tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21563020675998015742024-02-19T07:43:49.677-08:00SWFBUD -- South West Florida Bicyclists United With DealersAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.comBlogger513125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-9119927832811359272014-04-04T06:26:00.001-07:002014-04-04T06:26:16.271-07:00Flying Fish Joins SWFBUDSWFBUD announces that Flying Fish Bicycles is the newest SWFBUD member and will be at the Bicycle Bash festival on Sunday in downtown Tampa.<br />
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<br />Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-89331127542245644112014-03-28T05:37:00.004-07:002014-03-28T05:37:59.253-07:002014 SWFBUDdy Award Winners For Tampa Bay<span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">SWFBUD is pleased to announce the WINNERS of the "SWFBUDdy AWARD" for </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">2014. These are individuals who embody the mission of SWFBUD to "Make </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">the Bay Areas Better for Bicycling."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">From the City of Clearwater our SWFBUDdy Award Winners <b>Chip Haynes</b>. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Chip is a lifelong Clearwater resident. His uncle Dick Phillips owned </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Clearwater Schwinn which was the Schwinn franchise in town back in the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">day when many of started discovering bicycling as a lifestyle. Chip grew </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">up around bikes. He rode around the country on his bike back in the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">70’s. He has an antique bike collection and has always championed </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">cycling. He is an example to all of us because he practices what he </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">preaches and travels by bike most everywhere and when possible. Chip has </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">served on the Pinellas County Bike Advisory Board. Whenever there is a </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">cycling cause in our area he is on it. He provides weekly road condition </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">reports to the city of Clearwater. He wrote a couple of books about </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">cycling one of which is “The Practical Cyclist.” Because of this </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">excellent work as a champion and an shining example of the bicycling </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">lifestyle for bicycling in the Bay Area, SWFBUD is proud to announce </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Chip Haynes as a 2014 SWFBUDdy Winner.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Our next SWFBUDDy award winner is also from Clearwater. She is an </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">employee of the City of Clearwater, she has worked hard over the years </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">to make Clearwater the bicycle friendly city it is today. That Bay Area </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Bicycle Activist is <b>Felicia Leonard</b>, from Clearwater Parks and </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Recreation Department where she is the City’s Parks & Recreation </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Administrative Support Manager. Felicia has made sure that bicycles have </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">a place in the City’s recreation areas and that there are safe ways for </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">us to ride in and around the many parks of which she is in charge. This </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">City of Clearwater employee has been consistent and unfailing in her </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">commitment and support of bicycling as both viable transportation and </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">recreation, making Clearwater a better place for us cyclists. Because of </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">this excellent work making places where the bicycling community of the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Bay Area can safely enjoy our passion for bicycles, SWFBUD is proud to </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">announce Felicia Leonard as a 2014 SWFBUDdy Winner.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Our next a SWFBUDdy winner come from Tampa, Assistant State Attorney </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><b>Barbara Coleman</b> is a SWFBUDdy winner. She is a Hillsborough County </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Assistant State Attorney. This wonderful person, In her career as a </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">prosecutor, has convicted and sent to prison many dangerous drivers who </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">have killed or seriously injured other motorists, pedestrians, and </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">bicyclists. Her skill as an advocate for the bicycling community is </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">prodigious.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">She obtained a 7-year, 3-month prison sentence for the hit-and-run </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">motorist who killed bicyclist and USF cancer researcher Kayoko Ishizuka, </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">She obtained a 10-year prison sentence for the hit-and-run motorist who </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">killed bicyclist Humberto Saez, and just recently, obtained on behalf of </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">all Bay Area cyclistsa 13-year prison sentence for the racing motorist </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">who killed one our us, bicyclist and veterinarian Robert Niedbalec. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Barbara Coleman has not stopped there putting motorist who kill </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">bicycylists. Currently, she has upcoming cases against the second </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">motorist who contributed to the crash that killed Dr. Niedbalec, against </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">the motorist charged for the hit-and-run crash that killed bicyclist </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Ivan Miller, and against the motorist charged for the hit-and-run crash </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">that killed bicyclist Michael Lee. SWFBUD and all bicyclists using the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">roads of Hillsborough coungy appreciate her hard work, commitment, and </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">dedication to locking up dangerous drivers who threaten the lives and </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">bodies of bicyclists and everyone else who uses our public streets. