Bicycle facilities come in many shapes and sizes from shared lanes with cars to median separated “cycle tracks”. Dallas is considering a number of these and we saw them in stick figure form at the bike meeting a few months ago, but what do they really look like and more importantly what are they like […]

Adding to our ranks of Bike Friendly communities, we welcome our newest members: Bike Friendly Deep Ellum, and Bike Friendly West Dallas! Welcome and we’re excited to have you aboard.

BFOC friend and Austin recording artist Dan Dyer is playing the Kessler immediately following Saturday’s Cyclesomatic block party. Ride your bike to the Kessler that night and receive half off the regular ticket price, which means you pay only five bucks! Check out Dan riding his cargo bike to SXSW.

Come out for the Cyclesomatic block party THIS SATURDAY NIGHT in Bishop Arts District. Oak Cliff Bicycle Company will be celebrating the grand opening of its new location (across the street from Eno’s) with an alley cat race at 5 pm, plus Lonestar Goldsprints, a bike-in movie, music, food, beer, and more throughout the night.

You know the drill by now. Show up and try your luck at winning some cash and prizes. Worst case you’ll at least get a beverage or two out of it, so pony up and enter!

UPDATE on MEETUPS: Oak Cliff Groups meeting in the Bishop Arts District at 7:30AM and departing by 7:45AM to arrive at Union Station by 8:10AM. East Dallas Groups meeting at the Lakewood Theatre at 7:45AM and departing by 8AM up Live Oak. Plano and North Dallas Groups leaving from the following: Plano group (Mike Emmons, […]

As part of IdeaWeek/TEDxSMU, BFOC is helping promote an outdoor screening of King Kong vs. Godzilla outside of the Crow Art Museum in the Dallas Arts District. The film starts at 9:30 on Friday, October 15th, so pack a blanket in your bike baskets and enjoy a night under the stars watching a japanese cult […]

A BFOC reader, Doug Taylor, provides the following comments on the Sylvan Bridge redesign and the problems that should be mitigated: I recently attended the open house for the planned Sylvan Ave. bridge over the Trinity River.  It was held at the West Dallas multipurpose center on 10/7/10.  Construction is planned to start in the […]

Be sure to pick up a copy of the latest D Magazine this month.  Bike Friendly Oak Cliff is featured in a story that talks about the movement in Dallas to promote more walkability and bicycling throughout the city.  Also, some great pics by Matt Hawthorne throughout the article.

Saturday, September 18  |  10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  | $65  | 837 W. 7th Street (Tyler/7th) Oil and Cotton (follow them on Facebook) opened their French doors for business last Saturday and is hosting their first workshop this weekend—a bike basket–building class. You might have seen BFOC’er, and Oil and Cotton co-owner, Shannon Driscoll riding around […]