Central Park - New York City Business travel offers the opportunity to visit many wonderful cities. Often, however, that simply means flying in, taking a taxi to a hotel, and “touring” the inside of yet again another all too familiar lobby and set of meeting rooms. Then it’s a quick dash back to the airport...
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A Prada store in a Hong Kong MTR Mall About 25 years ago, I was in a German city visiting some friends, when the issue of a forgotten birthday came up. It was a Sunday night, and after 7, but there was no problem getting a cake I was told, “We will just go to...
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Mighk, Lisa & I are in Montana. The vacation part is ending (sorta). Tomorrow we’re off to Helena to teach a CyclingSavvy class, attend an education conference and do a bicycling audit. I don’t have time to write much, but thought I’d share some photos from our epic climb up to Logan Pass on...
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Tall bikes, also known as High Wheelers on the Seminole Wekiva Trail Saturday – July 9, 2011 The last thing I expected to see on the Seminole Wekiva Trail was two tall bikes, but there they were. The passed us on our southbound ride and approaching us again on the return. In the best spirit of...
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Lisa and I had been contemplating an overnight bike trip to put on some mileage with the touring panniers, this weekend’s Florida Bicycle Association board meeting in Deland provided a good opportunity. FBA’s new Executive Director, Tim Bustos, moved back to Florida from California and has settled in Deland—making it the new...
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Discovering something new and interesting is exhilarating.  Sharing that experience with others is special and memorable.  That’s how getting involved with cycling has been for me.  I graduated from the Cycling Savvy class in Orlando in November 2010.  Since then I have participated in a number of group rides throughout the Orlando area and made new...
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A week ago I didn’t know that I would be having bike adventures on both the West Coast and East Coast. But that’s how it played out. I traveled to San Diego for a conference on Monday and expected to be busy from the moment that I arrived until my departure on Thursday.
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I-4 Speed Limit Sign: 50 MPH of the worst commutes in the country. Forbes Magazine ranked the 60 largest MSAs and ranked Orlando the fourth worst at 57th out of the 60. Overall Rank: 57 2007 Travel Delay: 42 Green Commuting: 50 Travel Time: 37 Who was the worst? Tampa/St. Pete. The best? Salt Lake City. Orlando ranked worse than Los...
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On the Hudson River bike path. Father & son watching the U.S.S. New York. Mother & daughters visiting the ducks (by far the coolest bike I saw). He pulled out a leaf blower and went to work on the park grounds. It was a gray day, but the leaves added nice color. Bike rack platforms with benches on Broadway. Sharing...
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from Adventure Cycling I love the quote at the end.
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