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Because of this excellent work bringing Justice to the bicycling </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">community of the Bay Area, SWFBUD is proud to announce Assistant State </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Attorney as a 2014 SWFBUDdy Winner.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Our next SWFBUDdy winner is Detective <b>Jennifer Shelton</b>. For so long we </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">have watched and experienced motorist violating 3 foot law, hitting us </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">with mirrors of all kinds and sizes, with trailers and driving so close </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">as to make us feel the presence of death. The death of bicyclist Mike </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Lee is a chilling tale. Last year, on August 6, Mike Lee, 29, was riding </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday on the right shoulder of the U.S. 92 overpass near </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">an off ramp for Interstate 4 and the Florida State Fairgrounds on his </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">way as usual to work when he was hit by a hit and run driver. The </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">murderer drove away from the crash and left Mike to die. Detective </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Shelton was called in. There seemed to be no clues. But The </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">investigative team lead by Detective Shelton combed over the scene found </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">one and only one. A small chip of green paint. Working on tips from the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">800 number tip line. She matched this small chip of pain to a section of </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">missing paint from the hood of a suspect’s truck and lead to the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">killer’s arrest. All of this in ONE DAY later. Today that bicycle killer </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">was in jail awaiting prosecution. This was stunning news to the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">bicycling community. When somehting like Mike Lee’s death happens on a </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">road with a wide bicycle lane as Tim Bustos executive Director of the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Florida Bicycling Association was quoted: “it’s inexplicable.” Because </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">of this excellent work bringing Justice to the bicycling community of </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">the Bay Area, SWFBUD is proud to announce Detective Jennifer Shelton as </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">a 2014 SWFBUDdy Winner.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">There are individual citizens who are making the bay area a better place </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">for bicyclists. The next recipients of our SWFBUDdy award are <b>Nancy and </b></span><b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><b>Gary Chapin</b>. As you know, we have had a wonderful place given to the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">cyclists as a result of the Rails to Trails program. One such trail is </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">the Pinellas trail. Despite being provided to us by the state and </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">federal government, it’s like anything good, it takes work. One </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">organization doing that work is the Auxiliary Rangers of the Pinellas </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Trail. Nancy and Gary joined the 2011 Auxiliary Rangers on the Pinellas </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Trail in February 2011. To describe the amount of work Gary and Nancy </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">speaks to the goodness and greatness that Bicycle Advocates give to the </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">community. Gary spends 500 hours a year alone riding the trail and Nancy </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">250 hours a year also riding the trail. As Auxillary Rangers they help </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">people with flat tires, sweep up glass left by the decrepit vandal, and </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">patrol the the trail making sure suspicous activities don’t turn into a </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">threat to the bicyclists on the trail In 2012 they encouraged their </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">church, the Allendale United Methodist Church, to adopt several miles of </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">trail as their own to keep the trail clean and safe. In addition, Nancy </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">and Gary adopted their onw mile to do on their own. Think about that. A </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">full mile, to clean, watch over and maintain. Imagine you do that </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">yourself. Their dedication to bicycling and making the Bay Area has </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">inspired us all to do more for us to enjoy bicycling. SWFBUD Thanks Gary </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">and Nancy Chapin you for volunteering your time, all the help you have </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">given, for making the Bay Area a Better Place for Bicycling.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;" />Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-83896332850077441422014-03-22T06:37:00.001-07:002014-03-22T06:37:33.872-07:00Florida Bicycle Association, God's Pedal Power, Sierra Club Coming to the Bicycle Bash April 6!<br />
