Moved to Tucson in 1978.
Ridden all of the areas mentioned.
While we are enjoying more bike-friendly street layouts, when we got here it was not quite so although there was a heck of a lot less car traffic.
For several years worked on the Pima County bicycling committee; takes an inordinantely long time to properly develop a good network of cycle friendly roads.
Tucson has done much better than what Phoenix area offers.
Pedal on!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem