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gerg10
05-23-07, 12:44 AM
Hi all, I'm new to road bikes and am curious if anyone might be able to point me in the right direction to a good local and most importantly of all very helpful local bike shop in the central florida area, i will drive for good service. thanks all

Greg

also any good places to ride around the UCF area, besides campus and Blanchard??

In_flames
05-23-07, 04:26 AM
Itsa a chick site but LOTS of good info http://www.luvbobbies.com/

There in orlando and have links to bike shops and other bike clubs... Im in lakeland and
have not had the chance to visit any of the orlando bike shops.
In_flames
05-23-07, 04:43 AM
Hi all, I'm new to road bikes and am curious if anyone might be able to point me in the right direction to a good local and most importantly of all very helpful local bike shop in the central florida area, i will drive for good service. thanks all

Greg

also any good places to ride around the UCF area, besides campus and Blanchard??



Where in orlando do you live? If your not to far from polkcity you should come and ride sunday.

RonH
05-23-07, 05:14 AM
Hi Greg and welcome to BF. :beer:

When I lived in Orlando this (http://orangecycleorlando.com/index.cfm) was my favorite bike shop. Not near UCF though. :(
dallasweb
06-11-07, 08:40 AM
Welcome to Central Fla!

Best Shop IMO is Orange Cycle. They have far exceeded my expectations when it come to professional service. I drive from East Orlando (Chuluota) to get there and pass about three 'good' shops on the way.

Also, Floridafreewheelers (http://www.floridafreewheelers.com)offer some nice group rides. Check their site for times.
NelsonFH
07-16-07, 08:09 AM
If you're at UCF, I would most definitely suggest checking out Bike Works (http://bikeworks.com/). Totally smart people over there, close to you, really honest and good prices. Another great shop is Glory Cycles over on Virginia, just west of Mills Ave.

Blanchard is a decent (though short) ride. There is a critical mass that meets on the last Friday of every month in the parking lot of the Science Musuem. Good place to meet other riders. If you have a way to transport your bike, there's a great trail called the West Orange Trail. It's pretty far from UCF though. I know a lot of people that do group rides out to Mount Dora and back, but that's a huge ride.

I mean honestly, though there aren't a lot of bike lanes around Orlando, it's a pretty place to street ride. Well, outside of east Orlando at least. It's fun to ride from UCF out through downtown and around there. There's starting to be a lot more people riding, so it's not as dangerous as it was 5 years ago or something.