Charges Dismissed in YouTube Bicycle Shove

Remember the New York City police officer who was seen on video body-checking a bicyclist to the ground recently?

Well, the charges were dismissed.

The Streets Of Tampa

When you ride as many miles on the roads and streets in Tampa Bay, you get a pretty good handle on the spectrum of human behavior.

Such as this clown riding in the back of a pickup truck on Nebraska Avenue in north Tampa.

One quick stop and this fella is bug squash.

But it was just one of several bright moves by people on local streets today that I noticed.

I was biking down Nebraska Avenue later in the day and saw a green light at an intersection. A driver who was stopped at the red light on a cross street decided he had waited long enough and casually passed the red and made a left turn onto Nebraska Avenue as I approached the intersection.

And then later in the day on 12th Street in Seminole Heights, I saw a guy sitting in the driver's seat of a white Toyota Corolla and he had a little girl sitting between him and steering wheel and THE GIRL WAS STEERING THE WHEEL!

Nice, huh.

He's Back -- Lance Pulls A Favre And a Jordan

Look who's back. Time to swap the running shoes for the ones with the cleats:

Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement and compete in next year's Tour de France, VeloNews reported Monday, citing sources close to the situation.

Armstrong, who will turn 37 on Sept. 18, will join the Astana team and compete in five road races, the sources told VeloNews.

He will compete in the Amgen Tour of California, Paris-Nice, the Tour de Georgia, the Dauphine-Libere and the Tour de France. The sources told VeloNews that Armstrong will receive no salary or bonuses.

Armstrong's manager, Mark Higgins, would not comment.

Sources told VeloNews that Armstrong's comeback will be the focal point of a story in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, to be published later this month.


Don't think Crow will be flying over to France for this one.

Today's SHBC Family Ride

Today's Family/Slow ride of 6 miles went well for the Seminole Heights Bicycle Club. The 20 riders included neighbor Sofia, who might recall learning to ride a bike in previous posts from a couple years ago.




Victory ride around Lake Roberta.

Bicycle Bash by the Bay: Oct 19 at Vinoy Park

Thanks Steve again.

Is This Better Than A Kryptonite Lock?

Bicycle Bash by the Bay: Oct 19 at Vinoy Park

Thank you Steve Turner for helping SWFBUD with this poster.