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Tramway improvement suggestions sought

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Cyclists! Speak Out!

Tramway from Live Oak to Central

Tramway and Montgomery NE

Add your thoughts about the right turn lanes, crosswalk signal length, bike lane striping or anything else you are concerned about. Now through September 3rd.

The NMDOT gave a presentation for the Tramway Safety Study on August 5th, 2025. This presentation describes the history, purpose and need, data collection efforts, existing conditions, challenges/mitigations, and next steps for the project.

Watch the presentation or read the transcript here

Also, you can visit the NM 556 (Tramway Blvd NE) Corridor Study website at https://www.dot.nm.gov/projects/tramw… for more information or to join our mailing list. Thank you for your interest and participation! Please share your comments and questions with Olivia Tafoya online, by phone, email or mail through September 3, 2025. PHONE: (505) 998-5576 EMAIL: TramwaySafetyStudy@parametrix.com MAIL: Olivia Tafoya 4041 Jefferson Plaza NE, Ste 210 Albuquerque, NM 87109

Chuck Malagodi

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On what would have been Chuck Malagodi’s 65th birthday, the facility he worked so hard to make happen was renamed in his honor. The City of Albuquerque Esperanza Bicycle workshop was renamed to honor Chuck’s commitment to promoting cycling here in the Duke City.

Chuck Malagodi Esperanza Bicycle Safety Education Center

The whereabouts of the hit-and-run driver remain unknown. If you have any information, please pass it on.

In February, Albuquerque Metro Crime Stoppers released a flyer, naming the suspect as Jose Rios Sanchez and the suspect vehicle as a white Dodge Ram. They are still looking for him.

If you know where Sanchez may be, call 505-242-2677.

Tuesday January 28th join family and friends when we place the ghost bike for Chuck Malagodi. 12:30pm

Chuck was hit on Kathryn Ave SE, approaching Carlisle Blvd. SE. He was riding eastbound on Kathryn.

The ghost bike will be placed on the NW corner of Kathryn and Carlisle SE.

Plenty of room for bicycles in Burton Park if you ride; best parking for vehicles will be on Kathryn Ave.

Hope to see you there.

Request for Information

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At the ceremony to dedicate a ghost bike for Rosanna Breuninger on March 30, 2024, the sense of loss was coupled to a palpable frustration. Why? Because who struck Rosanna, inflicting the injuries that eventually led to her death, is unknown.

Family and friends who gathered together to honor Rosanna were also asking for help in understanding what happened on July 22, 2023. Specifically, the identity of the hit and run driver remains unknown

KRQE reported on the ghost bike dedication.

Information that might help Rosanna’s family and friends understand what happened is vital. If you or someone you know has even the smallest tip that might help unravel the events of that night, July 22, 2023, please reach out. It will mean the world to her family and many, many friends.

Email <dukecitywheelmen at gmail dot com>

The hit and run happened on 12th Street, between Los Arboles Ave and Cordova Ave NW

Initaly, APD was more involved in the investigation. However with no new information coming in, the inquires have slowed. The family’s plea is for new information that will move the case forward.

Ghost Bikes

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On Saturday, October 28, we will be reinstalling a ghost bike for Joe Gamez.  This is the bike that was hit by a car after we put it up last year.

https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/ghost-bike-at-unser-and-kimmick-honors-mans-friend/

2 pm, where Kimmick Dr. intersects Unser Blvd

https://maps.app.goo.gl/vooZH9NMgNk3VCYWA

Sunday, October 29th, also at 2 pm, we’ll be in Santa Fe putting up a ghost bike for Nathan Gray.  He was the victim of a hit-and-run driver on August 1, 2023.

https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/family-speaks-out-after-bicyclist-killed-in-santa-fe-hit-and-run/amp/

Old Pecos Trail near I-25 at the cross street Santa Barbara Drive.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/nNoKQouzaRbtNx957

Ghost Bike Ofrenda – National Hispanic Cultural Center

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DCW Ofrenda

Opening October 23rd, and running through November 11th NHCC will once again host Ofrendas created by school children, community members and Duke City Wheelmen. On November 5th there will be special Dia de los Muertos celebrations at NHCC. Reserve your spot or read more about these events here.

