Shifting Gears Lecture series with transportation expert Dr. John Pucher
April 11, 2013 § Leave a Comment
This came to us from Bike Texas:
We’re bringing the expert and the elected officials and press to you. We need the cycling community to show up in force.
Join BikeTexas, the Irving Chamber of Commerce, state and local elected officials, and supporting organizations on Saturday, April 13 for the Shifting Gears Lecture series with transportation expert Dr. John Pucher!
Dr. Pucher is an excellent and engaging speaker and a world-renowned expert in the planning and policy field.
Dr. Pucher will discuss the impact of Complete Streets on cities across Texas and around the world. He will show how making biking and walking safer and more efficient has huge benefits to health outcomes and local economies. This discussion is timely as new bike plans await implementation across the state, and particularly in Irving and other DFW cities.
Drawing from his newest book, City Cycling, Mr. Pucher will inspire local leaders to take simple actions towards ensuring Texans have the freedom to bike and walk in their communities.
2pm to 3pm — VIP reception with elected officials and John Pucher in the Irving Chamber of Commerce Lobby. Light hors d’oeuvres and cocktails provided. All VIP reception attendees will receive signed copy of City Cycling.
3pm to 5pm — Public presentation in the historic Vault at the Irving Chamber of Commerce (entrance via parking garage). Suggested donation $20. Signed copies of City Cycling will be available for purchase.
Parking is free.
Note: CAPACITY IS LIMITED. Please register early to reserve your place! Register Here
Texas Bike Lobby Day, March 25th
February 28, 2013 § Leave a Comment
Want to do something that can actually make a difference for bicycling in Dallas? Attend Texas Bike Lobby Day on Monday, March 25th.
Bike Texas is organizing the event that takes place during our great state’s legislative session. This year, Bike DFW, our regional bicycle advocacy organization, is handling the registration process and organizing transportation down to Austin and back for the DFW area.
BFOC is helping to rally the advocates by pledging 20 attendees to get a pick up in Oak Cliff! The cost is $30, which includes breakfast, transportation, and the cost of organizing the day. Here are the details:
Date: Monday, March 25, 2013
Time: 5:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Bus Pickup Location: TBD (working on an Oak Cliff pick up if we get enough attendees)
Where: Texas State Capitol in Austin
Cost: $30 per person; includes breakfast; will need $10 for lunch
Texas Bike Lobby Day, March 25th
February 5, 2013 § Leave a Comment
Want to do something that can actually make a difference for bicycling in Dallas? Attend Texas Bike Lobby Day on Monday, March 25th.
Bike Texas is organizing the event that takes place during our great state’s legislative session. This year, Bike DFW, our regional bicycle advocacy organization, is handling the registration process and organizing transportation down to Austin and back for the DFW area.
BFOC is helping to rally the advocates by pledging 20 attendees to get a pick up in Oak Cliff! The cost is $30, which includes breakfast, transportation, and the cost of organizing the day. Here are the details:
Date: Monday, March 25, 2013
Time: 5:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Bus Pickup Location: TBD (working on an Oak Cliff pick up if we get enough attendees)
Where: Texas State Capitol in Austin
Cost: $30 per person; includes breakfast; will need $10 for lunch
Help BF Duncanville!
November 27, 2012 § Leave a Comment
We received a recent post on our Bike Friendly Oak Cliff Facebook group page from Bike Friendly Duncanville that we thought we’d pass along here. If you’re interested in helping be apart , contact Jeff Jones here on FB here: http://www.facebook.com/jonesjeffa or just reply to this post and we’ll pass along your information.
If you’d like to organize a group to participate as BFOC in their parade, we would be most appreciative. Simply post your intentions in a reply here or on our FB group.
Hey Bike Friendly Oak Cliff People!
Bike Friendly Duncanville is trying to spread the word about cycling in our little corner of the earth. On December 7th @ 7pm, the Duncanville Christmas parade will be traveling down our newly re-developed Main Street. Bike Friendly Duncanville needs your help in promoting the cycling culture in Duncanville. There is no entry fee and only 2 stipulations you must follow: The float (your bike) must have lights (glows sticks are considered lights) and no dressing up as Santa (he will be the tail end of the parade.) Line up is at 6:20pm. For those of you who may not know, the Duncanville City Council is not fond of the idea of bike lanes. The idea has been presented to them before via Jason Roberts & Andrew Corey Howard and it has not gone any further than the council chambers. Your presence in the parade will help demonstrate that the culture exists and that we will not be ignored. It may even twist them a bit. Message me if you are interested and I will get you all of the details. Find out more, search Bike Friendly Duncanville on Facebook!! Hope to see you at the parade!!
