Author Archives: Jason Roberts
BFOC Donates Screen to Texas Theatre, Just in time for Cyclesomatic!
A handful of BFOCer’s hung and mounted a giant screen which was donated by a fellow BFOC member to the Texas Theatre just in time for our upcoming films at Cyclesomatic. We’re getting closer! All total, it took 7 guys, 3 chains, 2 pulley’s, a ton of rope, and 1 giant ladder. This is exciting […]
David Byrne book, Bicycle Diaries, Released Next Week
A BFOC reader passes along this Wall Street Journal article by David Byrne, singer of Talking Heads, as a precursor to his soon-to-be-released book, Bicycle Diaries. The article breaks down the components Bryne feels make up a “livable city”, including size, density, attitude, security, and more. Bicycle Diaries highlights Byrne’s love of living on two […]
Great Weekend at Hand
So many incredible events happening this weekend. For starters, this evening pedal over to the Belmont and check out Kinky Friedman, Slobberbone, Sarah Jaffe, and enjoy some amazing bbq from SMOKE. Then on Saturday, DART unveils the new Green Line with its Super Saturday event. Each station along the line will have a series of […]
SMOKE! Opening, with Kinky Friedman set to perform this Friday
This isn’t necessarily a bike specific event, though I’d recommend pedaling to this grand opening as opposed to driving as the management told me they’ve already had 600 people RSVP and parking is hard to come by. It’s a new restaurant called SMOKE, beside the Belmont Hotel (where we hold our Bike-In Movies), and they […]
Call for Art Bikes!
ATTENTION ARTISTS AND BICYCLISTS: CALL FOR ENTRIES for ART BIKES! On October 10, 2009, The Cube Creative is sponsoring an Art Bike & Ride from 5pm to 9pm as part of the celebrated Tyler Street Block Party during the 10-day “CYCLESOMATIC” series of events. Artists are encouraged to decorate, paint, weld, wire, wrap, glue, or […]
Grand Opening of Transit Bicycle Company, Sept. 13th
The Transit Bicycle Company is launching its grand opening this Sunday, September 13th from noon to sunset. TBC is billing itself as Dallas’ premiere fixed gear bike shop, and is planning a full day of events from an alley cat race, track stand competitions, group ride, and more. Should be a lot of fun.
Safely Navigating Intersections with Bike Lanes
DFW Point-to-Point provides an insightful post from a Vehicular Cyclist’s perspective on to how to best navigate in and out of intersections with bicycle lanes here. I hope we see more of such offerings from the more experienced cyclists among us. The post was born of a request made from an email thread we shared, […]
Reason #328 To Advocate For Dedicated Bicycle Lanes / Cycle Tracks
Still feel like taking the lane?
The Travelling Man in Deep Ellum
Grabbed this shot while riding around Deep Ellum this afternoon. Awesome day out, and DART was testing the much anticipated green line just behind us. Our friend, Brandon Oldenburg, was one of the artists who created this piece and happens to be an awesome creative head over at ReelFX. I don’t want to jump to […]
Want To Go Car Free? Let’s Do The Numbers
My wife just got a job at SMU, and was able to nab a coveted (by me) DART pass for a discounted rate. With that in mind, we’ve had several friends who I envy that have officially gone car free, and wanted to do the breakdown to see how much we’d save by also making […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 