SWFBUD's PSA Poster

SWFBUD believes both motorists and bicyclists need to be educated about road safety and that we're all responsible.
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Alan Snel To Speak In Ybor City

Bicycle Advocate Extraordinaire
Alan Snel will be giving a talk entitled “Bicycle Energy” at this week’s Sierra Club Tampa Bay meeting.
7 pm, Weds. Jan. 12

Hilton Garden Inn
1700 E. 9th Ave. In Ybor City
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Kelly Benjamin Voices Support For Bicycling In Tampa

I grew up in Tampa risking my life riding my bike. I remember when HARTLINE first started the bikes on buses program and I eagerly waited in line to purchase my bike pass. During college, I mastered the art of defensive riding as I made the commute from my home in Ybor City to USF and back through suitcase city, Sulphur Springs, Seminole and Tampa Heights. I know bike riding in this city. I still ride my bike daily throughout the Heights.
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Ride to Honor the Fallen
"I actively promoted the ride, brought numerous people to it, and took part in the ride! I didn't see any other City Council candidates there.".......Kelly Benjamin

2010 SWFBUD's Bicycle Bash

" I was proud to hold the Bicycle Bash today at Flatwoods Park and I congratulate our presenting sponsor, Cure on Wheels, for holding a successful bike ride for 325 riders also staged in Flatwoods Park. They will present huge checks to Moffit Cancer Center and All Children's Hospital."......Alan Snel

Memorial Ride for Slain Cyclist Kayoko “Kay” Ishizuka

On Sunday, October 10th at 10 a.m. friends and fellow cyclists of
Dr. Kayoko “Kay” Ishizuka
will come together for a memorial ride in her honor.
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Honor the Fallen Bike Ride

It was an emotional night. Before we biked, I read the names of Diane and five other bicyclists killed while pedaling since July 29. Ed Collins then talked about the loss of his dad, LeRoy, and his frustration that the driver who killed his dad was never cited. Then we started pedaling and it was amazing to see the long line of bicyclists biking down Central Avenue.
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The Ghost Bike In Tampa

Memorializes the life of retired Admiral LeRoy Collins of Davis Islands, killed while riding a bicycle along South Hyde Park Avenue at the Brorein Street corner shortly after 6 AM July 29.
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Tampa Bay Can Learn From Colorado

SWFBUD
Was in Colorado early August, visiting Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins to see excellent bicycle infrastructure such as bike lanes, sharrows, signs warning motorists to watch for bicyclists and a paved trail network.
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In Ed's Own Words

Alan Snel asked his bicyclist friend Ed Collins to email him some thoughts about his dad, LeRoy Collins, who was tragically killed July 29 while riding a bicycle in Tampa.
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SWFBUD Works With Tampa Police

This sign is on Central Avenue in Tampa and signs will be deployed around Tampa on roads that need them......here

Mark Sharpe Invites Everyone To The Bicycle Bash

Growing bicycling in Tampa Bay means working together with others who value and appreciate cycling as a great way of life, a way to stay healthy and a way to build stronger and more vibrant communities. This morning, SWFBUD visited Hillsborough County Commissioner Mark Sharpe at Buddy Brew coffeehouse on Kennedy Avenue in Tampa this morning.......here

Is Mark Sharpe A Republican?

Jose Menendez Of Tampa

Most bicyclists talk about making bicycling more popular and getting people on bikes.
Jose Menendez doesn't just talk. He does. Jose's a doer......here

2009 -- An Incredible Year For SWFBUD

In 2009, SWFBUD (South West Florida Bicycle United Dealers) came of age, forging political alliances in the Tampa Bay area and winning national awards for its bicycle advocacy work
in the Tampa Bay market.......here

Thanks Alan!

Fun Bike At Fun-Lan

In the Tampa Bay area, you're never disappointed when it comes to the array of bicycles out there..........here

Bike Safety Effort In Hillsborough County Attracts National Award

In mid April SWFBUD was awarded the Bicycle Retailer and Industry News' BRAINy award for bicycle advocacy. Headed by cyclist Alan Snel, the Southwest Florida Bicycle United Dealers, SWFBUD for short, is committed to helping improve Hillsborough County's bicycle infrastructure.........more