Orlando Bicycle Flash Mob
Bike/Walk Central Florida would like to thank Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer for being such an advocate for bicycling and walking in “The City Beautiful.” We put together this short video to document the record turnout and growing enthusiasm for the Mayor’s annual Bike to Work day. Thanks, as well, to Mike Speltz, of Appleton Creative, [...]
read moreFirst Friday Video
What if a group of bicyclists could safely ride around Orlando at 10mph in rush hour traffic and not even get honked at? Welcome to First Friday! The only honks were friendly beeping. Motorists cheered us on. No one was negative. Who would have thought? Orlando. Getting better all the time. Join us, 6PM at [...]
read moreIce Cream Ride
Thanks to Kitzzy & Diana for organizing another great family ride! The weather was bad all afternoon with heavy rain and thunderstorms. It threatened right up to the start time, but it dissipated just in time. Amazingly, we had 18 participants, including two children. We enjoyed a leisurely pace to Twisted Bliss on Orange Ave., [...]
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We had a blast on our first S-Cargo ride to the Maitland farmers market! Great turnout: 24 solo bikes, 1 tandem, 8 trailers, 3 toddlers, a dog, 2 inflatable penguins, a stuffed Tigger and a Cheat. Thanks so much to Kitzzy and Diana for organizing and promoting the ride! Watch the community calendar for more [...]
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Chapter News
BWCF works with UCF police to keep Bike Bus rolling
It was a beautiful Friday morning in April. Sgt. Troy Williamson, Community Relations Officer with the University of Central Florida Police Department was on his way to work when he saw something unusual – a squad of eight bicyclists, traveling two-abreast, spinning their way up University Boulevard. A veteran officer, Sgt. Williamson was absolutely certain [...]
Community Events
New Hope For Kids Christmas Light Ride
Celebrate the season, help a good cause. Come ride with us at the New Hope For Kids 9th Annual Christmas Light Ride. Decorate your bike, decorate a trailer, decorate yourself, but come on out and join us for a fun night of Christmas lights. This is a family ride with police escort and ride [...]
Pedestrian Program
METROPLAN/ WP HEALTH FOUNDATION FUND BWCF PED SAFETY INITIATIVE
Bike/Walk Central Florida, MetroPlan Orlando, and the Winter Park Health Foundation are launching an 18-month education and enforcement program to help make Metro Orlando safer for pedestrians. Funding for the effort will be provided by MetroPlan Orlando and the Winter Park Health Foundation. In 2010, there were 59 pedestrians killed in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola [...]
Destinations
New Connection on Cady Way Trail
View New Cady Way Extension in a larger map Green line is the new connection (there were no roads through here). Yellow line is new, completed sidewalk. Pink line is proposed sidewalk (survey flags mark it now). Purple lines are quiet street routes to/from Cady Way and Audubon Park. A lot of people prefer to [...]
Recent Articles
New Connection on Cady Way Trail
View New Cady Way Extension in a larger map Green line is the new connection (there were no roads through here). Yellow line is new, completed sidewalk. Pink line is proposed sidewalk (survey flags mark it now). Purple lines are quiet street routes to/from Cady Way and Audubon Park. A lot of people prefer to [...]
New Hope For Kids Christmas Light Ride
Celebrate the season, help a good cause. Come ride with us at the New Hope For Kids 9th Annual Christmas Light Ride. Decorate your bike, decorate a trailer, decorate yourself, but come on out and join us for a fun night of Christmas lights. This is a family ride with police escort and ride [...]
Ride to Veg Fest. Free Bike Valet!
Ride your bike to Veg Fest! Bike/Walk Central Florida is providing a free bike valet this weekend. Below are some quiet-street routes from various directions to get you to the park. Veg Fest is Saturday, Oct. 22 from 10 AM to 6 PM at Loch Haven Park.
First Anniversary of the First Friday Ride
After being rained out repeatedly all summer, we finally had a perfect evening for a perfect First Friday ride! Fall came a little early, too with temps in the mid 80s and humidity below 60%. The turnout was the best ever. We formed 2 groups and rode the same loop, with one clockwise and the [...]
METROPLAN/ WP HEALTH FOUNDATION FUND BWCF PED SAFETY INITIATIVE
Bike/Walk Central Florida, MetroPlan Orlando, and the Winter Park Health Foundation are launching an 18-month education and enforcement program to help make Metro Orlando safer for pedestrians. Funding for the effort will be provided by MetroPlan Orlando and the Winter Park Health Foundation. In 2010, there were 59 pedestrians killed in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola [...]
Wednesday Nights: Tastes and Sounds of Downtown
There’s a fun, free community event that happens every Wednesday in downtown Orlando and it’s a perfect destination to ride your bike! Starting at 6pm, 7-10 gourmet food trucks gather outside of Firestone Live accompanied by a drink bar and some background music. We feature trucks including Treehouse Truck, Big Wheel Provisions, The Yum Yum [...]
BWCF works with UCF police to keep Bike Bus rolling
It was a beautiful Friday morning in April. Sgt. Troy Williamson, Community Relations Officer with the University of Central Florida Police Department was on his way to work when he saw something unusual – a squad of eight bicyclists, traveling two-abreast, spinning their way up University Boulevard. A veteran officer, Sgt. Williamson was absolutely certain [...]
Orlando Bicycle Flash Mob
Bike/Walk Central Florida would like to thank Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer for being such an advocate for bicycling and walking in “The City Beautiful.” We put together this short video to document the record turnout and growing enthusiasm for the Mayor’s annual Bike to Work day. Thanks, as well, to Mike Speltz, of Appleton Creative, [...]
First Friday Ride! (Note change in time, this month only)
This month only, we’re moving our First Friday ride up to Friday morning with two options for those of you working on your Bicycle Advocate merit badge . A bunch of us will be mustering at 7:30 a.m. to ride with Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer from Infusion Tea on Edgewater in College Park. We’ll be [...]
Earth Day Bike Valet
Bike/Walk Central Florida will be running the free Bike Valet at the Lake Eola Earth Day celebration, Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Ride on down or walk (and swap your carbon footprint for actual footprints). Meet Tim Bustos, new executive director of the Florida Bicycle Association. Donations gratefully accepted.