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….
Cindi is a bike rack. Pass it on.
The new art in Munn Park is Cindi the Cyclist. Purchased by the City of Lakeland, Cindi is actually a bike rack. I’ve seen a few bikes locked to the tree in front of Cindi, so I made sure to lock my bike to Cindi last week while working downtown.
To whom do you lock your bike?
Third Meeting Down
Rack Style Considered by BikeLakeland
The group has accomplished quite a lot in the short month we’ve operated. We picked a simple, yet attractive design we want to champion. It’s based on the signs found around Lake Mirror. A simple, “H” design with the logo of a bike in between the cross-bars. (You can see an example above.) The actual design will be tweaked to make sure we arrive at our goal of “inexpensive.”
We’ve found a community organization who believes in the BikeLakeland concept and is willing to help handle the funds we raise. With no overhead, we can spend 100% of what we raise on bike racks.
This is an “H” design that the city purchased with FDOT dollars for the Park & Ride lot near Lake Mirror. The BikeLakeland design will try to incorporate that simple look and bike logo.
BikeLakeland in the News
So early into our initiative we’re made the local press. Mycah Pleasant has a short article on BikeLakeland in Saturday’s paper. He did a good job covering the basics of a group that has just started working.
The cost depends on the models that are purchased, but Welch hopes to raise about $10,000, all of which would go to the purchase, assembly and installation of the racks.
City Commissioner Don Selvage is one of the biggest supporters of BikeLakeland.
“I’ve long been a proponent for a city that is more pedestrian- and bike-friendly,” he said. “This just sets the stage.”
According to Welch, the organization wants racks to be visible, inexpensive, secure, attractive and accessible. — Mycah Pleasant
An aside, in case it wasn’t clear, the bike rack pictured isn’t the style BikeLakeland is looking to install. You’ll find a couple of examples of that “H” style in the next post.
V I S A A
When travelling by bike in Lakeland, the simple fact of the matter is you have to lock your bike somewhere. If there is nowhere nice, you’ll find somewhere less nice, but close. BikeLakeland wants to install bike racks to help facilitate biking.
At our first meeting, we decided to raise funds to purchase racks that are “Visible, Inexpensive, Secure, Attractive and Accessible.”
Check back often to watch our progress or see how you can help.