BikeDFW and BFR Bike To Work Day Energizer Station – 2016
It’s Back! Friday, May 20, 2016 is The League of American Cyclists‘ National Bike To Work Day. IF there is ever a day to ride to work, make it this day. Think about the positive statement we’ll be making as cyclists, safely using an alternate form of transportation.
Based on our great success in Richardson 4 years ago (which grew to 5 stations around Dallas 3 years ago, and continues to grow every year) BikeDFW, DART and local bike groups, like Bike Friendly Richardson, have partnered up to host another 8 Bike Commuter Energizer Stations around the Dallas/Fort Worth area – including the original stop at Arapaho Station.
Richardson Energizer Station info:
LOCATION: RICHARDSON – DART Arapaho Station
DATE: Friday, May 20, 2016
TIME: 7:00-9:00 am
We will be providing snacks, beverages and FREE bicycle safety checks at most stations.
Let us know you are coming on our Facebook Event Page.
SPONSORS FOR ARAPAHO STATION:
Richardson Bike Mart
DART
KIND Snacks
Bike To Work Day Energizer Stations 2015 – Recap and Pics
Earlier last month was the Bike League’s National Bike To Work Day. For the fourth year, Bike Friendly Richardson, worked with BikeDFW and DART to set up a bike commuter Energizer Station at DART‘s Arapaho rail station in Richardson.
Because interest in these stations continues to grow, BikeDFW and DART were able to set up another 9 stations throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area, including Plano, Garland, Irving, Addison, Carrollton, Oak Cliff, and two locations in Downtown Dallas. Unfortunately, May was a really wet month, with record rainfall in our area. Bike To Work Day, was no exception. Reports came back that those stations had less success greeting bicycle commuters than previous years.
The Richardson station was still pretty successful. We had a dozen bike commuters stop by our Energizer Station, where we provided them with snacks and breakfast tacos. We also handed out lots of swag donated by DART and NCTCOG as well as energy bars provided KIND. Richardson Bike Mart was out to do bicycle safety checks.
Although it was a lighter turnout than we had hoped, it’s still apparent that folks around the Dallas area are starting to look at bicycle commuting as an viable form of alternate transportation – which most feel is hard to do in a city built for cars. Because of this, we will continue to host these stations on Bike To Work Day – rain or shine.
Here are a few pics from the Richardson event:
BikeDFW and BFR Bike To Work Day Energizer Station – 2015
Mark your calendars! Friday, May 15, 2015 is The League of American Cyclists‘ National Bike To Work Day. IF there is ever a day to ride to work, make it this day. Think about the positive statement we’ll be making as cyclists, safely using an alternate form of transportation.
Based on our great success in Richardson 3 years ago, which grew to 5 stations around Dallas 2 years ago, and up to 9 stations last year, BikeDFW, DART and local bike groups, like Bike Friendly Richardson, have partnered up to host another 9 Bike Commuter Energizer Stations around the Dallas/Fort Worth area – including the original stop at Arapaho Station.
Richardson Energizer Station info:
LOCATION: RICHARDSON – DART Arapaho Station
DATE: Friday, May 15, 2015
TIME: 6:30-9:00 am
We will be providing snacks, beverages and FREE bicycle safety checks at most stations.
Let us know you are coming on our Facebook Event Page.
SPONSORS FOR ARAPAHO STATION:
Richardson Bike Mart
KIND Snacks
MORE DETAILS TO COME.
Congratulations To The 2014 Scavenger Hunt Raffle Winners
Before we announce the winners of this year’s Ride and Seek Scavenger Hunt, we would like to thank a few people. First, our partners: Richardson Bike Mart, Alamo Drafthouse, Ten50 BBQ for donating the prizes. If you happen to visit one of these places, thank them for supporting Richardson cyclists.
Next, we’d love to thank YOU, the awesome bike riders of Richardson, for participating in our little fun ride event and submitting such amazing photos. We hope to use the information that you’ve gathered to help us build a better, more bike friendly community.
After collecting over 150 photos, from over 20 riders, we had a drawing of a couple hundred raffle tickets (many of the submissions earned double tickets). Here are the winners:
• Richardson Bike Mart Prize Pack (a pair of bike socks, water bottle and a $25 gift certificate) – Jason Mechler
• Richardson Bike Mart Prize Pack (a pair of bike socks, water bottle and a $25 gift certificate) – Matthew Wright
• Ten50 BBQ Gift Certificate ($25) – Bill Johnson
• Alamo Drafthouse Prize Pack (an Alamo Drafthouse pint glass, $20 food voucher, 2 movie passes) – Bryan Lindsey
Thanks again to everybody for participating in our second annual scavenger hunt. We hope to do this again!
Bicycle Ride And Seek – Photo Scavenger Hunt 2014
You are invited to participate in Richardson’s 2nd Annual Ride And Seek, Photo Scavenger Hunt. From mid-October to mid-November, we are inviting and motivating folks to get out and ride their bikes, explore their neighborhoods and win prizes!
