Author: bfradmin
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Recap Of The Red, White and Bike Ride on Suburban Assault
I did a recap of the Red, White and Bike Ride on Suburban Assault. Head over there if you want to read about it and see a few pics. Unfortunately, because I lead the group, I didn’t get very many pics of the actual ride. I hope other folks will have pics up soon.
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Dallas Cycle Sunday Ride This Weekend
It’s popping up on all the local bike blogs: the city of Dallas is sponsoring its inaugural Cycle Sunday Ride. This is a Ciclovia inspired ride, dubbed “Dallasvias”. They are wanting everybody to meet at Main Street Garden Park at 10:00AM and start riding at 10:30AM. The ride will loop around the downtown area then head to…
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Spring Creek Trail – Central and Renner Road Underpass Updates
It’s been a few weeks since we’ve been on the Spring Creek Trail, so we thought we would share some updates. Central Underpass (south of Renner Road) Let’s start with the – almost complete – Central Expressway (US75) underpass, the one located just south of Renner Road. The last time we checked, all of the…
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Bike to Symphony in the Park – Thursday, June 2, 2011
Friend of Bike Friendly Richardson, Sharon Bruner, is hosting a fantastic ride next week. It’s called Bike to Symphony in the Park. It sounds like the perfect way to kick off the summer season. From her Facebook event page: It’s time for some summer bike fun NORTH of 635!! The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is putting…
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Pics From The 2011 Richardson WildRide!
I shared this on Suburban Assault, but thought I should share it here as well. This past weekend, I decided to participate in the 8th annual Richardson WildRide! Against Cancer benefitting the Methodist Richardson Cancer Center, home of the Lance Armstrong Shaped Beam SurgeryTM program. The ride consisted of three distances of your choice –…
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Cottonwood Trail Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – Friday, May 20
BFR friend Howard sent us a link from Bike Friendly North Dallas. This Friday, there will be an official ribbon cutting ceremony for the completion of the Cottonwood Trail. If you weren’t aware, the Cottonwood Trail provides us a safe riding route into Dallas. From their Facebook event page: On Friday, May 20th at 10:30am there will…
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The Collins Street Bridge
The Collins Street Bridge is a popular way for cyclists to cross Central Expressway, partly because it has a relatively low amount of auto traffic compared to Spring Valley, Belt Line, Arapaho, Campbell, and Renner (Richardson Traffic Count Map). However, it is not perfect. The biggest problem is that many motorists tend to drive well above…
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WildRide! Against Cancer Is This Weekend
In case you didn’t know, The Richardson WildRide! Against Cancer is happening this weekend and it’s not too late to register! I’m signed up to do the short ride and I hope to see some of you out there too. Click Here for all the information. Event Schedule – Saturday, May 21, 2011 6:30 a.m.…
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Ride of Silence – Wednesday, May 18
The mission of the world wide Ride of Silence is to honor bicyclists killed by motorists, promote sharing the road, and provide awareness of bicycling safety. Click here for more info. You can find ride event locations and times for Dallas, Plano and Fort Worth here. Here is their Facebook page.
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A Ride From Richardson To White Rock Lake
One of the great things about living in Richardson is that we are so close to Dallas. We get some of the great suburban amenities, like really great schools and quiet neighborhoods, but also the convenience of having such an great urban center within biking distance. Yesterday, I decided to try out our newest connection…