Comments on: Way to go Miami!

By: fred_dot_u

fred_dot_u — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:52:27 +0000

Oh, yeah, there’s an eight second clip of the start of the Goober, with my wife and I on our (now-sold) back-to-back recumbent tandem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU2xBBNzeuE

By: fred_dot_u

fred_dot_u — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:50:22 +0000

Many moons ago, Orlando held the Great Orlando Bike Ride (Goober) which was quite well attended. It was not a particularly high-exertion event, as the ride was speed limited to 12 mph, but we’ve attended it as a social gathering. At one point, there were 1200 riders traveling through and around downtown Orlando. I would be willing to burn dinosaurs to attend another similar event. I’ll keep an eye out for the 2009 calendar!

By: LisaB

LisaB — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:31:16 +0000

Several variations of this idea have been proposed for Orlando’s celebration of Bike Month Florida 2009. It’s a lot of work and, I’m told, requires persistence and salesmanship with city officials. But clearly the benefits are widespread.

By: fred_dot_u

fred_dot_u — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:44:16 +0000

I’d love to add “Hello, Daytona” but there isn’t any really central location for this town that would make sense. I suppose many years ago there was a downtown, in the same manner as Orlando and Miami, but it’s just one miserable spread of roads, businesses and stuff. So sad.

It is encouraging to see that it will be a monthly event and perhaps if the downtown merchants benefit, they could get higher frequencies pushed through.

By: andrewp

andrewp — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:25:53 +0000

Hello Orlando indeed!!

Thought about this kind of thing — more specifically “Bike to Work Day”. Day!!?? We need this “day” to happen every month of the year!!