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The Lakeland Pedaller in Plaid

August 14, 2010

If you haven't noticed, there is a bicycle renaissance happening around the world....

Epicurean Cycling With Social Media Savvy

July 16, 2010

The Lakeland Pedaller Goes High Tech

June 25, 2010

The Lakeland Pedaller utilizes Google's Bike There tool...

The Lakeland Pedaller Attends Bike Night

June 11, 2010

The Downtown Lakeland Partnership celebrated Bike Night this past Friday. You know I was there…and so were a great deal of other bikers. What a great turnout. In the spirit of the event....

First Friday Early Birds

June 4, 2010

Tonight is the June edition of First Friday, the monthly Downtown Lakeland Partnership event designed to remind Lakelanders where to find Downtown. The theme this month is bikes - the pedal kind, not your Harley....

The Lakeland Pedaller Dusts Off Her Mountain Bike

May 26, 2010

In addition to riding my cruiser in style and participating road bike races, I also enjoy getting off road and bonding with nature on my mountain bike. Since I’ve moved to Lakeland....

The Lakeland Pedaller Saves Oil

May 7, 2010

All the news around the Deepwater Horizon oil leak has me data hunting these days. ....

The Lakeland Pedaller on Bike Co-ops

April 23, 2010

The Lakeland Pedaller Takes a Ride

April 9, 2010

Over Easter weekend, I went out on a second Cycle Chic run. This time, I biked over to Red Door in Dixieland to get wine for the Easter feast I was planning....

Veloswan Hopes to Open Bicycle Co-op Center

April 7, 2010

The Lakeland Pedaller is Cycle Chic

April 2, 2010

This weekend, I took the cruiser out for its first Cycle Chic run. Cycle Chic is a movement out of Copenhagen that is becoming quite popular across the globe. People everywhere are hopping on vintage bikes and riding around cities in stylish outfits. The goal is to promote the slow movement cycling by choosing style over speed. There is even a Cycle Chic manifesto and I am embracing it.

The Lakeland Pedaller Takes the Lake-to-Lake

March 26, 2010

One of the things I first noticed about Lake Hollingsworth was the bike lane. There is something about bike lanes that seems so European to me. I’ve been using the lane quite a bit lately for my road bike training. Recently, I learned that this bike lane around Lake Hollingsworth is part of the Lake-to-Lake bike trail .....

The Lakeland Pedaller

March 5, 2010

Today marks the debut of a new column on bicycling in Lakeland. Author Tammy Wright starts with a little background… I grew up in the Seventies on the outskirts of a very small North Carolina town. Living in a neighborhood without sidewalks meant bike riding was limited to the back yard and a small quiet [...]

A New Look for Bent’s

July 21, 2008

In case you haven’t been inside Bent’s Cycling and Fitness in a couple of weeks, the owner took advantage of being closed during the recent Fourth of July holiday to do some sprucing up in the store. The discolored plexiglass windows in front were replaced, which makes a huge difference as you drive by. Inside, [...]

Wipe Out- More Adventures in Bike Riding

May 9, 2008

I don’t consider myself a klutz by nature, but I have my moments. And when I do, well, let me just tell you: they are LEGENDARY. And VIEWED BY MANY. While riding bikes with my husband Saturday afternoon, I had one of my moments. At Lake Hollingsworth. Where, like, 75,368 people walk, jog, skate, drive, [...]

Going Postal Over Found Money

February 4, 2008

So I think I might be developing a problem. There were several days in early 2007 where it seemed like everywhere I went, I found money on the ground. I decided to keep track of my findings, just as a curiosity thing. When 2008 rolled around, it only made sense to start a new list [...]

Bike-Thru Banking at Mid-Florida FCU

January 11, 2008

I stumbled upon some interesting information today. Mid-Florida Federal Credit Union now offers “Bike-Thru Banking.” In a nutshell, you can ride your bike through the drive-thru now, instead of parking and walking inside. This is an amazing victory for me, even though I doubt that I had anything to do with the addition of this [...]

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