The new Guide to Active Fun for Winter Park, Maitland & Eatonville will be available at the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce tomorrow, and other distribution points TBA.
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Thanks to Greg Bailey for setting up a CaringBridge site for Nick Vollman. Greg posted a link in the comments to our post calling for prayers. You can visit that site for updates on Nick’s recovery and send messages of love and support to Nick and his family in the guestbook. Also, David’s World Cycle is asking for...
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I can’t wait for the e-Book! In the meantime, the website offers some rich reading and fascinating collection of historical images. Roads Were Not Built for Cars Motorists are the johnny-come-latelies of highway history. The coming of the railways in the 1830s killed off the stage-coach trade; almost all rural roads reverted to low-level local use....
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I’m passing on this announcement from the David’s World Cycle family: We are sending out a huge prayer request for our very own Nick Vollman from the College Park store. Please please pray for Nick. He was involved in a terrible bicycle accident. There is tremendous power in prayers and we are asking that everyone...
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This post isn’t about cycling. Though, the last visit I paid to the Senator was on a bike ride, last October. Big Tree Park is a destination on the Cross-Seminole Trail. Lisa and I took a couple friends from California to see Central Florida’s oldest landmark. The photo is from that trip. Early this morning, the...
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Here is a beautiful, poetic description of what makes The Dance work… and why it’s so easy for a self-assured woman. From the new blog, own the road: Role-models of distinction Confidence in their own status enables them to claim a share of the common land we call streets. They know they own the road. Their cheerful conduct is...
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As CommuteOrlando readers know, my beloved Long Haul Trucker was stolen on September 27. I've owned a lot of bikes. And many more expensive than the LHT, but none have fit me so perfectly or felt so right.
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When rescuing a turtle, always hold it away from your body.
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One of my favorite places to go for a cycling vacation is Asheville, NC. I enjoy a number of routes that include sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway. So naturally, I was alarmed last week when I received several email alerts and calls to action with titles like “Blue Ridge Parkway Under Attack!” and...
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Decades ago our public road space was usurped by a wealthy minority. Thus began the Motor Age Occupation of our streets. It started with invasion and resistance, but in time, the majority was made to believe that streets were for cars and all others intrude at their own peril. Citizens were made to believe...
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