The city of Miami drafted a master plan for Virginia Key, an ecologically rich island on which Miami Seaquarium stands, and the quickest item to implement was a system of mountain-bike trails. After all, no major buildings needed to be constructed and the cycling group that maintains Markham Park’s well-loved trails volunteered to [...]

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed a 4.5-mile section of the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail until Aug. 31. LOST is closed from Lake Harbor (Structure 354) to South Bay in order to accommodate the delivery of 40,000 tons of armor stone that will be used to reinforce the Herbert Hoover Dike in the [...]

  Every day hundreds of cyclists pedal over the Rickenbacker Causeway connecting Miami to Key Biscayne, joined by more runners and pedestrians. Often it feels like Russian roulette, and sometimes athletes do get killed or injured. Miami-Dade County is finally proposing a $4.5 million plan to calm speeding automobiles along the way. The plan sets [...]

  Ahmed Lopez, who cycled for Cuba’s Olympic team but now lives in Hialeah, won the recent Florida State Spring Championships at Brian Piccolo Park in Cooper City. Lopez set a record of 10.73 seconds for 200 meters in the seeding time trial at the park’s velodrome and prevailed in a series of elimination races [...]

  The velodrome at Brian Piccolo Park presents Winter Series Track Cycle Fest on Saturday evenings from now until Feb. 27. This is a multiple-race event in which all contestants compete against one another in five disciplines: a 200-meter flying start time trial, a 5K scratch race, a 3K individual pursuit, a 15K points race [...]

  Race #4 of mountain biking’s Coconut Cup, the 8th Annual South Florida Championship Series, took place at Markham Park in Sunrise on Jan. 24. The series awards $25,000 in cash and prizes and is the region’s most prestigious for mountain bikers. On the 20.4-mile course Tara Pizza won the women’s elite class in 111.44 [...]

  The Miami Herald reports that “Carlos G. Bertonatti struck cyclist Christopher Lecanne with a silver Volkswagen Jetta on the Rickenbacker Causeway on (Jan. 17). Lecanne’s crushed bike was reportedly dragged for blocks before the driver was stopped by police in Key Biscayne.” Bertonatti has been charged with numerous crimes, including DUI manslaughter. He posted [...]

  According to the Palm Beach Post, Jack “the bike man” Hairston was beaten by “thugs” who tried to rob him last night. In December, Hairston’s West Palm Beach charity “gave away more than 300 bikes to children who couldn’t afford them.” The Post states that two teenagers broke his wrist, nose and false teeth, [...]

On Sunday, Nov. 29 starting at the North Collier Regional Park in Naples, the Fifth Annual Iron Joe Bonness Turkey Ride will take place. Cyclists can choose 10-, 30-, 62-, or 80-mile routes. The fundraiser is presented by Naples Pathways Coalition, a nonprofit working for a fully integrated transportation network of sidewalks, bike lanes and [...]