Headlining the KXT 91.7 music festival, called Summer Cut are the Flaming Lips. Now when the Lips went to Portland to shoot their latest video they called upon cyclist to ride nekked and carry lead singer Wayne Coyne in his giant plastic bubble. I’ve edited a picture so you cant see the pit hair and dreadlocks […]
BFOC is proud to have partnered with several local businesses to offer discounts for anyone who rides a bicycle to the merchants listed below. This discount program has been recently updated and expanded. The list of merchants is permanently on the right side of our homepage. If you see the sticker above on a merchants […]
Reposted from Fortworthology.com Written & Photographed by Kevin Buchanan Thanks to the City of Fort Worth for passing this along – it’s a fully up-to-date map of central city Fort Worth bike infrastructure, as of this moment. Solid blue lines are on-street bike lanes, solid red lines are shared lane routes, solid green lines are […]
The Oak Cliff Film Festival organizers have a special place in their hearts for cyclists. They’ve put together quite a line-up June 14-17th and they’re offering cyclist discounts. For those of you who plan to make it a weekend-long biking affair, you’re entitled to half-price festival badges (use password f4iend50f0akclifffilmfest). You can park blocks away […]
In our last post, I discussed how post-war government intervention systematically dismantled hundreds of years of pedestrian oriented environments by forcing property owners to carve up giant swathes of their private land for parking. What I failed to touch upon was the unsustainable levels of entitlement that now exist for people demanding endless parking and […]
If you see this bicycle, please call 911. If you know anything, please post to our Stolen Bikes forum: 4/18/2012 Stolen red Rans Formula LE – Stolen April 18 from Winnetka Heights (75208) – Serial number is 6X05070052 – Seat back carrier, computer, tail lights, SPDs
In Dallas, we’re currently faced with a heated debate on growth and the need for improved infrastructure to facilitate future development. Jim Schutze wrote a post on Unfair Park about the recent tollroad debate and how the Mayor is promoting regionalism vs. localism. I was struck by several commenters who dismissed urbanism and multi-modal transit […]
The mayor recently stated that construction of the Trinity Toll Road would help grow South Dallas because it would create greater connectivity to jobs in North Dallas and help spur development along the route. Currently, 175 and I-45 carve through incredible South Dallas neighborhoods, and yet the land directly beside these roads has depressed values […]
We invite everyone to ride in this years’ Cinco de Mayo Big Parade and Festival on Jefferson Blvd, May 5th. The parade will start at 11 AM, however if you’re interested in riding with BFOC, here are the instructions: Sign-in upon arrival to participate (*The parade organizers require us to have a list of everyone […]
Streetfilms did a great job documenting a series of highway removals around the world. The assumption was major traffic back-ups would occur and development would be stifled. You’ll be surprised to find out what really happened:
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