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Category: Bicycle Culture

“She was allowed to continue on her way.”

Speculation as to what would have happened to her here or in TX? I say Baker Acted, removal from the home of her children and then 10 years at Lowell. From the Seattle Post Intelligencer:
A naked 20-year-old woman riding a bicycle south of Bremerton Monday drew the attention of passers-by, and also a request [...]

First Fridays: A Ride to Promote Civility

Come celebrate cycling with us!
Bike/Walk Central Florida, CommuteOrlando and reThink want to promote cycling and roadway cooperation. We want cyclists to be expected and respected as a normal part of the traffic mix, as groups or as solo riders. As one part of our ongoing campaign, we’re organizing a monthly group ride during drive time. [...]

Art Ride Images

Reviewing the video from the art ride last night, I was drawn to a few still images. I had the camera mounted near the hub. It caught some interesting angles. So, rather than edit the video, I entertained myself in Photoshop…

Brad coasted past the camera. I love the flipflop! It just captures the essence of [...]

Bike Ride to City Arts Factory

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[ August 19, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] Ride to the opening of What Moves You?
On view Thursday, August 19 – Saturday, September 11, 2010

CityArts Factory presents: What Moves You? — A series of installations that engage various modes of transportation to explore movement, travel, notions of time, space, personal memory and communal history. Installation works will permeate all [...]

Orlando Bike Kitchen

The City Arts Factory (29 S Orange Ave) has invited Greg Leibowitz and several other artists to be a part of their Aug 19th group installation art show. The show is titled ‘What moves you?’ and the theme for the show is transportation.
The project begins with sending out a call to action [...]

Ice Cream Ride Video

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Thanks to Kitzzy & Diana for organizing another great family ride! The weather was bad all afternoon with heavy rain and thunderstorms. It threatened right up to the start time, but it dissipated just in time. Amazingly, we had 18 participants, including two children. We enjoyed a leisurely pace to Twisted Bliss on Orange Ave., [...]

Bicycle Flash Mob

Look what Darlyn found at Sac Cycle Chic!

S-Cargo… the video

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We had a blast on Sunday! Great turnout: 24 solo bikes, 1 tandem, 8 trailers, 3 toddlers, a dog, 2 inflatable penguins, a stuffed Tigger and a Cheat. Thanks so much to Kitzzy and Diana for organizing and promoting the ride!
Stay tuned for an ice cream social evening ride in mid-August.
More photos from the ride [...]

Stop the madness! We can do so much better.

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The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
— Michelangelo

Yesterday, I rode downtown with a friend to have lunch on Church St. We met on Highland and headed over to Orange Avenue.
I love [...]

Use the Right Tool for the Right Job

As a tradesman, I was taught two very important things. One was “Attention to Detail!” and the other was “Use the Right Tool for the Right Job!”
“Attention to Detail” means to single-mindedly finish one thing before moving on to another (so much for multi-tasking) and “Use the Right Tool for the Right Job” means don’t [...]