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Tucson bike groups, shops and other organizations regularly host smaller cycling events. But if you’re looking for a large-scale bike event, Tucson is home to a couple of them.
El Tour de Tucson
El Tour de Tucson was founded 40 years ago by Perimeter Bicycling and has since become what they dub to be “one of the largest bicycling events in America.”
During the first El Tour de Tucson in the early 1980s, the event had 200 riders and raised around $4,500. Now, an average of 6,000 riders participate in the annual event and the organization has raised millions of dollars for charities, according to their website.
“I don’t really do much racing because of the risk factor,” Noah Anastassatos, this year’s El Tour de Tucson winner, told the Arizona Daily Star. “But this is one of the safer ones honestly, so that’s why I came back. It’s safe and it’s fast.”
Cyclovia Tucson
Cyclovia Tucson is a car-free open-streets event hosted by local nonprofit Living Streets Alliance.
The event “temporarily re-purposes our public streets to be more inclusive of all people,” according to their website. Unlike El Tour de Tucson, Cyclovia is not a race and is instead a car-free street party where participants can walk, bike, skate and dance through the route.
However you participate in Cyclovia, Living Streets Alliance hopes participants will be able to connect with Tucson streets in a way they haven’t been able to before.
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