BikeDFW will have League of American Bicyclists certified Cycling Instructors conducting another Traffic Skills 101 course. For the reduced fee of $50 you can take part in, now, a 1-day course that will give cyclists the confidence they need to ride safely and legally in traffic or on the trail. The classroom portion of the course is now online.
Date: March 21, 2010 (Sunday)
Location: Jewish Community Center, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas , TX 75087
Registration Fee: $50.00
CLICK HERE for details and to sign up.
Filed under: Bike Education , BikeDFW, League of American Bicyclists, Traffic Skills
Since SXSW kicks off later this week, we want to call out a cool group of cyclists who will be riding their bikes from Dallas to the event in Austin. Sounds like it will be an awesome trek with some great folks.
They’ll be heading out in about 5 days. Jump on over to SXSFixed and check out their progress.
Filed under: Bicycle Events , SXSFixed, SXSW
I just picked this up from the BikeTexas site. Looks like it will be interesting information – once I get a moment to sit down and read it.
From a quick flip through, looks like Dallas and Texas are included, but Richardson isn’t. As you may have guessed, it appears as if north Texas didn’t rate so well.
Click here to download the report from the Alliance for Biking & Walking.
Filed under: Uncategorized
Two more Bike Friendly groups have sprouted up. When I asked to start Bike Friendly Richardson, my hope was that more north Texas cities would join up as well. I just didn’t realize that it would happen so fast. Great news!!
Please welcome Bike Friendly Arlington and Bike Friendly Lakewood.
Filed under: Advocacy , Bike Friendly Arlington, Bike Friendly Lakewood
February 27, 2010 • 7:20 am
The big ones are for business partners and the little ones will be given away at BFR events.
If you can’t wait for the next BFR event and want a little sticker (3″) or a button now, shoot us a dollar each (not trying to make any money, just recover some of our costs) as well as your address, and we’ll send them your way. If you are interested in a big (6″) sticker, contact us through email to work something out.
P.O. Box 830691
Richardson, TX 75083-0691
Sorry, no guaranty for lost mail.
Filed under: BFR Misc , Decals, Stickers
We are a big supporter of local business and we’d like to see more residents choosing and supporting our local business community. One of our goals with Bike Friendly Richardson, is to get more people to ride their bikes when making short trips around town. To help promote that, we are asking business owners to offer any type of discount to anybody who rides a bicycle to your location.
In return, your business will become a Partner of Bike Friendly Richardson and local bicyclists. We will promote your business on our web site, Facebook, Twitter and throughout the bike community.
Would you like to be a Bike Friendly Richardson Partner?
Here’s how:
- Contact us at bikefriendlyrichardson@gmail.com
- Tell us what discount, deal or special you would like to offer local bicyclists when the arrive by bike to your location.
- We start promoting you. We will post your business name, address, phone number, web site and offer on our Partner’s page.
It’s that simple.
Why you should become a partner:
- This is a great way to bring more customers to your business.
- You are promoting healthy living within our city.
- You will get a Bike Friendly Richardson decal for your door to show your support. People will start to recognize these and hopefully choose you first.
- It’s absolutely FREE. Bike Friendly Richardson does not charge you for this service. Our goal is to connect local business to the Richardson bike community.
To become a partner, simply contact us by email at bikefriendlyrichardson@gmail.com so we can work together to connect you with Richardson cyclists.
Filed under: Partner , Business Partner, Discounts, Partner
February 23, 2010 • 12:12 am
The next ride that I’m looking forward to is the first group ride for Bike Friendly Knox-Henderson. Go here for details.
Filed under: Bicycle Events , Bike Friendly Knox-Henderson, Ride Into Spring
February 21, 2010 • 8:10 pm
What can I say? You can’t keep a good idea down. Introducing the newest member to the Bike Friendly family: Bike Friendly North Dallas.
They are a support organization dedicated to the design and expansion of Complete Streets in the City of Dallas. The group works with the City to identify neighborhoods that will benefit from on-street bike paths and advocate for their installation. In addition, Bike Friendly North Dallas supports maintenance and beautification of the areas adjacent to these trails creating linear parks. We share the common goal of safe, accessible streets for bicycles and pedestrians in urban areas.
Filed under: Advocacy , Bike Friendly North Dallas
The odds were against us. Putting together a Bike Friendly group ride in the middle of one of Texas’ worst winters, asking folks to donate to the 2010 Tour du Rouge, and dragging folk to the northern part of the Metroplex on a lazy Saturday afternoon seemed like a crazy idea when William Neumann proposed it to me. He seemed confident that if the Pedallas folks could pull together “The Twenty” in just a few days, we’d be able to do the same.
The ride took some effort to pull together, but William managed to secure some great sponsors who sent us some great prizes, several awesome folks stepped up and volunteered to help out, and quite a few people contributed to William’s Red Cross Fund (the final tally will come once William enters yesterday’s donations). By the way, William’s ride isn’t until May, so he’s still taking in donations. If you can’t help out, please mention it to your friends or employers. It’s a great cause and all donations are tax deductible.
If anything, this ride articulates exactly what I’d like to do with Bike Friendly Richardson. This group is about the community and getting bike riders together. If you have an idea about a bike gathering, we are listening.
Here are some pics.
You can also see more on Ron Marusak’s flickr pool.
Here are some pics from Joe Gregory.
Here are some from Sean Cortez-Mathis.
Pedallas gave us a great mention. We were glad to see them come out.
Here is a great write up from Biking In Dallas.
I’ll post more as the links come in.
Filed under: Bicycle Events , Raffle Ramble
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