A freeway entrance can create an intimidating road configuration for cyclists. It often involves a long right lane which diverges into an on-ramp. Cyclists operating with a typical far-right-curb bias can find themselves suddenly cut off by high-speed, right-turning traffic. Some will ride a foot to the right of the thru lane, blocking the...
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This is an article about REI’s new website called Bike your drive. A quote from the article: “REI continues to see increased interest in using bicycles to get to work, the coffee shop or just for running errands around town,” says Brian Foley, REI’s product manager for cycling. “You don’t have to wear spandex...
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Photo by Keri I dream that some day this gentleman will feel comfortable, safe and welcome riding on the road with his dogs, his kids or a load of groceries. It is already safe to ride on the road—far safer than the sidewalk—no matter your cargo. But people can’t get their heads around that...
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So, being a good treehugger, I strapped our old, busted (the tree-trimming crew dropped a limb on it) TV antenna to Lakshmi for a trip to the metals recycling company on Kaley near Division. But when I pulled up to the gate, the attendant told me they cannot take anything but aluminum cans from...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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 …
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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...
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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...
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