Recent violent incidents along Tucsons Chuck Huckelberry Loop have rattled the citys cycling community, even as a longtime local bike shop owner says he hasnt seen a sharp drop in business.

Elliot Dumont, owner of Roadrunner Bicycles, has been part of the bike culture in Tucson for decades, and he says camaraderie is a natural outgrowth of the sport. You start to get to know one person, then another person. And it can feel like a tight-knit community real quick, he said.

But that sense of community has been tested by recent events. On Sept. 23, 44-year-old cyclist Enrique Kix Mercado was fatally stabbed while riding with a group near First Street and Wetmore. The Tucson Police Department later arrested 26-year-old Michael Francisco on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the

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