Florida Bicycling News, Events and Bike Shops
Bike Nashbar founder, Arnold “Arni” Nashbar, died on April 12 at his home in Bradenton. He was 83 years old. According to nashbar.com, In 1974, Nashbar, a New Middletown Ohio advertising man, started a bicycle…
A video circulating on social media shows a Broward County Sheriff Deputy running his unmarked cruiser into a boy on a wheelie bike and then tackling him as the boy attempts to run away, yelling…
We were disappointed at the news last week that Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota has decided to drop the front-license plate requirement from the Lilly Glaubach bill that is moving through legislative committees. The bill, which…
An amendment to a bill aimed at making hit and run cases in Florida easier to solve will require all drivers to attach a license plate on the front as well as the rear of…
A trust in the name of Frederick K.W. Day, who is the co-founder and executive vice president of the SRAM bicycle component company, recently bought an oceanfront mansion in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. According to the…
A warehouse belonging to Jack the Bike Man was destroyed in a fire in the early morning of Feb. 19. “The building that was originally meant to be our forever home—and has been on the…
In 2022, 13-year-old Lilly Glaubach was riding her bike home from school in Sarasota County when she was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The driver took his car to an auto body shop in Tampa…
A Florida jury awarded a cyclist a nearly $5 million verdict against Miami-Dade County after a security gate closed on her, causing the cyclist to fall and break her arm. According to cvn.com, the $4.915…
Former Florida Legislator Loranne Ausley posted on Facebook last week that she’s back in Tallahassee after spending more than two months in the hospital following a bicycle crash last November during a triathlon. “There is…
The University of Florida Cycling Team wants to finish at the top of the Southeastern Collegiate Cycling Conference Standings but they need your help to do it. Last year, the team had four riders, which…
Do you live on the East Coast of Florida and are looking for a job that incorporates your love of cycling? The nonprofit East Coast Greenway Alliance is hiring a Florida Greenway Manager to help…
This is the second part in a series on building a bike to use on a Florida Coast-to-Coast trail trip. See the first part on prepping the frame. After the frame has been prepped and…
Jack the Bike Man, a West Palm Beach nonprofit that gives away hundreds of bikes each year was broken into over Christmas. The burglar stole all of the cash from the shop’s register. “Someone broke…
This is the first part in a series detailing a Coast to Coast Trail bike build. Also, some of the things described in this article are probably bad ideas and should be done at your…
Former Florida Lawmaker Loranne Ausley was injured in bike crash during a triathlon last weekend, according to a Facebook post. Ausley’s husband, attorney Bill Hollimon posted on her Facebook account: “This is Bill Hollimon, Loranne’s…