That’s an Award-Winning Logo Up on Top
The team at Smart Creative, who created the BikeLakeland logo, were awarded the prestigious Judge’s Award as the favorite piece at the Polk ADDY’s:
Second, the concept was both clever and thoughtful. (And I get to brag on my designer because it was all his idea.) Lakeland has the iconic swan, and Tymn found a way to make this very subtle illustration where the saddle of the bike was also a swan. You don’t necessarily catch it on the first look, but once you see it, you won’t miss it again. He executed the concept well, with a great color palette, good typography and interesting juxtapositions of the other elements. We were creative. — How Little Projects Win Big Awards
Thanks Fred, Tymn and Smart Creative. You rock. And the judges agree.
Tiger Brad Penny Notices Bike Friendly Lakeland
Look what we found over at MLB.com:
Tigers starter and notable Twitter presence Brad Penny usually sends a good-morning tweet every morning after he wakes up. On Wednesday, he greeted everyone with a different tweet.
“Nice 8-mile bike ride to the stadium today,” he wrote.
He confirmed it later: Before a day of workouts in Spring Training, he worked out by riding his bicycle to Tigertown, a 40-minute ride by his estimate. He enjoys the bicycle as a cross-training exercise some days, and Lakeland has made a point in recent years to become more bike-friendly with bicycle lanes on several main roads.
He’s not the only one. Magglio Ordonez won’t commute to the park on his mountain bike, but he said he’ll ride a couple days a week, including near Joker Marchant Stadium along Lake Parker. It’s a good exercise for him, he said, and a good way to gather his thoughts.
Thanks for noticing Brad. We’re also working on adding bike racks and improving our bike paths.
Photo CC by Tom Hagerty for LakelandLocal.com. Used by permission.
Lake-to-Lake Greenway and Bikeway Network
We’ve put the city’s Lake-to-Lake Greenway and Bikeway Network map online at http://bit.ly/Lake2Lake. It came from the city as a PDF, and isn’t the easiest to read, but until we have the time to create something interactive, it’ll have to do.
BikeLakeland’s New Logo
Thanks to the wonderful (and creative) team at Smart Creative, BikeLakeland has a real logo.
Designed by professionals. People you should hire. Smart Creative is not just a name, they’re smart. They asked a few questions, put on their thinking caps, and sent over a logo fast, great and inexpensive*. You can’t get much better than that.
* – OK, they graciously donated their time to help the BikeLakeland cause. But they only have time to donate if companies big and small hire them. Consider this our overwhelming endorsement of their work.
These are the logos they sent over. (I forgot to mention they gave us two for the price of one. Well, actually for the price of none.)
** – We pulled out the BikeLakeland text for our header image. If it isn’t as sweet as the logo, blame us.
Next BikeLakeland Meeting
Our next meeting is October 20th at 10am at the Gym on South Kentucky. See you there.
Custom Made Trike
Ray and his daughter on Kentucky Ave. during the Lake Mirror Auto Classic Car Show. Ray built both bikes, which have electric front hubs and custom wood work. Ray builds bikes to order and custom car work at The Old Guys Garage on Combee.
City of Lakeland Installs New Bicycle Safety Signs
A public service announcement from the City of Lakeland promoting the three-foot law:
Cute Video Of Cargo Bikes In Copenhagen
Copenhagen Cargo Bikes from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
What about these in Lakeland?
How-To: Spray bike makeover
Learn to strip down and repaint an old bike in this CRAFT project sponsored by Krylon.
MAKE Magazine
Summer Vacations
BikeLakeland is moving along. We took off some time off for summer vacations, but will have more to report over the next week. While you wait, check out this video of cycling in the Netherlands in the 1950s….