Fundraiser to Help Differ Medical Costs for Cyclist Hit by Car
October 15, 2012 § 1 Comment
Below came to us from supporters of Group Dynamix, a company that “provides group adventures that connect people in fun ways”. One of their owners was left a quadriplegic after being hit on his bicycle by a vehicle. We’ve had a very difficult year so far with bike vs motor vehicle accidents, so if you can help spread the word about their event, and encourage people to attend, the bicycling community would appreicate it!
Family Fun Day for Mack
Background
On July 17, Stephen “Coach Mack” Mackintosh, the head of our Group Dynamix family, tragically suffered a severe cervical spinal cord injury while riding his bike home from work. While the final outcome is unknown, the financial cost of his injury is substantial and growing. Please join us on Sunday, October 21st at Group Dynamix as we raise funds in support of Coach Mack at our “Family Fun Day for Mack.”
Event Details
The Family Fun Day For Mack is the best kind of fundraiser. It raises money for a great cause and its incredibly “FUN.” Participants ages of 6 and older will get to “raise the roof” with heart-pounding exciting activities. This is the first time we have permitted younger kids to participate in Group Dynamix activities, so now’s the time to bring the whole family!
Location
Group Dynamix, 1215 Trend Dr., Carrollton, TX (two blocks west of Marsh Lane and one block north of Beltline Rd.)
What’s There to Do?
Lots! Here’s a list of some of the activities:
- Our extensive indoor high ropes course (one of the largest in the US)
- Archery Tag Games (NEW to GDX and the rest of the world)
- Blacklight Sports (seeing is believing)
- Pedal Cart Races (win prizes for best time trials)
- Inflatables (all sizes for all ages)
- Carnival Games (not your “typical” games, but really fun ones)
- Ball Games (tarp volleyball, walleyball, biggie basketball, dodgeball, and more)
- Food and drinks will be available for sale
When?
2-6 p.m., Sunday, October 21st
How Much?
$20 minimum donation at the door
$60 maximum per family
Thank you for your generosity by giving more!
Cyclesomatic 2012, a celebration of ALL things bicycle!
September 11, 2012 § 2 Comments
The Texas Star ferris wheel at the State Fair won’t be the only big wheel spinning this October! Big Tex and the rest of Dallas better dust off their saddles, shine up that chrome, strap on a helmet, and wheel on over to a month long celebration of the best fun you’ll have all year on a bicycle!
Cyclesomatic, a celebration of ALL things bicycle, takes place from September 29th – October 28th and is filled with 14 different bicycling events that will guarantee you a good time.
This year’s events include several of our crowd favorites including the PhotoVelo Scavenger Hunt, Bike to City Hall, Ride to the State Fair, Ride the Oak Cliff Home Tour, a Tour to the Lake and a few other different and unique group rides around town.
We’ve ramped up and included two showcase events on the final weekend of October 27th & 28th , that will be bicycling heaven for North Texas enthusiasts! First, on Oct. 27th we’ve combined last year’s Bicycle Fair with our Spooky Cross Cyclocross Race in Oak Cliff, TX. A USAC sanctioned cyclocross race will take place during a Halloween Bicycle Festival filled with kid and adult races and workshops, family friendly activities including a bicycle safety course, dirt track, and other fun! In addition, a showcase of as many different bicycle genres including a BMX jump show, bike trial riders, uni-cyclists, low-riders, tall bikes, and much more. On the 28th the racing continues at Dallas Heritage Village with food trucks and fun!
Our second showcase event of the month will be the Texas Custom Bike Show at Club Dada in Deep Ellum. This is the first time the prestigious event is being featured during Cyclesomatic and hosted in Dallas! At this event, custom bicycle frame builders gather to share the love of their craft with each other, cycling enthusiasts, industry professionals, and novice fabricators.
Also, we’re very lucky to bring out from Portland, Oregon Tom LaBonty, the fabricator of Dutch cargo bikes at http://tomscargobikes.com. We will be hosting a two-day Cargo Bike Build Worskhop at the new Adamson High School where you can watch and learn how he builds these beauties out of found and used bicycles and bicycle parts. Furthermore, we’ve got a Bike-In Movie planned, the Team Better Block is having a family reunion, and a new bicycle rack competition will kick off during Cyclesomatic!
You can find all of the details and descriptions of each event at http://bikefriendlyoc.org/cyclesomatic-2012. We’re constantly updating the schedule details on our website, so please keep checking back so you have the most recent information.
