Palm Beach Bike Tours

Ken Steinhoff spent more than 40 years in the ink-slinging newspaper business where he had a license to be nosy. Palm Beach Bike Tours renewed that license in his retirement years. The blog is ostensibly about cycling, photography and using GPS technology to figure out where you’re going and where you’ve been. It’s really an [...]

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The Seventh Annual Lauren Katzenstein Celebration ride is set for June 28, 2009.
Registration starts at 6:30 A.M. and the ride starts at 7:30 from Barton Park at Lake Worth Beach, 10 South Ocean Drive, Lake Worth, FL.
There will be four distances: 10, 22, 40 or 62 miles.
For more information go the the event web site. [...]

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Three Feet Please Jersey
My virtual friend, Andrew, AKA Aushiker, was blogging about the 3 Feet Please jersey designed by Florida rider Joe Mizereck to encourage drivers to observe the three-foot minimum passing distance.
He was trying to start a groundswell campaign in his native Australia to get a similar One Meter Law passed.

Slow Moving Vehicle Sign [...]

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My Foodie Friend Jan Norris keeps her eyes open for interesting folks on the road. Here’s Jan’s account of meeting Pat Atwater.
Pat Atwater is the owner of this neon orange bike we saw riding in North Palm Beach this weekend.
It was so bright, it nearly knocked me off the road.
Pat rides about 10 miles a [...]

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Cyclists come in all sizes

Scores of youngsters showed up at the Lake Worth Bike Rodeo held May 30. The event was sponsored by the Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Free helmets
Youngsters who didn’t bring a bike could use loaner bikes. The PBSO gave away Bell helmets to everyone who [...]

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