March 1st – Movie Night to benefit BWCF

  Join Bike/Walk Central Florida (BWCF) at the beautiful Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1, for the Central Florida premiere of Bicycle Dreams, the award-winning documentary about the Race Across America (RAAM). The screening is a benefit for BWCF, and is co-sponsored by Winter Garden Wheelworks bike shop. The film, which has [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

First Friday Ride for Civility is back! March 4.

Join us at 6 p.m., Friday, March 4, at the south entrance to Loch Haven Park  on Princeton, for our monthly ride to promote civility between bikes and cars. Headlight and rear red flasher required. Helmets strongly encouraged, and required, by law, for anyone under 16. We ride, two-by-two,  at a comfortable commuter pace of [...]

No First Friday Ride Feb 4.

There will be no First Friday Ride Feb. 4, due to a Bike/Walk Central Florida board retreat.  (take the extra hour to work on your Valentines. Sorry for any inconvenience. We’ll be back March 4. Hope you’ll come, and bring a friend.

First Friday. That’s THIS Friday (Jan. 7)

Let the good times roll with our first First Friday of 2011. The weather is bettter, and we’re just a short after-ride away from the Arts Stroll activities in Ivanhoe Village. Headlight/taillight required. Helmet encouraged – mandatory for anyone under 16.

CyclingSavvy Weekend Course

Get it all done in one weekend! (registration required) The truth and techniques of traffic cycling (3 hrs): Classroom session. Discover that bicycling is very safe and that with a few simple techniques, you can make your own cycling virtually conflict-free. Train your bike! (3 hrs): Parking lot drill session. Learn how to handle your bike [...]

Orange County to break ground on new trail!