Author: bfradmin
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Red Dirt Ride Still Needs Another Support Vehicle
There is a group of riders who are riding from Dallas to the Winstar Casino just over the Oklahoma border on Saturday, September 25 and back on Sunday, September 26. They’re calling their event the Red Dirt Ride. It’s an open event for anybody wanting to join the ride. They also need another support vehicle…
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October 2010 Ride Events In DFW
With the weather cooling off, it’s time to see more group rides around town. October is starting to look pretty busy. Friday, October 1, 2010 – Biking In Dallas presents: The Great State Fair of Texas Group Ride Saturday, October 2, 2010 – Bike Friendly Arlington presents: Field Day October 14-17, 2010 – Bike Friendly…
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Richardson Biking Gets Mentioned In This Week’s NeighborsGo
If you happen to be in the north Dallas/Richardson area this week, pick up a copy of the Dallas Morning New’s NeighborsGo. BFR and Richardson cycling gets a mention on page 7. Click HERE to see the online version of the article. Pictured in the article are Chris Curnutt with Biking In Dallas, me and…
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Glenville Trail Bridge Complete
We’ve been keeping a close eye on the construction of the new Glenville Trail, where this phase connects from Bowser to the Duck Creek Trail. There were only a few parts that were incomplete, including a small bridge that connects it to the Duck Creek trail. Today, we discovered that the bridge is now complete,…
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Don’t Forget To Pick Up A Sunday Dallas Paper
Today’s Dallas Morning News has two great articles that are a must read for local cyclists. The cover page has an interesting article about the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan. The Business section has a great article about Villy Customs. If you don’t usually get the paper, you may want to swing down to your local…
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2011 Dallas Bike Plan Public Meeting
We’re spreading the word for our neighbors – just in case you haven’t read about this on another local blog. From their poster: What: Dallas Bike Plan Public Meeting Description: To review facilities proposed in the Draft Network Plan Where: Dallas City Hall L1FN Conference Center (located at the NW corner of City Hall on…
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Stop The Bike Bans In Texas
No matter what type of rider you are or where you ride, it’s inevitable that you will need to take a road in Texas. Because of recent changes to city ordinances in Bartonville which restricts the number of cyclists passing through their area, Bike Texas has put together a petition to stop any more bike…
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East Dallas Veloway – Connecting Richardson To East And Downtown Dallas
Last night I stopped off at the public meeting that discussed the new East Dallas Veloway Master Plan. There was a lot of detail discussed and I couldn’t catch all the specifics about phases and timing. So, I’ll just give you some of the top-line information. More details will come as we get them. THE…
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DON’T FORGET Veloway Public Meeting – Tonight
IF bicycle movies aren’t your cup of tea and you happen to be curious about the East Dallas Veloway Master Plan, don’t forget about the public meeting tonight: Veloway Trail Phase 3 and YMCA, Public Meeting/Workshop is scheduled: Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: The Ridgewood-Belcher Recreation Center, 6818 Fisher Road at Trammel…
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BFOC’s Jason Roberts In The Latest Issue Of Bicycle Times
I was flipping through my new issue of Bicycle Times Magazine and ran across an interesting article about advocacy, written by Bruce Ebert. The article talks about some of the efforts for change in automobile heavy, suburban sprawl type cities like Dallas. Bike Friendly Oak Cliff gets mentioned and Jason Roberts gets quoted. I won’t go too…