I was out cycling my errands today.  En route to my second stop, I got caught at the light of Conway Rd. and Gatlin Ave.  Ample time presented the opportunity for the crossing guard to ask me “why I didn’t want to be safer and ride on the sidewalk?” My response was simple, “Because...
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How many bike designs do you see in this video that you’ve never seen before? WARNING: Turn down the volume before playing.
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Today, I had a nice experience with a car driver … on my commute on Cady Way Trail, I have several roads that I cross.  I have to say for the most part, traffic actually comes to a complete stop when they see me in the path at the intersection, and let me through.  ...
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The Kewannee Trail is a 1.7 mile shared-use path that travels along a creek easement through the English Woods and Indian Woods subdivisions. At its east end, it connects to Cassel Creek Blvd., a road that comes off Hwy 436 and dead-ends in a condo complex. Points of interest at the corner of Cassel...
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For those of you who don’t have enough cycling blogs to follow, I’m back up and running at Bicycling is Better, which can be found at http://mighkwilson.com/blog/
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Mighk Wilson explains how to cross the diagonal railroad tracks on Orange Avenue. Saturday, Mighk and I taught an abbreviated Smart Cycling class to a group of teens at the Orlando Rec Center. It was great fun! I enjoyed their brilliant bike handling in the parking lot drills and their lack of hesitation to...
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I don’t think I will ever be much of a bicycle “advocate” and that’s because I just want to blend in with the rest of the traffic and be ignored. Is this so hard? I drive a Nissan pick-up truck.  Does this mean I “identify” with other Nissan drivers? Or pick-up drivers? Maybe back...
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So I am on a narrow two lane road and I want to turn left. I am positioned so far to the left of the lane that most cars could pass me on the right, but there are cars coming the other way, so I can’t turn. I am riding very slowly waiting for...
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People’s perceptions are amusing. I’ve been on a number of group rides through downtown Orlando (including, but not limited to, Critical Mass) where someone has said something like, “it’s so cool to be able to ride down Orange Avenue!” As if it would not be possible without 20, or 50, or 300 other cyclists....
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