Posts from October, 2008

Just the other evening, I got a late start home. While not dark, it was rapidly getting there (it was cold too!). On the bike trail, blissfully ignorant, I am making good time when I managed to run over something sharp.
POP!!! Hissssssssssss …….. and the front tire rapidly deflates. ARRRRRRGGGGHH!!!! [...]

The good news is, next week your ride to work will be brighter. But depending on when you leave work, you may find yourself in twilight, or darkness, on the way home.
One of the reasons it’s hard for bike commuting to take hold in Florida is that we have our optimum riding weather with [...]

Photo by LisaB
It’s a park. It’s a part of the commons. It’s an enhancement to the entire community… whether they ride bikes or not. It’s only a few 10ths of a mile long, but it connects two networks of pleasant, low-volume roads which are otherwise only connected by an arterial road. It connects neighborhoods [...]

I know, I know.  It doesn’t snow like this in Orlando.  But with some of the coldest weather of the season so far upon us, I wondered how everyone did with their commute clothing options …

The bank’s digital display read 42 degrees as I began my commute this morning before sunrise.  I wasn’t sure if [...]

The following video is a segment of what Brian DeSousa shot with me a few weeks ago. This follows the Orange Avenue footage as we turn right and head South on U.S. 17-92 (Mills). Mills Ave. has 15ft curb lanes. They are a foot wider than the FDOT “standard” width which is considered share-able between [...]

Photo of our very own Andrewp (by Red Huber, ORLANDO SENTINEL)
Andrew Harrell, 50, rides his bicycle at the end of his 12-mile commute to work in downtown Orlando from Winter Park on Monday, October 27. Automobile traffic in Orlando has dropped by an average of 2 percent as the slow economy and high gas [...]

Let’s hear it for unambiguous signage!
From an article in the San Fransisco Examiner:
SAN CARLOS – Margaret Pye remembers the honking, shouting and tailgating she endured while commuting home.
The bicyclist grew tiresome of the treatment she received from drivers in San Carlos, and fought for equal access to the roads by lobbying city leaders for [...]

 
Heard an interesting and possibly disturbing story (if it is really true) from a friend at work.  This concerns an acquaintance of his who recently was taking his car down S.R. 408.  This car was equipped with a Thule bike-rack that plugs into a receiver hitch at the back of the car (not the roof-type) ……

So [...]

If you rely on your bike as transportation, sometimes you need some help on a Sunday. The problem might be as minor as a flat tire and your glue is dried up, yet local bike shops may not be open on Sunday so that they can sell you even a patch kit. I spent a [...]

Fall is Spring in Florida! Now is the time to get started. Save money, get in shape, relieve stress, connect with your community… ride your bike to work!
Please join us Tuesday, November 11 at 6 PM.
Retro City Cycles
1806 N. Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32804

Two of Commute Orlando’s Cycling Instructors, Keri Caffrey and Lisa Blount, will [...]