks to celebrate the good that happens in these streets and areas, but acknowledges that many neighborhoods lack the security and support from City infrastructure to have truly open streets. True work happens by connecting with the people who have already created a sense of place, establishing trust and mutual exchange, and building equitable spaces for stories and decisions to be made by those historically left out of decision-making processes for the built-environment.
