Category Bike News
Among the other Oktoberfestivities at Cyclesomatic
Among the other Oktoberfestivities at Cyclesomatic this weekend, we forgot to mention the Alley Cat race presented by DOOM, Oak Cliff Bicycle Co., and Eno’s on Sunday. From the Oak Cliff Bicycle Company: Get to O.C.B.C at 1 p.m., get your manifest, scope the checkpoints, start plotting on how you’ll come in first for the […]
Cyclesomatic, First Three Days Preview
We’re 5 days out from Cyclesomatic, and getting all of the last minute details wrapped up. For a quick preview of the first three day’s festivities, we have the following: Day 1: Friday October 2nd, 75208 Presents October 2nd Friday Night Ride to Texas Theatre Group ride leaving from downtown at 8:30PM, making its way […]
Hotel Belmont Offering 20% Off Rooms To Cyclists!
The hippest hotel in Dallas, with the very best view of the skyline has just signed on for the BFOC discount program! The Belmont is offering 20% off on all rooms if you fall into one of the following categories: – Ride bikes to the hotel – Travel with bikes – Coming to a bike […]
Richard Florida Giving Free Lecture This Friday At UTA
As part of the Maverick Speakers Series, UTA is hosting best selling author of the books “Rise of the Creative Class“, and “Flight of the Creative Class“. Richard has written extensively about what makes a city successful, and the new trends in planning to draw in young talent that helps shape a communities character. His […]
Update on Bike to City Hall!
We’ve received confirmations for the Dallas Bikes to City Hall from these Council Members!: Jerry Allen Angela Hunt Delia Jasso Anne Margolin David Neumann Awaiting others now. Also, we’re still working on the Mayor, a State Rep, and a Senator! Will update soon. Oh, and Good Morning, Texas! Host, Robert McCollum may be riding with […]
Dallas Bikes to City Hall October 7th, and Complete Streets Film October 8th
October 7th, the City of Dallas Promotes Dallas Bikes to City Hall. Arriving at 8:30AM and Unveiling of Complete Streets Initiatives The city of Dallas, in cooperation with DART, the City Parks Department, and Bike Friendly Oak Cliff invites all to bicycle to City Hall to promote greater bicycle awareness on the morning of October […]
Committee Volunteers Wanted for Annual Alley Cat Race in West Dallas
Press Release from Mercy Street Dallas: The West Dallas Urban Pursuit Where is West Dallas? We hear this a lot at the Bicycle Co-Op, which is a social enterprise of Mercy Street Dallas, a non-profit organization, in its tenth year of community development in the neighborhoods of West Dallas. Being cyclists we think a unique […]
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 […]
More National Organizations Endorsing Complete Streets
We mentioned the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent endorsement of bicycle lanes to curb obesity trends along with the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Ray LaHood, citing Portland as THE model for 21st century US city planning, and it now appears more organizations are coming online in support each month. The […]
Study Notes Accident Trends in Cycling
A BFOC fan pointed us to this recent Freakonomics article regarding bicycle accidents. If you forward to the site they referenced (Project Freeride), they break down in greater depth the accidents and their causes, and cite risks associated in other countries. Intersections, of course, being the most common areas (which is the same for pedestrians, […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 