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It’s almost over!

We’re slowly coming out of hibernation after this near record 60+ day of 100 degree weather. Fortunately, we have a ton of news to announce very shortly. Currently, BFOC is hard at work laying out this year’s Cyclesomatic festival. Expect the month of October to be filled with events from bike to school weeks, block […]

The Ride of Leisure

Oak Cliff Leisure Riders! Get on your bikes and meet at Southern Maid Donuts at 8:15 a.m. Sat (tomarz). We’ll roll around a bit, ring our bells, wave at strangers, and make a stop at the Sylvan | Thirty Market around 9 a.m. and chow on some breakfast tacos made by the awesome, award-winning chef, […]

Eno’s Third Anniversary and Bike Friendly Fund Raiser

Join BFOC as we celebrate three years of Eno’s! Bring a T-Shirt, Bag, Bloomers or any cloth and get a screen print of the BFOC or iBIKE ROSEMONT logo. Drink specials, karaoke, bike raffle and plenty of fun to keep the whole gang entertained. All the cheer goes to a good cause! We are building the […]

Swap Meet

The OCBC boys are helping Sylvan Thirty with a Bicycle Swap Meet on July 30th 9:00 A.M. Should be a good place to find a decent used bike or maybe those parts you’re tired of looking for on ebay. Free for anyone to set up! More info here.

Bike Raffle

The guys at Oak Cliff Bicycle are going to give you a chance to win this beauty tomorrow at Bastille in Bishop Arts, so if you couldn’t Bike to Bastille maybe you can bike home! $10 tickets sold at the shop. Winner announced at 9:30 P.M. More details here. Come on down either way and […]

Welcome Bike Friendly Duncanville!

Welcome the newest member of the BF family, Bike Friendly Duncanville! Congrats, guys! Look forward to hearing more about your efforts to promote cycling in D-Ville!

Bike to Bastille!

Head out, once again, to the Bishop Arts District on Thursday, July 14th from 6PM to 10PM where the block will be turned into a Parisian street festival, complete with mussels competition featuring renowned area chefs, a wine walk, Vespas, a French Maid relay, crepe stands, accordions, petanque courts, and more. Last year’s event brought over 1,500 […]

Bikes Belong Grant Awarded, Ciclovia to Come!

Bikes Belong’s mission is simple, get more people on bikes more often. They awarded BFOC $5,000 because of you! You got out and road a bike and over the last two years our bicycle ridership has risen 219%. Thank you for riding and supporting our local bicycle shops. Our rides have worked to get the […]

See It Where They Shot It Group Ride

Ride with Bike Friendly Oak Cliff to the screening of RoboCop this weekend. This series being put on by Dallas Observer aims to “See it where they shot it”. The first installment is set for City Hall where scenes from RoboCop where filmed. All the details are here. Meet at BFOC’s newest bike friendly destination Jonathon’s Oak […]

Video showing mixed traffic on Ross

reposted from the betterblock.org site One of the key assumptions we were excited to test and debunk during the Ross Project was that Dallas could not create viable pedestrian spaces due to being too hot and car-centric. Specifically, the thought of placing a market in the center of a major arterial was formerly considered untenable […]