Take your local elected officials for a bike ride
City of Oldsmar Council member Linda Norris enjoys a bike ride with FBA Board and Advisory Directors following the FBA Winter Board Meeting in Oldsmar hosted by FBA program assistant Becky Afonso.
from left to right: Michael Schwaid, Henry Lawrence, Robert Seidler, Jim and Diane Murray, Mighk Wilson, Laura Hallam, Ted Wendler, City of Oldsmar Council member Linda Norris and photographer Becky Afonso’s Schwinn.
CyclingSavvy Weekend Package in February
| February 4, 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
| February 5, 2011 | ||
| 8:00 am | to | 11:00 am |
| 12:30 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Get it all done in one weekend for the next CyclingSavvy series in Orlando.
We will give you the tools to use a bike for transportation, without stress or fear, anywhere you choose.
Weekend Package: Friday, 2/4/11, 6-9pm and Saturday, 2/5/11, 8am-4pm (with a lunch break) – all day class includes bike handling and Tour of Orlando with a break between sessions. You can also select just the morning session or afternoon session (if you’ve previously taken the other two sessions)
To register, go HERE. For more information, go HERE.
Fee: $75 for all three sessions or $30 per session a la carte.
FBA Winter Board Meeting in Oldsmar
Join us January 28-29, 2011 for the FBA Winter Board meeting in Oldsmar. The fun begins Friday, evening from 6:00-8:00 pm for a Meet & Greet at Peggy O’Neill’s Irish Pub in Tampa (SE corner of Hillsborough Avenue and Race Track Road) followed by the meeting on Saturday from 10:00 am-3:30 pm. Advisory Director Becky Afonso will host the meeting at her home located at 250 Strathmore Ave, Oldsmar, FL 34677. A post meeting casual bike ride is planned for 4:00 pm originating from Bicentennial Park. Hybrid or mountain bikes are recommended.
I hope you can join us. Please RSVP if you plan to attend by contacting Laura Hallam at laura@floridabicycle.org.
Traffic Skills 101: Tampa 2/18-19
| February 18, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
| February 19, 2011 | ||
| 8:00 am | to | 5:00 pm |
Penn’s Cycling School Presents:
Traffic Skills 101
Who: Anyone who wants to improve bicycle handling skills, ride safe in traffic and learn evasive maneuvers. This is a pre-requisite course for League Certified Instructors.
When: February 18th and 19th, 2011
Time: Friday: 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Saturday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Where: Tampa Bay Trail Ranger Station: 9201 W Waters Ave Tampa, Fl – 33635
What: This is a 9 hour course designed by League of American Bicyclists to teach you how to ride safely in traffic, develop bicycle handling skills, hot to use multi-use trails, and to fix common mechanical problems. The class will also include a 7- 10 mile road skills test in which will ride to a spot to eat lunch (to be purchased individually). For a certificate of completion you must also obtain 80% on a written test.
Cost: $125.00 (includes materials, refreshments and Sat AM breakfast) Pre registration required – space is limited
By Mail: Send checks Payable to: Sharon Monahan, 18808 Tracer Drive, Lutz, FL 33549
QUESTIONS: Contact Sharon by phone 813-482-4364
Important Information
- All riders must sign a release
- All riders must have an approved Helmet and 2 wheeled bicycle in good working order – see your local bicycle shop for tune-up details.
Stephen Tocknell named FBA First Coast Chapter Regional Advocacy Director
Regional Advocacy Director Stephen Tocknell
I am proud to announce that Stephen Tochnell has been appointed as FBA First Coast’s Regional Advocacy Director. Steve brings to the position a wealth of transportation and planning experience, along with a love of cycling. More importantly, Steve brings a unique understanding and temprament ideally suited to the advocacy ideals of FBA. He is a relationship builder who understands that what is done or not done in the short run, ultimately determines the long run.
Steve has a nearly new entry-level road bike, along with a much older bicycle that he uses for commuting between his home in Avondale and his office downtown. With his wife Margaret, Steve also enjoys riding through their neighborhood and on the Jax-Baldwin Rail Trail. Steve and Margaret have two grown daughters. Erin lives in Chattanooga and rides with the Krystal Chicks cycling team there. Cathleen lives in Manhattan, where she never has to drive a car.
FBA Winter Board Meeting in Oldsmar
| January 28, 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
| January 29, 2011 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 3:30 pm |
Join us January 28-29, 2011 for the FBA Winter Board meeting in Oldsmar. The fun begins Friday, evening from 6:00-8:00 pm for a Meet & Greet at Peggy O’Neill’s Irish Pub in Tampa (SE corner of Hillsborough Avenue and Race Track Road) followed by the meeting on Saturday from 10:00 am-3:30 pm. Advisory Director Becky Afonso will host the meeting at her home located at 250 Strathmore Ave, Oldsmar, FL 34677. A post meeting casual bike ride is planned for 4:00 pm originating from Bicentennial Park. Hybrid or mountain bikes are recommended.
I hope you can join us. Please RSVP if you plan to attend by contacting Laura Hallam at laura@floridabicycle.org.
Traffic Skills 101 January 14 & 15, 2011
| January 14, 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
| January 15, 2011 | ||
| 8:00 am | to | 3:00 pm |
Make the drivers around you behave!
Based on crash data in Fredom from Fear, by expert vehicular cyclist Mighk Wilson; for comparable time periods of activity, travel by bicycle produces 2.1 times less fatalities than travel by auto. In Orlando, only 8% of cyclist-injury crashes between cyclists and motorists involve a legally-operating roadway cyclist. The rest involve sidewalk cyclists and those violating the rules of the road. Learning to avoid virtually all of these crashes is what this course is all about!
WHEN & WHERE:Class is 1 & 1/2 days: Friday, January 14, 2011, 6:00-9:00 p.m. and Saturday, January 15, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Lakeshore Bicycles & Fitness, 2108 Blanding Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32210COST: Registration is $40.00. This includes a colorful and informative student manual.
TO REGISTER CONTACT: Jeff Hohlstein, 904-291-8664, or email Jeff at jeff@FBAfirstcoast.org for confirmation of date and a complete registration packet. Register early since class size limit is 17 students.