Dia de los Muertos
Ofrenda creator, JB
calaveras & bikes
GB: Jose Ruiz, Forrest Fukushima, Heather Rue, Amy Jobe
Matt Trujillo & Paula Higgins GB
Dan Montoya and David Sciera GBs
Robert Oakes & John Anczarski GB
Snacks
Sugar skulls

Paula Higgins Record Challenge Time Trail

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Paula takes a flier on the Oak Flat RR

How did the Record Challenge Time Trial come to be named in remembrance of Paula Higgins?

Paula was many things to the cycling community.  She was active in NMBRA in its earliest days, together with her husband Jerry Kiuttu.  Paula was my Landis teammate, along with Carolyn Donnelly.  We rode many AZ and NM races together, sporting the green and white of team White Mountain.  She won the NMBRA New Mexico Road Series championship in her division 6 times.

Paula was a time trialist too.  She got the gold medal at the 1997 National Championship in the Women’s Tandem Time Trial event with Carolyn Donnelly.  Carolyn and Paula still hold the National Tandem TT record that they set in 1995.

You can see the wealth of TT records that have been set at our very own Moriarity course here.

Paula and Jerry were the force behind the Moriarity course being surveyed, which was essential for it to become the record setting course that it is. Jerry officiated at many runnings of the Record Challenge and they were both heavily involved in organizing and promoting the event.

Paula’s death was the impetus for placing one of the first ghost bikes in Albuquerque and the start of Duke City Wheelmen. There were some early attempts and finally we placed her ghost bike in February, 2010. It is located at Pennsylvania and Comanche NE on the southeast corner.

Ghost bikes in Albuquerque and indeed throughout New Mexico, have had an impact on some, although I know that it is not universally positive. Just as important is the fact that when cyclists improve their capacity to interact with motorists and create more space for themselves on our streets and highways, we can cycle more safely. As a vulnerable road user, we bear more burden, thinking, both for ourselves and for motorists. It is true that they don’t see us, but that is not a fixed condition. We can be seen, but it requires more of us.

Ghost Bike for Joe Gamez

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A ghost bike was placed for Joe Gamez on Saturday, August 20th at 10:00 AM at the location where he was hit, Unser Blvd. & Kimmick Drive NW.

Big thanks to KRQE for covering this ghost bike installation.

https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/ghost-bike-at-unser-and-kimmick-honors-mans-friend/

Joe Gamez and Eric Bailey were cycling at this location, Unser Blvd. & Kimmick Drive NW, on Saturday, July 9th when they were hit by a drunk driver.  Joe Gamez succumbed to his traumatic brain injuries on July 21, 2022.

Eric Bailey, the Gamez family and numerous friends and extended family gathered on August 20, 2022 at 10:00 am at the site of the crash for the placement of a ghost bike, a bicycle painted white that meant to honor a fallen cyclist, to honor this place and Joe’s life.

This ghost bike will serve to memorialize Joe, to help his grieving family and friends, and to bring increased awareness to the issues of drunk driving and the need for increased awareness of cyclists on our streets and highways.

The ghost bike was placed by Duke City Wheelmen, a safe cycling non-profit in Albuquerque, NM. 

Mount Taylor Challenge!

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Hi and thank you for your interest in this event. We have canceled the event this year due to low registration numbers.

60 mile Mt. Taylor Challenge

Bring a gravel bike or a mountain bike.

Road bicycles not recommended.

Bike Swap Time

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Trek Bicycle Albuquerque parking lot
March 20, 2022
9:00AM- 12:00PM

Who: Cyclists of all stripes!!

What: Bicycles and bicycle parts of all types, sorts and sizes

When: Sunday March 20th 8:00 AM seller set-up; 9:00 AM to noon for buyers.

Where: Trek Bicycles Albuquerque, 5000 Menaul Blvd. NE, Albuquerque NM

Why: Because there is Cycling Stuff y’all need & Stuff people want to sell!

WHY: To raise money for Ukraine relief efforts

In addition to individual sellers who will purchase a table for $20.00 dollars, Duke City Wheelmen has many new-in-the-box items for sale.  These are donated items, NEW, that we are selling to raise money for ghost bikes and safe cycling education here in New Mexico (50%) and will split the rest between two groups providing aid to Ukraine.  These groups are:

Ukraine Crisis aid through Global Empowerment Mission

https://www.globalempowermentmission.org/mission/ukraine-crisis/

Razom for Ukraine

Razom Emergency Response

Razom translates from Ukrainian to English as “Together”. Together for Ukraine