The folks at Flatwoods county park shut off the parking area near the 7-mile loop starting today. Good idea. Never did understand why the park allowed cars to park in an area where bicyclists come pedaling around a corner near the water break area.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Parking Cut At Flatwoods
The folks at Flatwoods county park shut off the parking area near the 7-mile loop starting today. Good idea. Never did understand why the park allowed cars to park in an area where bicyclists come pedaling around a corner near the water break area.
SWFBUD Member Store Owners Are Advocates, Too
SWFBUD (South West Florida Bicycle United Dealers) is an alliance of 7 Tampa Bay bike stores that's united behind bicycle advocacy and what's cool is owners of two of the seven stores sit as official members of local bicycle-pedestrian advisory committees.
Bill Addler, owner of Revolution Bicycles in St. Pete, is a member of the mayor's bicycle-pedestrian advisory committee in St. Pete.
And here's Brian Eckman, Carrollwood Bicycle Emporium owner, sitting as a committee member of the Hillsborough County Bicycle-Pedstrian Advisory Committee at a meeting today. Brian is listening to a consultant giving a presentation at the meeting.
Bill Addler, owner of Revolution Bicycles in St. Pete, is a member of the mayor's bicycle-pedestrian advisory committee in St. Pete.
And here's Brian Eckman, Carrollwood Bicycle Emporium owner, sitting as a committee member of the Hillsborough County Bicycle-Pedstrian Advisory Committee at a meeting today. Brian is listening to a consultant giving a presentation at the meeting.
FOX-13 Does TV Report On Cycling And CBE
The media is hot on the trail of the expensive gas story and now the bicycle is golden. Just about every day there's another TV story about people hopping on bikes and pedaling to work and stores.
FOX-13 in Tampa caught up with me this morning during my bike ride to the Carrollwood Bicycle Emporium and interviewed me about cycling. The FOX reporter also interviewed Brian Eckman, owner of Carrollwood Bicycle Emporium.
FOX-13 TV report
FOX reporter Liann Jackson was at Carrollwood Bicycle Emporium riding a bike as part of her report.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Chain Gang Runs Ocean2Gulf Story
Kate Santich is a cool features writer and hard-core cyclist who works for the Orlando Sentinel. She was kind enough to post a story I wrote about the June 1 Ocean2Gulf 170-mile bike ride on the Orlando Sentinel's bicycle blog called the Chain Gang
Million Dollar Bicycle
A 24-year-old bicycle racer from the Netherlands has a million-dollar bicycle at his disposal as he prepares for the summer olympics in Beijing.
Performance No Longer Checking Out Tampa
I have a source who has informed me that Performance, the big bike store chain based on North Carolina, is no longer sniffing around Tampa looking for a retail space. Several months ago I was told Performance was checking out the Gandy Avenue corridor, but now the bike store chain has decided to stop looking.
Revolution Bicycles Gets Ready To Move Into New Store
Congrats to Revolution Bicycles owner Bill Addler of St. Petersburg, who is moving his bike store across the street to a stand-alone building at the corner of 4th Street and 30th Avenue in St. Pete.
It's a terrific building that Bill bought and has decorated into a cool retail space, complete with wood floors, earthy colors on newly painted walls, a tall ceiling, a ton of natural light coming through big windows, an outdoor deck and even a mini-bike lane painted from the side street through the parking lot right up to his buiiding front door. Expect a soft opening by the end of the month. Bill plans to have a Specialized premier store at his new digs, while also selling Giant bikes.
Here's Bill hanging out this morning at the new store on the cool deck, which will be used for bike social gatherings.
I loved the bike lane that runs through the parking lot right to the store. Funny thing is some bike lanes around the Tampa Bay area are actually that long.
Check out the special parking sign in front of Bill's store -- good stuff.
Revolution Bicycles is a member of SWFBUD -- South West Florida Bicycle United Dealers. Bill is an active bicycle retailer who cares deeply about bicycle advocacy. He is a member of the mayor's bicycle-pedestrian advisory committee in St. Petersburg and is known nationally as an advocate retailer.
It's a terrific building that Bill bought and has decorated into a cool retail space, complete with wood floors, earthy colors on newly painted walls, a tall ceiling, a ton of natural light coming through big windows, an outdoor deck and even a mini-bike lane painted from the side street through the parking lot right up to his buiiding front door. Expect a soft opening by the end of the month. Bill plans to have a Specialized premier store at his new digs, while also selling Giant bikes.
Here's Bill hanging out this morning at the new store on the cool deck, which will be used for bike social gatherings.
I loved the bike lane that runs through the parking lot right to the store. Funny thing is some bike lanes around the Tampa Bay area are actually that long.
Check out the special parking sign in front of Bill's store -- good stuff.
Revolution Bicycles is a member of SWFBUD -- South West Florida Bicycle United Dealers. Bill is an active bicycle retailer who cares deeply about bicycle advocacy. He is a member of the mayor's bicycle-pedestrian advisory committee in St. Petersburg and is known nationally as an advocate retailer.
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