Owls Head Butte Metric Century (ish)
Saturday February 7, 2025

Route Distances: Metric Century(70 Miles)
or Medio Ride (36 miles)

Monthly GABA Meeting – Thursday, February 12

What is Great About Tandem Cycling

NOTE NEW MEETING LOCATION – See Information Below

At our February meeting, Caren and Mike Bianco, owners of Adventures in Tandem cycle tours and Oro Valley residents, will be talking about what they love most – tandem cycling!

It’s likely you have seen a few tandem couples riding around Tucson and on the Loop. Have you ever thought about riding a tandem with your significant other? If so, Caren and Mike have all the information that you need to get started. And even if you haven’t actually thought about riding a tandem, you’ll still learn everything there is to know about tandem cycling.

Please join your fellow GABA members to hear Caren and Mike’s story (and feel free to bring guests). The meeting starts at 7:00 pm on February 12, 2026.  But doors will open at 6:30 so you can come early and socialize with other GABA members.

The presentation will be at our NEW MEETING LOCATION – the East Murphey Gallery at the St Philips in the Hills Church, located at the NE corner of Campbell and River. (The same place as our January meeting but in a different building.)

Note that this is NOT St Phillips Plaza where you park for the Loop trail. Rather it’s on the north side of River Road.  There are entrances off both Campbell and River. 

Drive into the parking lot and try to park under or near the parking area that is covered with solar panels.  From there, look to the southwest for GABA signs that will direct you to the building with the meeting room.  A map showing the location of the parking lot and the route to the meeting room is available at  https://tinyurl.com/StPhillipsMap

Besides coming early to socialize, you might also want to come early in case you are delayed by any confusion about finding the new location.

2nd GABA Annual Lunch Ride

SAVE THE DATE:  Saturday 14 February 2026

GABA will host the Second Annual Lunch After a Group Ride on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park for GABA members in good standing.  
  If you are not a GABA member there will be a $25 suggested donation to participate in the Luncheon after the group ride.  
  The February 2025 event was a big success thanks to the ride leaders, all the volunteers at the venue and all the ride participants.  There were approximately 130 attendees.

  The Group Rides will start from multiple locations around Tucson and from Brandi Fenton Memorial Park.

The menu will include but not limited to hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, baked beans, potato salad, macaroni salad, green salad, chips, and a selection of desserts.  Ride participants are encouraged to bring a desert to share after lunch has been served.

To request vegan or vegetarian dietary needs, clearly communicate your needs in advance, please email us at  luncheon@bikegaba.org  BEFORE February 10, 2026.    

Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, we should be aware of,” When contacting hosts or caterers, state your restriction, and offer to bring a dish or request specific options like sides that you can eat to show you're flexible.

Enjoy a GABA group discount of 20% and improve the safety of our group rides with Road ID

Looking for a Day Ride?
Check out our MeetUp page!
We have social rides, scenic routes and even training rides!
El Tour de Tucson Training rides are starting the end of August and early September!
Join a Bike Repair here also!

Join GABA Supported Rides

GABA Wants You...for the Supported Rides Group! Join the Supported Rides Group and help GABA make the magic of the Supported Rides program happen!

Have fun and make new friends while helping your club be the best it can be and learning from one of the best-supported rides teams in the country. No experience necessary!

Supported Rides is responsible for coordinating and organizing the Century and Overnight Rides for GABA. These rides and events are the pinnacle for this organization. Having someone new with new energy and ideas for Supported Rides would be great for GABA and the Tucson community.  This position is open to more than one individual.

The Supported Rides Coordinator is a Board member position. The Supported Rides Coordinator is responsible for the direction of Supported Rides and will contribute to the success of GABA.  If you’re interested in becoming a Supported Rides Coordinator, please contact John at supportedrides@bikegaba.org or Matt Harmon at president@bikegaba.org.

GABA has a monthly newsletter, Paceline, available to both active GABA members and nonmembers. If you would like to receive this wonderful update on GABA happenings, please click this button. Paceline

GABA members only Strava Club

We have learned that GABA members would like a member’s only Strava Club. Rather than close the existing GABA official Strava club off from public participation (because it allows GABA to promote its existence in the community), the board has created a second, closed Strava club that will be available to GABA members only.

To join the new Greater Arizona Bicycling Association (GABA) (Members Only) Strava club, log in to Strava and go to: 

https://www.strava.com/clubs/gaba-membersonly

and click on the button labeled “Request to join”.

If your GABA membership is up to date, an administrator will approve your request to join.