The Sunshine State

C0LLETTE · 01-25-2014, 10:34 AM

OK, glad to hear it. Oddly enough, the commemorative bikes here are quite festive and colourful too...and far too numerous. I do hope you are right and this is just some group's way of reminding folks of the pleasures of biking. It's still early in the day and I'm sure some informed Floridian will be awake soon enough to give you an answer lol. Good luck

Jesse · 01-25-2014, 11:45 AM

The ones that are painted and decorated, (usually with flowers and such) are generally, as Collette said, locations of fatal bike accidents.

The ones that are painted solid orange, if there are any left, were used as a marketing ploy for a new fitness center called Orange Theory Fitness or something like that.

A couple of years before the orange ones, there were some blue ones making the rounds that were basically just put there by a couple of guys to give people something else to look at other than everyday stuff and to give them a reason to smile. They would move these bikes to new locations every few days. They were down in south Florida.

Then there are the eight multicolored mystery bikes. No one but the artist knows the reason for these supposedly.

This colored bike phenomena has been going on since early 2000 as far as I know. I think it's a great marketing strategy personally, and quite inexpensive to boot.

Smiling · 01-25-2014, 11:54 AM

Thank you, Jesse! I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.

I had no idea about any of this. How interesting! Now I'm going to have to look more closely at them in my travels to see exactly how many of each type there are around, but I have seen quite a few on my commute to work and around my apartment complex.

One of them is multi-colored with Hawaiian-style garlands all over it. I'm not sure how to categorize that one, but I will observe it more carefully next time.

oboejive · 05-01-2015, 12:17 PM

Just wanted to stop by and say hello! I'm from the Fort Lauderdale area and am always up for convo and making new friends

~Lee

Jesse · 05-01-2015, 07:30 PM

Hi Lee, how's it going?

oboejive · 05-02-2015, 04:20 PM

Hey there, Jesse. Just enjoying the weekend. How about you?

clay · 05-02-2015, 04:32 PM

evening Sunshine Staters!

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Smiling Senior Member How Do You Identify?: with a distinct flair Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: somewhere else Posts: 1,852 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,623 Thanked 4,388 Times in 1,009 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Thank you, Jesse! I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question. I had no idea about any of this. How interesting! Now I'm going to have to look more closely at them in my travels to see exactly how many of each type there are around, but I have seen quite a few on my commute to work and around my apartment complex. One of them is multi-colored with Hawaiian-style garlands all over it. I'm not sure how to categorize that one, but I will observe it more carefully next time. __________________ Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror. -Rabindranath Tagore Last edited by Smiling; 01-25-2014 at 11:58 AM. Reason: Adding that yes; I have noticed at least 2 orange bikes in the mix.

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