Category Miscellaneous
Balloon Tire Beauties
After posting an article on the stylish Velorbis Scrap Deluxe commuter bike with its beautiful silver finish and big white Fat Frank tires, I’ve since run across several other European manufacturers making nearly identical bikes: Retrovelo Paul City Bike Viva Kilo Velorbis Churchill Balloon Pashley Phantom Roadster And after reading the CommuteByBike review on the […]
12 Bikes, 1 Parking Space
A group of us spent a relaxing afternoon riding to the Dallas Farmers Market downtown a few days ago. One of my favorite moments of the ride was lining up all of our bikes in the space it takes to fit a single car. One of these is a tandem, so it’s more like 12.5 […]
Same Number of Passengers. Repost from Cooltownstudios.com
The above image is from a poster I had seen in the past, but Cooltownstudios.com was featuring it again today. The image shows how many vehicles are required for the same number of passengers using cars, bus, and bicycles.
Humor: The Inefficacy of Everyday Traffic Control Systems as Represented by Cycle Dallas
In keeping with our tradition of monitoring the anti-bike lane blog, Cycle Dallas, we’ve noticed a peculiar strategy regularly invoked by its author. Simply post pictures of a mangled bicycle in a bike lane, and state with bizarre logic, “See! This proves the failure/inefficacy of bike lanes!…Once again we haven’t found the magic paint that […]
The Velorbis Scrap Deluxe
On our last BFOC group ride, we had all ranges of bicycles in the mix. From retro cruisers, to recumbants, and from high end road bikes, to entry level mountain bikes. The one that caught my eye the most was an American made version of a European styled city bike. Sure they’re heavy, slow, and […]
BFOC afterhours!
Several BFOC members arrived for a photoshoot at Oak Cliff’s newest hotspot, Bolsa, to celebrate the unveiling of one of the bike racks put in place by our successful community pledge drive. Our group is growing fast and have already reached over 80 members! Be sure to join our facebook group here and stay up […]
BFOC Merchandise now available
To further promote Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, contributor and co-founder, Jason Roberts, has begun screen printing shirts for sale at Etsy.com. Pick yours up today and help support the BFOC cause. All funds go directly to bicycle infrastructure projects in Oak Cliff, like our recent Bike Rack pledge drive.
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