Mackinac Island, Michigan Like most adults, I hadn’t ridden a bike in years. During a vacation to Mackinac Island in 2006, I rented a beach cruiser and took an eight mile ride around the perimeter of this “car free” getaway. After returning home, I researched bikes and selected an Electra Townie 7D. Not an electric...
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Most of our arterial roads, we know from the windshield perspective—insular, disconnected and too fast for realistic perception. We have a story about these roads. The story is rooted in the beliefs (control mythology) of a culture dependent upon private automobiles as well as local lore of the road itself. That’s why Dan and Brian...
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From the LA Times: Huntington Beach has become the first city in the state to offer traffic school for bicyclists who break the law. The city’s police officers now give cyclists the option of going to court and paying high fines or going to traffic school. Some counties, including Santa Cruz and Marin, offer...
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ORLANDO, FL – Florida Bicycle Association is proud to announce that MetroPlan Orlando, the metropolitan planning organization for the Orlando urban area, is providing financial support for FBA’s CyclingSavvy adult traffic cycling program.  The MetroPlan board unanimously approved a grant of $12,800 to support CyclingSavvy courses in the Orlando area.  These funds will offer...
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Seriously! I didn’t intend to have a mindset change or get this involved.  All I wanted to do was ride my bicycle back and forth to work to save on fuel costs and ride for fun. My Beginning Flashback to my start, My Own Ignorance for those that may need the history.  This was a time of...
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Just a reminder, this will be your last chance to take a full weekend class before October. Class offerings: Truth & Techniques of Traffic Cycling (classroom session) will be offered at Metroplan Orlando from 6-9PM on Friday, April 8. Train Your Bike (bike handling session) will be held at the old Orlando Arena from 8-11...
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CyclingSavvy on-road session 12:30-4PM beginning in Colonialtown. Take individually or as part of the full weekend course.* Learn more and sign up here. *To take this class individually you must have preciously taken Truth & Techniques and Train Your Bike.
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CyclingSavvy bike handling session 8 - 11AM at the old Arena parking lot. Take individually or as part of the full weekend course. Learn more and sign up here.
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CyclingSavvy Classroom session 6-9 PM at Metroplan Orlando. Take individually or as part of the full weekend course. Learn more and sign up here.
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I keep reading and seeing things about the Florida laws that I am pretty sure  are wrong. Made worse is that the media quotes people — “authorities” — who are also wrong. So the the wrong statements get amplified. Here are two things I saw just in the last week that made my jaw drop. From...
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