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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Join Bike/Walk Central Florida at 7 p.m., March 1st, at the Garden Theatre (160 W. Plant St. in Winter Garden, 34787) for a the Central Florida premiere of Bicycle Dreams, the award-winning documentary chronicling the high drama, tragedy and adrenaline of Race Across America, a phenomenal 10-day sprint across the country by bicycle. This...
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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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I think I am on pretty safe ground when I say that eleven pages shouldn’t be necessary to explain a single, tiny aspect of traffic design to drivers.
Yet, that is exactly how many pages the City of Minneapolis used when they published “Bike Lane Basics” complete with diagrams just in case the text doesn’t...
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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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Not in my lifetime, anyway.
From the “Road Warrior” column in the The Morning Call (Allentown, PA 12/29/11 by Dan Hartzell
I have nothing to add.
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Central Florida Bike Bus is dedicated to bringing together cyclists who want to commute by bike using the same roads as every other vehicle.
January is already over, and it’s time for another First Friday ride! As always, we roll out from Loch...
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Join Bike Walk Central Florida and CommuteOrlando this Sunday morning to the Maitland Farmers Market. We’ll ride a scenic...
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It’s that time of year again! I’m going to use this post to add rides as they are planned or...
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Smallish Cargo Bike
The big Pumpkin-Carving Halloween S-Cargo Ride details: It’s this Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 5 PM. Meet-Up...
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After being rained out repeatedly all summer, we finally had a perfect evening for a perfect First Friday ride!...
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On the First Friday of the month we roll out onto the streets of Orlando as an eclectic group...
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There’s a fun, free community event that happens every Wednesday in downtown Orlando and it’s a perfect destination to ride your bike! Starting at 6pm, 7-10 gourmet food trucks gather outside of Firestone Live accompanied by a drink bar and some background music. We feature trucks including Treehouse Truck, Big Wheel Provisions, The Yum Yum...
Lake Lily Park in Maitland hosts a farmers market every Sunday and art festivals in the spring and fall. The farmers market features local vendors of fresh produce, eggs, seafood, artisan bread, prepared foods and other local products. There is live music, too. We went there for our second S-Cargo ride. View larger map There are...
The freshwater springs that feed our rivers are among Florida’s better features. Aside from being beautiful, sparkling, blue-green ribbons of water in the forest, they run a consistent temperature year round. In summer, the 72° water is a human playground and refuge from the heat. In winter, it offers manatees refuge from the cold....
Traffic flow is dynamic. It often has different characteristics at different times of day....
A week after taking the November 12-13 CyclingSavvy Weekend course, John Alexander sent me...
“‘I’ll see it when I believe it’ is more accurate than ‘I’ll believe it...
The left cross is the crash type we bicyclists have most in common with...
The thought of making a left turn from a...
Mindful: Bearing in mind; regardful; attentive; heedful; observant What do these signs tell you when...
