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Note: this is the first installment of a bicycle-related column in The Noise. If you or someone you know is interested in submitting a 1000-word column on riding bikes, or bicycle related issues in Northern Arizona, please let me know!

It is often said that Flagstaff is a bicycle friendly city. I’m not sure what criteria is involved in labeling a city as friendly to bicyclists; perhaps it is any city that has nice weather and a centralized population. Maybe it has something to do with a percentage of city funds that go toward bicycle infrastructure or the number of cyclists on the road. In light of a few recent bicycle-related fiascos, however, one thing is clear, if Flagstaff is a bicycle friendly city, it is not because there is widespread acceptance and respect for bicycle laws. In fact, the only people that seem to have any consistent knowledge of the Arizona bicycle laws are the bicyclists themselves.

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