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Alan Snel is an evangelical bicyclist, spreading the pedaling gospel to anyone who will listen. He created an alliance of retail bicycle stores that work on bike advocacy projects in the Tampa bay area, organized an annual bicycle festival, co-founded a bike club in Tampa and writes bike travel stories for newspapers in Florida. And there's this blog that Snel writes (www.alansnel.blogspot.com) that shows folks that there's no other better way to celebrate life than from the seat of bicycle. Come along for the ride.

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Bicycle Bash by the Bay Festival Draws All Types of Cyclists in Tampa Bay

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It's 24 hours after Sunday's Bicycle Bash by the Bay ended and a smile still crosses my face when I think about the diverse lot of bicyclists who...
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Bicycling To The Rays-Red Sox Game Tonight Is The Way To Go

Tonight was Game 1 of the American League Championship Series and what better way to arrive at the game or Ferg's -- the popular bar that hosts...
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Bicycling As A Commuter Transportation Mode

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At lunchtime today I represented the South West Florida Bicycle United Dealers (SWFBUD) at a commuters event in downtown Tampa to encourage folks to...
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Bicycle Bash by the Bay Rolling Billboard Visits St. Petersburg

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Today I biked the Bicycle Bash by the Bay trailer billboard in St. Petersburg, which will be the host for this year's bicycle festival on Oct. 19 at...
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Bicycling and Baseball -- A Perfect Battery in St. Petersburg

This morning I was at the downtown farmer's market in St. Petersburg to promote the 2008 Bicycle Bash by the Bay, a bicycle festival in St. Pete on...
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St. Petersburg Rides The Bicycle For Downtown Buzz

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I'm proud to live in Seminole Heights, a Tampa neighborhood known for its lovely bungalows, proud oak trees and a bike club I helped form with...
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Bicycle Store In Tampa Area Gets Buzzed

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Rays baseball post-season fever has swept the Tampa Bay region in Florida, including a certain bicycle store in the Tampa area by the name of the...
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Keep A Camera (and Lights) Handy When You Bike Around Dawn and Dusk

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The great thing about bicycling is that you can get out of it whatever you seek.Some people want endorphins to fire off and get a high off the...
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Rays Manager Joe Maddon Does His Best Thinking On A Bicycle

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There's a cool new saying in the Tampa Bay area and it's "9=8."It's the mantra created by Joe Maddon, the...
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A Day of 100 Miles of Bicycling, 13 Donut Store Visits and One Promise Fulfilled

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It was time to pay up today so at 5:45 a.m. I began a 100-mile bicycle ride to celebrate bicyling, donuts and the at-one-time-unlikely scenario...
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