MoxxieBike Women's Bicycle Club, St Petersburg Fl

MoXXie Bike Club(TM) Welcomes All Women!

Posted on July 21, 2011 by msmoxxie

MoXXie Bike Club^TM

This Saturday, MoXXie Bike Club^TM will be giving away a $15.00 gift certificate to a grocery store! Come ride with the club!

MoXXie Bike Club^TM Welcomes All Women of all ages!

Do you like helping other people?

Do you appreciate all people as having value and something important to say?

You answered, “Yes!!!” Woot! Wahoo! Yippy! You are perfect for joining MoXXie Bike Club^TM! That’s because people like you make the best kind of friends!

MoXXie Bike Club^TM is a club in St. Petersburg, Florida, that exists to help women find friends, provide socializing, and burn off some calories in a fun way. We women love reading groups, potlucks, watching movies together, and so many more things. But, we need some activity to burn calories.

MoXXie Bike Club^TM also exists to provide us with a way to help! Help ourselves, our children, other people! What is your special cause? How can we all join together with you to help make this a better world for everyone?

If you have children, feel free to bring them with you so they can have fun with you! No one is too slow! No one will be left behind! Because we’re here to be friends! Women of all ages and income, marital, and other situations are welcome! Bring your hybrid, beach cruiser, fixie, or whatever you have for a bicycle!

If you know of anyone who would like to start or already has started a men’s bicycle club, let MoXXie Bike Club^TM know. We would like to let other people know about your club.

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Ginger Ninjas Band Tours On Bicycles!

Posted on August 7, 2012 by msmoxxie

How do you have a band and not use oil or electricity?

Ask the Ginger Ninjas!

Their Pleasant Revolution tour began in 2007 and ended in early 2012, according to their website. Traveling from one performance to the next, the route took the band from northern California to southern Mexico. The group carried all equipment by bicycle and bicycle trailer. Using extremely efficient amplifiers and other electronic equipment, the Ginger Ninjas were able to power their equipment, during performances, using bicycle-powered generators.

Are you interested in starting a tour and don’t have a huge music company behind you, contact the Ginger Ninjas for advice!

Performing in English and Spanish, check out their music style:

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Bicycles Empowering Girls To Stay In School! Part 2

Posted on July 25, 2012 by msmoxxie

Bihar School (Photo credit: stevewright316)

(see Part 1)

To fight the problem, Bihar’s government started a program in 2007 that gives free bicycles to teenage girls so that they can get to high school. The program has been incredibly successful with the number of girls registered in the 9th grade more than tripling in only four years, from 175,000 to 600,000.

It’s been so successful, a few other poor states in India have started similar programs, and India’s government is interested in implementing the program across the country.

The bicycles are also helping to elevate the status of the girls in a country where daughters are regarded much less than sons. Thanks to these girls, their poor families are receiving a valuable asset that can be used by other family members when the girls aren’t in school.

Related bicycle news: Free Bicycles Help Keep Indian Girls in School

MoXXie Bike Club^TM thanks Jose Menendez for providing the above information!

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Bicycles Empowering Girls To Stay In School! Part 1

Posted on July 23, 2012 by msmoxxie

Bihar, the state in India where majority of Bihari People live (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Here’s some great bicycle-related news! As we all know, there are many benefits of using bicycles for transportation, but I came across a news article that explains how bikes are being used to empower girls to stay in school on a massive scale.

It’s happening in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, where most teenage girls were dropping out instead of going to high school and where the female literacy rate of 53% is more than 20 percentage points below the male literacy rate.

The main reason the girls were dropping out is that Bihar’s high schools are relatively few and far between, and too many poor girls’ families couldn’t afford transportation for them, e.g. daily bus fare, and were afraid to let them walk long distances to school. (see Part 2)

MoXXie Bike Club^TM thanks Jose Menendez for providing the above information!

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Appreciating Hot Summers

Posted on July 11, 2012 by msmoxxie

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 27: A bicycle is buried in snow in the early morning hours in Manhattan's East Village December 27, 2010 in New York City. A winter storm is pounding the East Coast of the United States and is expected to deliver a foot of snow for New York City and New England while snarling post-Christmas travel. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

The hot summer days are eating us alive! We hide in our homes, cars, and work places!

Maybe, it’s time to remember those cold months so that we can appreciate the hot months.

For additional cold bicycling, check out Ice Bike!

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Are You Thinking About Having Children?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by msmoxxie

Early Childhood Education (Photo credit: wistechcolleges)

If you’re thinking about having children, it’s a good idea to prepare the nest to receive your fledglings.

The Early Childhood Education webmasters gathered information from several sources and put them into an easy graphic to follow. The graphic shows how having children can change your friendships, financial situation, and relationship with your partner.

After checking out that webpage, check out the home page where you’ll find games to play with your preschoolers at school or at home, information about autism and other special situations, and many more interesting things to learn!