-- <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Mike Olsen of God's Pedal Power will be collecting old used bicycles and bicycle parts, or accessories, as part of his group's efforts to fix them up and give them to people in need of a bicycle. Come by and drop off your old used bike at Mike's tent.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-- </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Sierra Club will have a booth telling us how wonderful our Florida environment is and how they are trying to preserve and restore it. Stop by and say hello to this nice bunch of environmental cyclists.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><br />
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10 am -- Start of Bicycle Bash<br />10:30am -- Group stretch<br />11am -- Best New Thing<br />1:00 noon -- SWFBUDDY Awards<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />2 pm -- Kids bikes along Riverwalk<br />3 pm -- Free gear raffle<br />4 pm -- Bike Bash ends</span></div>
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Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-36616182066908498652014-03-19T18:03:00.002-07:002014-03-19T18:03:54.334-07:00Bicycle Bash -- April 6 at Cotanchobee Park Behind the Forum in Downtown TampaCicrcle the date! It's Bicycle Bash time again.<br />
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April 6 at 10 AM at beautiful Contanchobee Park behind the Forum next to the Tampa Bay History Museum.<br />
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<br />Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-43114137096749894082014-03-19T18:01:00.002-07:002014-03-19T18:01:59.479-07:00Tampa BayCycle Is Now A SWFBUD MemberTampa BayCycle is now adding its strong bicycle advocacy voice to SWFBUD's efforts to make the Tampa Bay area more friendly for bicyclists. SWFBUD is proud to report that Tampa BayCycle is a SWFBUD member.<br />
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Look for Tampa BayCycle at the upcoming Bicycle Bash festival on April 6 at 10AM at Cotanchobee Park behind the Forum in downtown Tampa.<br />
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SWFBUD is re-born!<br />
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It is now South West Florida Bicyclists United With Dealers and it's also bringing the Bicycle Bash festival to you on April 6 at Cotanchobee Park, the beautiful waterfront park behind the Forum and next to the Tampa Bay History Museum.<br />
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Get involved with growing bicycling in Tampa Bay!<br />
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Contact J. Steele Olmstead at floridabicyclelaw@jsteelelaw.com<br />
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<br />Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-88746733280343412192012-11-03T00:44:00.001-07:002012-11-03T00:44:48.396-07:00Tampa Trib Story on Front Page Highlights Bicycle Bash<br />
Nice story by Keith Morelli who wrote about Sunday's Bicycle Bash:<br />
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Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-77754483744142751522012-10-30T03:56:00.001-07:002012-10-30T03:56:57.845-07:00Perfect Weather for Sunday's Bicycle Bash<br />
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d, free bike helmets courtesy of the Hillsborough County sheriff's office, bicycle legal advice from Steele Olmstead, Cigar City beer, chats with national bike advocacy leaders like Andy Clarke of the League of American Bicyclists, a swap meet and free raffle for free bike goodies. And don't forget the first-ever Tampa Bay Bicycle Summit the next day on Monday Nov 5 from 1-4PM at the History Center. More info here --<a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bicyclebash.info&h=gAQETIhaY&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.bicyclebash.info</a><br />
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You want to turn around Tampa and make it into a bicycle town where bicycling is both safe and enjoyable? Then get involved. See you at the Bash and stop by the SWFBUD table to say hi.</div>
Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-48124442972960031932012-10-20T19:04:00.000-07:002012-10-20T19:04:13.743-07:00Rahm Says Build Bicycle Infrastructure To Recruit High-tech Start-ups<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Enjoyed chatting tonight with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who told SWFBUD that he recruits high-tech start-ups by building bicycle infrastructure in Chicago. Good advice for Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-66880924979212519622012-10-17T20:52:00.001-07:002012-10-17T21:20:28.457-07:00Bike Bash/Post-Bash/Bike Summit Sked -- Nov 4-5<br />
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<b>Sunday NOV 4 10 am to 4 pm Cotanchobee Park, Old Water Street in Downtown Tampa</b><br />
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10 am -- Start of Bicycle Bash<br />
10:30am -- Group stretch<br />
11am -- Mayor Bob Buckhorn bicycle ride<br />
12 noon -- SWFBUDDY Awards<br />
2 pm -- Kids bikes along Riverwalk<br />
3 pm -- Free gear raffle<br />
4 pm -- Bike Bash ends<br />
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Activities -- swap meet, demos, Columbia Cafe food, Cigar City beer, music<br />
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<b>Sunday NOV 4 7 pm to 9 pm Independent Bar, 5016 Florida Ave. in Seminole Heights</b><br />
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Meet and greet Andy Clarke, president of the League of American Bicyclists; and Tim Bustos, executive director of the Florida Bicycle association<br />
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<b>Monday NOV 5 1 pm to 4 pm Tampa Bay History Center Downtown Tampa</b><br />
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"The Big Turnaround: Bridging the Divide to Becoming a Great Bicycle Town"<br />
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Andy Clarke, League of American Bicyclists president -- What makes a great bike town?<br />
Rick Baker, former mayor of St. Petersburg -- Why should an elected official invest in bicycling?<br />
Cheryl Stacks, St. Petersburg bike-ped coordinator -- How do you keep bicycle projects rolling?<br />
Jean Duncan, Tampa transportation director -- How does Tampa turn things around?<br />
Tim Bustos, Florida Bicycle Association executive director -- How do we bridge the hopes of advocates with the goals of public officials?<br />
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Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-24833846827554506912012-10-12T11:17:00.001-07:002012-10-12T11:17:05.710-07:00Congrats To This Year's SWFBUDDY Award Winners<br />