This year’s theme will be “The Bike Racks of Richardson”.
Bike Friendly Richardson is working with the City of Richardson to gather data on the current inventory of available bicycle parking throughout the city. We thought this would be a fun way to involve the bike community and collect valuable information that will help make our city more bike friendly.
DETAILS:
Date: October 15- November 16 (a whole month)
Place: Various Richardson Locations. We need cyclists to explore every corner of our city.
Prizes: A few partners have donated prizes that we will give away to participants via raffle
Sponsors: Richardson Bike Mart, Alamo Drafthouse, Ten50 BBQ
HOW TO PLAY:
– Self-paced ride and hunt around Richardson
– You must capture images of your bike next to any bike rack (in the city limits)
– All images must be taken between October 15 – November 16, 2014
– Each image submitted will equal 1 raffle ticket for prizes; more tickets = better chances to win a prize
– Each rack can only be submitted once per person. However, each rack can be submitted by multiple people.
– All images must be submitted (see below) by Thursday, November 17, 2014
BONUS:
– A Bonus tickets will be given to each ‘First Arrival’ shot:
Multiple people can shoot and share the same rack, but if you are the FIRST to submit a shot of that rack, you get a bonus ticket. This is to encourage more folks to seek out more unique racks around town.
IMAGE SUBMISSIONS (choose one of the following):
– email (images or links) bikefriendlyrichardson@gmail.com
– BFR Facebook timeline: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BikeFriendlyRichardson/
– Instagram #bfrhunt2014
– Twitter #bfrhunt2014
– Flickr – https://www.flickr.com/groups/bikeracksrichardson/ (you must join this group to submit)
EACH IMAGE SUBMISSION MUST INCLUDE:
– Your full name
– Your email address
– Your phone# (optional) (flickr, twitter and instagram users can email us this info to match up with your alias)
– VERY IMPORTANT – The location of the bike rack that you are submitting
RULES:
– Bike rack must be installed for the purpose of being a bike rack. No sign poles, fences, railings, etc.
– Bike rack must be installed on property within the city limits of Richardson. Sorry, any others won’t be counted.
– Bike racks on cars do not count.
– Any bike rack can be submitted multiple times by multiple people, but that bike rack can only be submitted once per person. Remember, the first person to submit for each rack gets a bonus ticket.
Richardson Bike To Work Day Station – Recap And Pics
Last Friday was the Bike League’s National Bike To Work Day. For the third year, Bike Friendly Richardson, worked with BikeDFW, DART and NCTCOG to set up a bike commuter Energizer Station at Arapaho rail station in Richardson. Because interest in these stations continues to grow, BikeDFW and DART were able to set up 9 stations throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Reports are coming back that those stations had great success greeting the many bicycle commuters who came through. This indicates to me that folks around the Dallas area are starting to look at bicycle commuting as an viable form of alternate transportation – which most feel is hard to do in a city built for cars.
The Richardson station was quite successful. We had 25 bike commuters stop by our Energizer Station, where we provided them with snacks and breakfast tacos. We also handed out lots of swag donated by DART and NCTCOG as well as energy bars provided by Clif Bar and KIND. Richardson Bike Mart was out to do bicycle safety checks.
We even had a news camera man from Channel 11 stop by and interview us, but we never made the news cast that day. Fortunately, other stops in Dallas got some coverage:
– The local Fox News station
– KERA, our local public radio station.
Here are some pics from this year’s Bike To Work Day Energizer Station in Richardson:
BikeDFW and BFR Bike To Work Day Energizer Station – 2014
Mark your calendars! Friday, May 16, 2014 is The League of American Cyclists‘ National Bike To Work Day. IF there is ever a day to ride to work, make it this day. Think about the positive statement we’ll be making as cyclists, safely using an alternate form of transportation.
Based on our great success in Richardson 2 years ago, which grew to 5 stations around Dallas last year, Bike Friendly Richardson, BikeDFW, DART and NCTCOG have partnered up to host 9 Bike Commuter Energizer Stations around the Dallas/Fort Worth area – including the original stop at Arapaho Station.
Richardson Energizer Station info:
LOCATION: RICHARDSON – DART Arapaho Station
DATE: Friday, May 16, 2014
TIME: 6:30-9:00 am
We will be providing snacks, beverages and FREE bicycle safety checks at most stations.
Let us know you are coming on the BikeDFW Facebook Event Page.
MORE DETAILS TO COME.
BFR Ride And Seek Photo Scavenger Hunt Raffle WINNERS
Before you scroll to the bottom of this post to see if you won, we would like to thank each and every one of the participants for joining our first Ride and Seek Photo Scavenger Hunt. Because of you, we think this has been one of our most successful events, yet. We hope to continue having these types of events in the future.
We’d also like to thank our sponsors for putting up some great prizes for our event: Richardson Bike Mart, Alamo Drafthouse and DART.
Throughout the month of October, there were over 35 participants, including 12 who completed the entire set. There were over 410 amazing shots taken and who knows how many miles ridden. What amazed us the most, were all of people who did the challenge just so that they can explore Richardson.
