What a blast! Our Pink Bike Bus started from Lake Howell & Howell Branch at 7:30 a.m. sharp with 3 Flamingos and 2 BOBbies. We picked up 2 more BOBbies en route. There were lots of thumbs-up from motorists today. ‘Cause hey, we looked hot! We rolled into College Park at 8:10 to find...
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Our friends at Bikes, Beans & Bordeaux are celebrating Bike2Work Day, too. They’ll be busy serving breakfast while we ride with the Mayor, but they’re offering a 15% discount on your order if you show up on a bike! Thanks B3!
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By now you’ve probably heard about the Mayor’s ride on Friday morning. It starts at 8:30 AM from the College Park Starbucks. A group of us (BOBbies and Flamingos) will be starting at Lake Howell and Howell Branch (use the Dollar General as a gathering place for those from parts north) at 7:30. All...
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What a morning to ride to work!! Cool, dry, light to no breeze. 23.6 miles in 1 hour 14 min. Second best time, but the judges have disallowed the 1 hour 11 minute ride as wind aided.
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“Share the Road” gets a makeover for bicyclists. It goes from Yellow to Fluorescent Yellow Green (FWG) and can be combined with a pedestrian sign. Section 9B.18 Bicycle Warning and Combined Bicycle/Pedestrian Signs (W111 and W1115)
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Section 9C.07 Shared Lane Marking Option: The Shared Lane Marking shown in Figure 9C9 may be used to: A. Assist bicyclists with lateral positioning in a shared lane with onstreet parallel parking in order to reduce the chance of a bicyclist’s impacting the open door of a parked vehicle, B. Assist bicyclists with lateral...
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Rather than make one big post, I am breaking these up. This is from the proposed amendments to the MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices). The comment period is open until July 31. http://www.trafficsign.us/npa.html Section 9B.06 Bicycles May Use Full Lane Sign (R411) Option: The Bicycles May Use Full Lane (R411) sign (see...
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Who commutes by bike from Sanford to Orlando? I do. Hi. My name is Whit, and we moved here from Houston, TX, not quite 4 years ago. Sounds like I am being introduced at an AA meeting, doesn’t it. We lived in College Park and Baldwin Park before finally buying a historic home in Sanford,...
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In my internet travels this evening, I came across this gem of a post on Dave Moulton’s Bike Blog: Fear and Negativity: Don’t even think about it Dave says: I quit watching the news on TV because it is so negative and depressing… The problem is, being constantly fed a diet of fear and...
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I never planned to buy a bike dedicated solely to commuting. I already own two road bikes (Litespeed Bella and Specialized Ruby) and a hybrid (complete with a basket), and my kids and husband have bikes, too. How many bikes does one family need? So resistant was I to buying another bike that I...
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