When I was in boot camp, after six weeks or so, one day the Chief walked up to the company, picks out a robust  young lad and asks him, “What kind of physical condition are you?” The kid puffs up his chest and  answers “Excellent, Sir” My CPO looked him up and down and...
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As many of you may have noticed, I have been the Man-Around-Town with my custom trailer.  I originally built the trailer for grocery shopping and transferring my toolbox between hangars for work. Bicycle Rescue Inspired by Angie,  our family cycling expert, I added a skewer mount so that she wouldn’t be the only bike rescue service...
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The USDOT blog features some anti-texting PSAs from AT&T. I followed some links that led me to this program by CTIA (the association of wireless companies): I realize that teens are a huge risk group with texting. They’ve always been a huge risk group with simply driving because they have notoriously poor judgment. As goes...
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I really like this story by Richard on Cyclelicio.us. This is a special season for people of a certain faith, I think this story is a nice way to start it. Adventures of Alex from Berkeley Many of the authors and readers of this blog volunteer their time in service to others — officially and unofficially,...
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I probably should have posted something about this sooner. This is a follow-up to the Critical Juncture post from last month. On Monday a small group met with Ofc. Edgar of OPD. We discussed the issues that OPD would like to see resolved: No corking. Corking is illegal, no way around it. Can we stop...
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This is CyclistView video from Brian DeSousa’s first visit to Orlando. I first used it in a post called Take the Red Pill. At the time I had no idea how to edit video, so Brian kindly did a quick edit. I was recently preparing a DVD and decided to re-edit the video to...
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During 2008-2009. Ryan and Mandy bicycled thousands of miles to visit 100 sustainable communities of all types. They met 20,000+ people and interviewed over 800 of them about their personal journeys toward sustainability. Throughout the course of these visits, Ryan and Mandy lived...
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…fuel and time. They also increase emissions, wear and tear, noise and, of course, frustration. We all know how cyclists feel about them. In recent years they’ve infested our neighborhoods as they’re increasingly used to compensate for bad motorist behavior. Gary Lauder has another idea. What do you think? Here’s an interview with Lauder on CNN, too.
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Yesterday my friends and I rode another installment of the No Excuse Zone-Orlando project. We rode toward College Park and were able to explore the College Park area, north of downtown Orlando. We have become accustomed to the automobile traffic along these large roads, and it has become very interesting to see how they react...
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