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Black Friday Ride Number 3 – November 25, 2011
It’s that time of year again. It’s the time to AVOID all the big crowds at the shopping mall, work off that Thanksgiving dinner and have a fun ride around town. You are invited to attend Bike Friendly Richardson‘s third annual Black Friday Ride. Started three years ago as the inaugural ride that launched Bike Friendly…
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SAVE THE DATE: November 25, 2011 – 3rd Annual Black Friday Ride
It’s BACK!! The third annual, Black Friday Ride. Avoid the mall! Avoid the crowds! Work off the turkey! Have a stress free start to the holiday season. This will be a nice, leisure ride around town. Details and route map to come!
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Spring Creek Trail Extension Officially Open
If you’ve been following us for the past couple of years, we kept you updated on the progress of extensions of the Spring Creek Trail. These new extensions provide safe passages under Central Expressway and Renner Road. This past Thursday was the ribbon cutting that officially opened the trail extension. From the city newsletter: City…
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Trail Hazard Alert
If you happen to be cruising along the DART trail, close to East Side, watch for the big boulder in the way. This was apparently a landscaping decoration that was somehow dragged onto the trail. I’d hate to see what the other guy looked like. Be careful out there.
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Help Build Bikes For Kids This Saturday For Children’s Advocacy Center
Saw this post from BikeDFW and thought we should spread the word: The Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County helps abused kids. A donor has donated about 300 bicycles that are currently in boxes and need to be assembled. This Saturday, November 5th, from 8:30 am to 5 pm,the Advocacy Center will be open for…
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BFOC Hosts Dallas’ Third Tweed Ride
For the third year, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff will be hosting the Dallas Tweed Ride. Here are the details: Date: Sunday, November 13, 2011 Time: 1:30 pm Start: The grassy knoll in Downtown Dallas (at Dealey Plaza) RSVP: via Facebook “The ride will take us through historic Oak Cliff with stops at the Turner House…
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BFR Goes To The Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, Richardson Bike Mart Cyclesomatic Bicycle Fair
A small group of us took the DART Red Line train into Dallas, to take part in the 2011 Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, Richardson Bike Mart Cyclsomatic Bicycle Fair. This was the first of it’s kind for Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and for Dallas. There was a great collection of exhibitors, including Bike Friendly Oak…
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Doing Errands by Bike
By Jenny Rilling In addition to commuting by bike, this year I’ve been using my bike more for errands that would usually involve driving. It’s worked out so well that I even added large wire baskets to one of my bikes and made it my designated grocery bike. So far, I’ve ridden my bike to…
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Trail Under Renner Road Is Complete
The trail under Renner Road is finally complete (although not officially opened). Check out the video from the north side to the south: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74PdgiUmdTw]
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Trail Under Renner Progress – Forms Are Up, Cement Is Being Poured
It’s been a couple of weeks since our last progress report. The city is finally getting close to completing the trail under Renner Road. All of the forms are up and they’ve started pouring the concrete on the north side. What’s interesting about this part of the process, compared to when they worked on the…