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One of the best things I enjoy most about the annual Bicycle Bash is giving the coveted SWFBUDDY Award to local citizens and elected officials who step up and make Tampa Bay a more bicycle-friendly place. SWFBUD is proud to announce the 2012 Class of SWFBUDDY Award winners, who will receive their SWFBUDDYs at the Bicycle Bash event on Nov 4 in downtown Tampa. Our SWFBUDDY Award winners are:</div>
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--<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Cindy Roberts</span>, wife of fallen Tampa Police Officer Cpl. Mike Roberts. Cindy rode her bike 250 miles as part of the Police Unity Tour last year and she showed how truly inspirational bicycle riding can be when she rode in the memory of her husband during the PUT.</div>
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-- Tampa City Councilwoman <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lisa Montelione</span>, who has consistently supported bicycling on the city council and as a member of MPO panels. Lisa knows bicycling makes Tampa a better place to live and has used her position to support steps to improve bicycling.</div>
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-- Architect <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ken Cowart</span> and political consultant <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kevin Thurman</span>, who this year submitted a business plan to the Hillsborough County Commission that prompted the commissioners to not demolish the Friendship TrailBridge. Not only did their report stop the demolition of the beloved Friendship TrailBridge, which was used by 600,000 annual users before it was closed, but their work has resulted in Hillsborough County government now working on a request for proposal to draw bids to rebuild the Friendship TrailBridge.</div>
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-- Antiques specialist <span style="font-weight: bold;">Myron Griffin</span> and Tampa Heights community leader<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Lena Young</span>have spearheaded a central Tampa bicycle and pedestrian trail movement called the Green Artery to build a network of paths and trails connecting the green spaces of central Tampa. Their unrelenting efforts have resulted in monthly neighborhood meetings in 20 different central Tampa communities over the past two years and have prompted Mayor Bob Buckhorn to support the concept. </div>
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SWFBUD congratulates the 2012 class of SWFBUDDY winners and looks forward to the Bicycle Bash on Nov 4 when they will be publicly recognized for their work.</div>
Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-60546702528014423742012-10-09T18:11:00.002-07:002012-10-09T18:11:56.261-07:00Bicycle Bash Banners Going Up Around Tampa Bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ride with Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn at the 2012 SWFBUD Bicycle Bash Festival on NOV 4. The Bash is from 10 am to 4 pm and the Mayor Bob Ride will be a short ride in downtown at 11 am.<br />
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Here's Mayor Bob inviting you to the Bash:<br />
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Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-26716191412184237682012-10-01T18:06:00.003-07:002012-10-01T18:06:57.282-07:00Bicyclist Economic Spending Power<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Economic power of bicycling in the U.S. thank you Darren Flusche of League of American BicyclistsAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-47676143710423065242012-09-28T08:20:00.001-07:002012-09-28T08:20:19.017-07:00Mayor Bob Invites You To 2012 Bicycle Bash on Nov 4<br />
Check out Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn inviting everyone to this year's Bicycle Bash Festival on NOV 4 at Cotanchobee Park:<br />
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Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-41323545522127754652012-09-26T08:58:00.001-07:002012-09-26T08:58:26.792-07:00Wanted: Bicycle Bash VolunteersDo you want to volunteer for the SWFBUD Bicycle Bash festival on NOV 4? Please email me -- http://www.bicyclebash.info/Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-48683881814571285272012-09-23T07:18:00.001-07:002012-09-23T07:18:31.125-07:00SWFBUD Has Worked Hard On Bypass Canal Trail Project -- Open House Held ThursdaySWFBUD has worked for several years to get Hillsborough County to build the Bypass Canal Trail from New Tampa to State Road 60 and I was happy to hear about the open house on the project held Thursday. SWFBUD members Randy Myhre of Oliver's and J. Steele Olmstead were among those in attendance. You want a regional paved trail network? Then call and write your county commissioners. Major bicycle improvements will happen only when you get involved in the political process.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-62685982100461808912012-09-21T13:48:00.000-07:002012-09-21T13:48:02.250-07:00Green-Painted Bike Lane In Vegas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-14250422973462936252012-09-19T07:46:00.000-07:002012-09-19T07:46:18.033-07:00SWFBUD Reunites With Two Strong Voices For Bicycling In America At Interbike<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was great to hang with two great voices for bicycling in America at Interbike -- Ira David Levy, creator/producer of the Pedal America TV show and Andy Clarke, president of the League of American Bicyclists. Both will be at the Bicycle Bash festival on NOV 4 in downtown Tampa and Andy will be the main speaker at the SWFBUD bicycle summit on NOV 5 in Tampa to be held at the history center. County Commissioner Mark Sharpe and Hillsborough County are also working to put on the bike summit Nov 5.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156302067599801574.post-75398012666107136982012-09-18T06:36:00.000-07:002012-09-18T06:36:01.259-07:00Wish There Was Bike Parking At The Convention Center For Demo Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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SWFBUD brought his bicycle to Las Vegas to use it as transportation around the city and also see what another sunbelt city is like for bicyclists. I am staying in downtown Vegas a block from the Fremont Street Experience and biked the four miles to the Sands Convention Center on the Strip to pick up the shuttle bus for the outdoor demo days as part of the Interbike week but sadly and surprisingly there was not a designated bicycle parking area at the Sands for people who biked there to take the shuttle. The bike parking room will be set up for Wed-Friday when Interbike shifts to the convention center in Vegas. So I convinced security to park my bike in its makeshift headquarters room.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316529122268219857noreply@blogger.com1