We welcomed our special guess bicyclist, Mayor Pam Iorio, who pedaled with us on the club's inaugural 6-mile bike ride. Mayor Iorio said a few words during a ride break at Patterson Street Park, where the mayor praised Seminole Heights as a great neighborhood and said she supports bicycling.
In fact, the mayor said the city was behind a DOT project to resurface Nebraska Avenue from Hillsborough Avenue to downtown and even said she will make sure that Platt Street -- a wide three-lane, one-way road that leads from the Hyde Park area to downtown -- will also get a striped bike lane.
I want to thank Tiffany Cox, the manager of the Seminole Heights Starbucks, for providing free coffee and water at Patterson Street Park about halfway through our bike ride.
There was a wonderful spirit of bicycling comradery and the Seminole Heights Bicycle Club looks forward to building on this morning's successful bike ride.
We took a class photo at the park along the route.
That's Tampa bicycle enthusiast Eddie Wall, who has been around the block a few times on his bike. Eddie does a great job listing the weekend's bike rides.
The victory lap around Lake Roberta.
That's Matt biking along, with Mike Limerick right behind.
I was happy that Mayor Iorio came for the ride and said she will help put a bike lane on Platt Street, a wide one-way road that leads from the Hyde Park area into downtown Tampa.
Mary enjoys some coffee courtesy of Starbucks
Neighbor Ian had a great time on the bike ride.
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What a fun time. Can't wait until the next one!
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