Join Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in support of reducing our impact on the environment! Infusion Tea 1600 Edgewater Dr. Gather 7:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m., Ride at 8 a.m. Gather, then ride into Downtown ending at Orlando City Hall. Group Competitions: Medals award for the largest groups! Free Coffee or Tea (with your mug), Tune-ups &...
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I attended a preliminary design meeting last night and the plans I heard are AWESOME! Go check it out on Saturday! This project is a community collaboration, that means YOUR input is desired. Meeting details. You can RSVP at the Facebook Event Listing If you are interested in writing a report for us...
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Hint, the plan did NOT include widening the actual road. You can read about it on Paul Schimek’s most excellent website. Here’s what just-barely more space looks like in real life, with a truck in a parking space and a bus in the general traffic lane:
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Let's roll! CommuteOrlando Cargo Ride on Sunday, May 2, 2010.  Meet up at 9:30 AM at Cady Way Trailhead parking lot. Bring your bicycle trailer, your cargo bike, your baskets or panniers, or whatever you use to carry cargo by bike. We’ll have a meet, greet and eat (light breakfast) while everyone gathers, then will leave at...
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I have been working in DC this past month and have been overwhelmingly impressed with the amount of cool bicycle facilities that they are constructing and implementing.  I plan on heading back up to DC this week, and I am encouraged by new articles that I am seeing in conjunction with Earth Day...
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Don’t forget, RCBC is running a free Bike Valet at Earth Day Celebration at Lake Eola tomorrow. IMO, driving a bike is the best way to get to downtown Orlando on an average day. It’s no contest when there is an event. You do not want to try to park a car...
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A question from a reader: “Could you give us the story behind the new triangles painted on the pavement at some crosswalks? When I showed pictures to friends and co-workers, nobody knew what they meant.” Such a series of triangles is called a yield line.  They’re informally referred to as “shark’s teeth.”  They are...
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Meeting to discuss the new Mountain Bike Park that will be constructed in Area C (vacant Navy base property between Coytown and Audubon Park). Event: Park Design Meeting What: Club/Group Meeting Start Time: Saturday, May 1 at 9:00am End Time: Saturday, May 1 at 1:00pm Where: Area C: [cetsEmbedGmap src=http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=114940231337553822335.000483bfa9256a163aa8a&ll=28.557536,-81.350756&spn=0.027177,0.031714&z=15...
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Several findings about the relationship between obesity, the automobile, and the bicycle ….. 1)  As Americans have been getting obese, so have automobiles. Interesting that as we as a nation are getting bigger, our automobiles are keeping right up with us …  Example:  the first VW Golf (aka Jetta and Rabbit) weighed in at approximately 1808 lbs, but the...
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