Author Archives: Jason Roberts
Right-O! Tweed Ride Route Announced
After much toil, we’ve finally struck upon a splendid route for Sunday’s Tweed Ride. Given the regal nature of our attire, we felt a fitting ride must include stops at our fair city’s dandy new art structures. We’ll set off from the Grassy Knoll and make haste along Ross Avenue, naturally passing the Dallas Museum […]
Curious about bicycling to work? Join us Thursday mornings for a weekly downtown ride
We’ve had many OCer’s ask about bicycling to work, and how to best get started. Since it’s always more fun to ride as a group (along with greater safety in numbers), we’re going to begin a regular Thursday morning ride starting at Espumoso Cafe in the Bishop Arts District to Downtown. The owners at Espumoso […]
An interview with New York’s planning consultant
This video is an alfresco interview with Danish planner, Jan Gehl, in a new plaza that he helped develop for New York City. We’ve featured Jan in the past, and have noted how NYC hired his firm to develop their new public space plan. In the interview, Gehl notes that before he started working there, […]
Pictures from Sunday’s CliffFest
Thanks to all who came out for Sunday’s CliffFest ’09 in Bishop Arts. 74 Oak Cliff merchants setup shop to show off their wares and a huge turnout arrived. The weather was perfect, even though the forecast called for rain by mid-afternoon. Here’s some pic’s from the day: A jorg & olif!
Tweed Ride Discount!
The House of MacGregor justs offered a 10% discount to anyone who says “‘ello Guvnor!” when they order a hat from her!
Need ideas for the Tweed Ride? Check out these locals.
Need ideas for the upcoming tweed ride? We have some incredible OC locals that can help you out. First off, talk to Tara Tonini of Tara to the T about a custom outfit and hat (she’s made bicycling hats for us in the past): We also have another acclaimed milliner, Cassie MacGregor of the House […]
British Cycling PSA
This is a hysterical PSA forwarded us from a fan of BFOC:
NYC Bicycling Up 66% in 2 Years After Installation of 200 Miles of Bike Facilities!
Streetsblog has just posted the latest ridership numbers released by the New York City Department of Transportation and over a two year period, they’ve seen an increase of 66% in ridership! What’s changed in that time? Over the last three years, they’ve installed 200 miles worth of bicycle facilities. And what about fatality rates compared […]
Dallas Silverback Bikes
(Jeff Plunk of Dallas Silverback Bikes – photo by Danny Fulgencio) Jeff Plunk (aka DJ Typecast) has recently setup a custom bike build shop called Dallas Silverback bikes. So far, he’s uploaded some pretty amazing shots of his work. If you bring him an old frame, he’ll strip it, repaint/rebuild it to your specs. You […]
CliffFest, this Sunday!
Be sure to head to the Bishop Arts this Sunday for Oak Cliff’s first Cliff Fest. There’s going to be samples of food from area restaurants, artists, musicians, performances and more. The bike shop is set to have a booth as well. More details are available on the CliffFest 09 site here. There are a […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 