Category Miscellaneous
Cyclesomatic Wrap-up
It’s officially over and we’ll all be sleeping sound for the next 24 hours. Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make the event such a success. Even given the rain, we were blown away by the turnouts and all of the help we received by local area businesses, city leaders, and residents. […]
Xtracycle in the Cliff
Howard Draper, who heads up Bikedenton.org, brought his xtracycle down for Cyclesomatic and let us give it a test spin. He purchased the kit from xtracycle.com a few weeks back and attached it to a donor Diamond Back mountain bike that was being thrown away. Now, it’s extremely functional and has been hauling everything from […]
Video Footage of Cyclesomatic First Day
This is a shorty video put together by M-Street Media on Cyclesomatic’s first day:
New Pashley’s Just Arrived at the Oak Cliff Bicycle Company
Headed over to the OCBC shop tonight to go over last minute details for Cyclesomatic, and arrived just in time to watch them unbox their new inventory of Pashley’s. Above is a single speed Guv’nor, which we all took turns testing around the block. These are beautiful, hand-built bikes out of England, and are built […]
Volunteers Needed for Cyclesomatic
We’re nearing Cyclesomatic, and want to put an open call out to anyone interested in volunteering for one or more of the events. Specifically, we’ll need a few extra hands to help at the theatre for the films (Oct. 2, 3, 8, and 11) , the history group ride, the Bike to City Hall morning […]
BFOC Co-Founder Spotlighted in D Magazine
If you happen to be by a news stand this month, be sure to pick up a copy of the October issue of D Magazine. One of our co-founders, Jason Roberts, is spotlighted on page 16, in the “Person of Interest” section. Hooray, Jason!…and sporting a BFOC shirt to boot!
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 […]
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?
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 