LOOK: Cranksgiving 2012 – Ride Bikes & Donate Food 11.10.12
Cranksgiving 2012 was a resounding success with 76 registrants (including 15 teams). Cranksgiving is a charity bike ride that began in 1999, organized by New York City bike messengers. Food is collected at grocery store “checkpoints” and then donated to a soup kitchen at the end of the ride. All kinds of cyclists were welcome! Cranksgiving 2012 was ably organized by Eric Turner, Allison Tiberia and Mike Weimer. Mosaic of 36 of the images... Read More
LOOK: Vélo Champ’s Birthday Party & Bike Portraits Part I – 5.17.12
Tampa Bay loves Bikes! Vélo Champ‘s 1st Birthday Party & Bike Portrait Shoot in Seminole Heights, Tampa, FLA on May 17, 2012. ‘Twas a delightful evening similar to the opening night featuring wafels, craft beer and an evening celebrating the expansion of the Tampa Bay biking community. It was also the first official shoot of the Tampa Bay Bicyclists photo book project. We are going to use this book to show the depth and breadth... Read More
Happy Birthday Vélo Champ & Come Get Your Bike Portrait Taken! – Thurs. May 17th
It’s hard to believe that it has been a bit more than a year since Vélo Champ opened in Seminole Heights. Coming up on Thursday, May 17th, is the birthday party from 7pm – 11pm at the shop – check out more info on the SubAp! calender event here or the facebook event. There will be waffles, craft beer, soda and bicyclists portraits! As biking culture grows exponentially in Tampa Bay, it is apparent how personal the relationship... Read More
Look: Tampa Pub Bike Ride 6.25.11
PBR Pub Bike Ride, Tampa, FL – June 25, 2011 – organized by our friends at Vélo Champ and Brokenmold Entertainment. This was my first time on the Tampa Pub Bike Ride and it was nearly cancelled by errant storm clouds. We persevered and only got a few raindrops falling on our heads. Yay for perseverance paying off with a great time biking around downtown Tampa and Ybor! Tampa PBR Pub Ride Schedule start: New World Brewery stop 1: Kenny’s stop... Read More
Vélo Champ (un)offically opens in Seminole Heights
It’s (un)official… Vélo Champ is now open as Seminole Heights boutique bicycle shop. The (Un)official Soft Opening Celebration was Thursday April 14, 2011 and brought out a crowd of well wishers. It was a delightful celebration of all things bikes with a delectable array of food ranging from veggie dogs from Tampa favorite Vegan Beagle to authentic Belgian Waffles (update: apparently the proper spelling is wafels) from Wafels &... Read More
