For those who won’t be in Dallas for Cyclesomatic next week (Oct. 16-17), Austin is holding the third annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show, organized by Dallas’s own Daltex bikes. Along with Daltex, three of the other framebuilders are from DFW, as well as the high performance bike light manufacturer Trail LED. Day one is at Austin […]
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 […]
(from Photopol.us) Ok, here’s the scoop…. Team & individual entries should be emailed in advance to info@photopolus.com Deadline for this is October 15. Just include your team name and the names of all members of your team. Entries will be accepted up to the start of the event but we’d like a heads up so […]
UPDATE: This film has been moved to the Lawn at the Belmont due to construction at the Texas Theatre. As part of Cyclesomatic this year, the Texas Theatre the Hotel Belmont is featuring the documentary “Pedal” on Thursday, October 14th at 8:30PM. We’re working on coordinating a meet-up ride from the Downtown Main Street Park […]
Dallas’ YouPlus Media interviews BFOC’s Jason Roberts about community activism, the Better Block, and what people can do to make change in a neighborhood. There’s some great footage of before and after scenes from last month’s project.
Hat tip to Howard Draper of Bike Friendly Denton for forwarding us the latest report from the League of American Bicyclists noting the rates of bicycle ridership in the 70 largest cities in the US. While Dallas still ranks low for overall ridership, we had the highest percentage increase of all the cities ranked with […]
Cyclesomatic is back! This year we’re packing all of the bike love into four days including another Dallas Bikes to City Hall event, Lee Harvey Oswald historic themed group ride, Bicycle Block Party, a 75208 Group ride to the feature film “Pedal” at the Hotel Belmont, Photopol.us’s Photo Scavenger Hunt Polaride, a Fort Worth to […]
This is an inspiring video from StreetFilms where they’ve interviewed women who have begun taking up bicycling in greater numbers in NYC. Dallas’ bike consultant, Peter Lagerway, mentioned that bicycle infrastructure brings out more cyclists, but seeing it here first hand is heartening. The other incredible statistic is that injury rates for ALL modes […]
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.
It is our pleasure to present a new series of blog posts solely dedicated to highlighting how we can reduce our use of the automobile, and substituting those uses for other alternative forms of transportation. BFOCr’s aren’t bicycle centric, but many merely recognize that there are several different types of trips that average Americans take […]
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