As discussed in the rules for the scavenger hunt, each image submission counted as a entry and earned a raffle ticket. If you completed the assigned set of 14, you would earn double points. Each additional image (and there were some great ones), earned a bonus ticket. The more submissions you made, increased your odds of winning.
The range of tickets earned went from 1, all the way up to 53 per person, and the odds of winning were 1 in 600 (approximately). Each ticket drawn was randomly paired with a prize. Scroll down to see the results.
RAFFLE WINNERS:
• RBM Bike Rental Package (Value Up To $180): Ronald Robertson
• RBM Bike Rental Package (Value Up To $180): Erin Muller
• RBM Bike Tune Up (Value Up To $80): Stephanie Hilbun
• RBM Bike Tune Up (Value Up To $80): Justin Ward
• Alamo Drafthouse Gift Set (Value Over $50): Scott Braden
• Book: Cristy Martinez
• DVD: Irma Koepke
• Recycled Vinyl Pannier: Nancy Kay Prater
Each winner will be contacted to make arrangements for receiving their prizes. All other participants will receive a water bottle and visor from DART.
Stay tuned to BFR for details on this year’s Black Friday Ride.
Richardson Bike Mart Event: Coffee Crawl
From the folks at local bike store, Richardson Bike Mart:
The weather’s getting colder, but here’s a fun way to stay warm and ride your bike!
Ride your bike (don’t forget your helmet!) to, or have a rest stop at any place that sells hot beverages (coffee, tea, hot chocolate, apple cider, etc.). Your coffee stop can be in traditional brick and mortar form, at a farmer’s market, a gas station, or a mobile vendor!
While enjoying your beverage, take a photo! Have fun with it! Be sure you show your hot beverage with yourself/your bicycle/your helmet. Label the photo with where you went and what you drank. Each photo you submit (one stop per day) will enter you in a drawing for prizes ($100 gift card to RBM, free bicycle tune-up, and others)!
How to enter your photo:
– post it on the Richardson Bike Mart Facebook timeline
– Instagram #RBMcoffee2013
– Twitter #RBMcoffee2013
– email your photo with “coffee crawl” in the subject to tfrancesconi@bikemart.com
**If you submit with Instagram or Twitter, please email your contact info to match up with your screen name!**
Some coffee/hot beverage destination ideas:
Pearl Cup Coffee (Richardson and Dallas locations),
Sweet Firefly (they’re not just homemade ice cream!),
Alamo Drafthouse Dallas / Fort Worth (see a movie too!),
Wound Up! Cafe,
Einstein Bagels,
Dunkin’ Donuts or any other doughnut shop,
Nasher Sculpture Center,
and, of course, Starbucks!
If you have any questions, post them up here, or email Theresa – tfrancesconi@bikemart.com
Bicycle Ride And Seek – Photo Scavenger Hunt 2013
You are invited to participate in Richardson’s first Ride And Seek, Photo Scavenger Hunt. Throughout the month of October, we are inviting and motivating folks to get out and ride their bikes, explore their neighborhoods and win prizes! This year’s theme will be “The Sculptures of Richardson”.
DETAILS:
Date: October 1- 31 (all month long)
Place: Various Richardson Locations (see map link below)
Prizes: A few partners have donated prizes that we will give away to participants via raffle
Sponsors: Richardson Bike Mart, Alamo Drafthouse, DART
HOW TO PLAY:
– Self-paced ride and hunt around Richardson
– You must capture images of your bike next to (up to) 14 specific sculptures (or fountains) around town (listed below)
– All images must be taken between October 1-31, 2013
– Each image submitted will equal 1 raffle ticket for prizes; Complete Set (all 14 images) = double bonus tickets
– All images must be submitted (see below) by Thursday, October 31, 2013
BONUS:
– Bonus tickets will be given to any shots of your bike with any OTHER sculptures (not on the list below) around town
– Must be taken in October 2013
– Does not count as part of the “Complete Set” for bonus tickets
IMAGE SUBMISSIONS (choose one of the following):
– email (images or links) bikefriendlyrichardson@gmail.com
– BFR Facebook timeline: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BikeFriendlyRichardson/
– Instagram #bfrhunt2013
– Twitter #bfrhunt2013
– Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/groups/2296216@N24/ (you must join this group to submit)
EACH IMAGE SUBMISSION MUST INCLUDE:
– Your full name
– Your email address
– Your phone# (optional)
(flickr, twitter and instagram users can email us this info to match up with your alias)
THE COMPLETE SET OF SCULPTURES TO HUNT:
You can get a map of the sculptures HERE.
You can download of pdf of the sculptures HERE.
1) Humpty FOL Sculpture
2) DART Arapaho Station Sculpture
4) The Block Cylinder Sculpture
11) Asian Sculptures
12) Horse Sculpture
13) DART Spring Valley Station Sculpture
*please note, these aren’t the actual names of these sculptures, just what we’re calling them.
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