The website doesn’t have anything about teaching your children bicycle safety. For that you can go to the City of St. Petersburg’s website to find out when the next Bike Rodeo will be or who to contact to get a Bike Rodeo in your neighborhood.

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Towing And Impounding Rights For Motorists!

Posted on July 3, 2012 by msmoxxie

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SYRACUSE, NY – MARCH 07: (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Many drivers don’t realize what their towing and impound rights are. Philip Decelles, owner of Apex Towing & Recovery, is here to tell you.

Before towing, some of your rights are:

If you catch the tow truck driver before he/she leaves the property with your car, you can do a drop-on-scene for half the hook-up rate allowed by the county. In Pinellas, towers are required to release the vehicle for $50.00 and must allow the driver at least 20 minutes to come up with the money. If the towee says that he/she will not pay, the tower is no longer required to comply with the 20 minute limit. In some cases, towers will tell towees that the tower can only release the vehicle to the registered vehicle owner. That isn’t true! The vehicle can be released to the registered owner or anyone in control of the vehicle.

For more information and questions about your rights, contact Apex Towing and Recovery at 727-825-0444. The owner cares and wants to help you not get towed!

Posted in Road Laws For Motorists, Road Techniques For Motorists | Tagged bicycle, bicycling, Bike, child, children, club, Cycling, cyclist, Florida, Law, pinellas, Saint Petersburg, tampa, Towing, Vehicle, woman, women | Leave a comment

Conformity

Posted on July 1, 2012 by msmoxxie

Cookie cutters: tin bunny (Photo credit: litlnemo)

Demanding conformity, of thought, breeds lying. Sufficient lying creates a liar. Being a liar is the essence of hypocrisy.

A person, who belongs to a group that demands conformity, needs to understand that the association will affect people’s perception and response to the person. This is especially true the more that people have had experiences with the group.

Conformity studies have led to many interesting findings:

Moxie is defined as energy, initiative, courage, determination, and know-how.

MoXXie Bike Club^TM: the bicycle club for moxie women!

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CyclingSavvy: A New Educational Bicycling Curriculum!

Posted on June 10, 2012 by msmoxxie

Wow! We just found a great video that really explains things! The video is 30 minutes long, but well worth the watching. It explains where were were, where we are, how we got to where we are, and how to get us out of where we are when it comes to bicycling. Also, the video introduces the new CyclingSavvy bicycle curriculum.

Recessions are vicious. But, they teach us how important it is value inexpensive things such as using bicycles for transportation. However after a long period of prosperity, during which we get suckered into believing the advertisements that buying and using expensive stuff means that we’re better humans, we need to learn what people used to know so that we can effectively use bicycles for transportation.

CyclingSavvy instructors conduct classes throughout the USA. Go to the organization’s homepage and click Course Calendar to find a class near you.

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Hot! Want Shade! (Part 2)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by msmoxxie

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 02: The Chaproniere family relax in the shade of a tree on Hampstead Heath on August 2, 2011 in London, United Kingdom. Much of the UK is enjoying a current spell of hot weather which is likely to last until the weekend. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

(see Part 1)

One huge area is from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street N to 16th Street N, and from 38th Avenue N to 54th Avenue N.

The tree branches grow twisting this and that way so each tree forms a unique piece of art. They advance up and out until the branches on one side of the street interlace like fingers with the branches on the other side of the street, forming a cool canopy high overhead.

If you already enjoy shade trees in your yard, you can spread the happiness to other places by participating in the City of St. Petersburg’s Gift Tree Program. Contact the Parks and Recreation Department for more details, types of trees you can request, and cost of those trees.

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Hot! Want Shade! (Part 1)

Posted on May 28, 2012 by msmoxxie

Live Oak (Photo credit: NixBC)

It was 84° F today in St. Petersburg, Florida, already. Humidity was at 77%. We’re blistering hot in the sun and sweat pours off us. Think what it will be in July and August!

Ah! Wouldn’t you just love some shade as you walk or bicycle through town? If you have room beside the curb, live oaks (Quercus virginiana) are native to Pinellas County, can be trimmed so branches are high enough for trucks to pass under, and grow to 60 feet tall and 40 feet wide.

St. Petersburg has several neighborhoods that show what live oaks can do to cool your walk, bicycle ride, or yard.

(see Part 2)

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moxxie bike

MoXXie Bike Club(TM) Welcomes All Women!

Ginger Ninjas Band Tours On Bicycles!

Bicycles Empowering Girls To Stay In School! Part 2

Bicycles Empowering Girls To Stay In School! Part 1

Appreciating Hot Summers

Are You Thinking About Having Children?

Towing And Impounding Rights For Motorists!

Conformity

CyclingSavvy: A New Educational Bicycling Curriculum!

Hot! Want Shade! (Part 2)

Hot! Want Shade! (Part 1)

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