See full schedule below with times and descriptions on our event page:
| Event Name |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Tour to the Lake |
9/29/2012 |
9/30/2012 |
| Ride to the State Fair |
10/2/2012 |
10/2/2012 |
| Fall into Fitness Family Bike Ride |
10/6/2012 |
10/6/2012 |
| PhotoVelo Scavenger Hunt |
10/7/2012 |
10/7/2012 |
| iBike Rosemont |
10/8/2012 |
10/12/2012 |
| Ride the Oak Cliff Home Tour |
10/13/2012 |
10/14/2012 |
| Cargo Bike Build Workshop |
10/13/2012 |
10/14/2012 |
| Bike Rack Competition |
10/13/2012 |
10/13/2012 |
| Better Block Family Reunion |
10/13/2012 |
10/13/2012 |
| The Wild West Bike Bonanza |
10/16/2012 |
10/16/2012 |
| Bike to City Hall |
10/17/2012 |
10/17/2012 |
| Bike-In Movie |
10/20/2012 |
10/20/2012 |
| Spooky Cross Cyclocross and Bicycle Fair |
10/27/2012 |
10/28/2012 |
| Hand Built Bike Frame Show |
10/27/2012 |
10/28/2012 |
Welcome Bike Friendly Garland to the Family!
August 16, 2012 § 2 Comments
We’ve got another bike friendly group in the DFW to welcome. Bike Friendly Garland, at bikefriendlygarland.blogspot.com has been launched by Jonathan Guzman, @BicyclePOV. We met at a recent bicycle swap in Garland and I encouraged him to take the initiative and start it up, and he’s done just that. He also is a pretty good mechanic and restorer of used bicycles. Check it out!
While Jonathan has taken the initiative, he’ll need help making Bike Friendly Garland into a great bicycle advocacy group. We encourage anyone to get involved and help out!
Here’s information about their first group ride:
Click here to review, sign and present waiver forms on date of the event
“Join us for a fun morning group ride to kick off Bike Friendly Garland.”Please note: that we will be riding through some roads as we ride through Garland. Rider assumes full responsibility for their actions, safety, injury and personal property. Please evaluate your own physical or health limitations before deciding to participate. We will ride as a group in a “no-drop” style ride at a leisurely pace. We may cover distances of over ten miles. Leave the spandex at home! Thanks.Make sure to follow us on our Facebook page where our event will be listed.
Richardson Adds More Bike Lanes
August 13, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Re-posted from Bike Friendly Richardson
New Bike Lanes On Canyon Creek Drive
The City of Richardson does it again. We now have some new bike lanes on Canyon Creek Drive, along with some newly repainted bike lanes on Yale Boulevard. As usual, we are grateful that the city has been doing this for cyclists. These are also great for calming traffic through these neighborhoods as well.
Here are some pics:
Most of the route is painted with a nice buffer between bikes and traffic, yet wide enough to keep riders out of the gutter.
A visit to the Vintage Bicycle Swap Meet in Garland
June 11, 2012 § 2 Comments
I presume Richard Wezensky with BFR will do a much better post about this great event than me, but I thought I’d give the event a shout out, and a possible preview for Cyclesomatic 2012 in the Fall.
The event was held at a great local bicycle shop in Garland, TX called Don Johle’s Bike World, Inc and sponsored by them and Rat Rod Bikes. I’d never heard of it but wished I had sooner. It’s one of those shops you’d kill to have in your neighborhood. They sell everything, and I mean every type of bicycle you can think of. They also have a particular preference for vintage, thus the swap meet they hosted. This was the first one, but I can tell you it won’t be the last. I hope to get them to attend our Bicycle Fair in this Fall’s Cyclesomatic, but seems that they want to take it to a local park first. Maybe I can convince them otherwise!
Also, I ran into a local blogger, urban cyclist, and 70′s and 80′s bicycle restorer named Jonathan at the event. His blog is called Bicycle Point of View and it has a great recap of the event as well. Who knows maybe Bike Friendly Garland is about to launch! He also had a Raleigh that fit my large frame, which I almost went home with. My rule is give myself 24 hours to decide on a bicycle. Well, I still want it and hope to make a deal for it soon.
There were several vendors with all kinds of older bicycles including BMX, Schwin Stingrays, old cruisers and a multi-rider BMX out of Mad Max! It was certainly focused on the gear head, but open to anyone looking for a great fixer for the summer. I look forward to them bringing this swap meet to a larger audience! Here are pics taken from the blog Bicycle Point of View:
