Wheels That Heal: A Bike Benefit for Liberty Kat – Sunday Jan 29th
January 10, 2012 – 10:01 am | No Comment

Events and activities to help Liberty Kat (aka Misty Green) are coming into focus.  She has staggering medical bills to contend with while she mends so a Facebook page has been established where you can …

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Dallas Parks and Recreation Happy Trails Program is on Facebook
January 19, 2012 – 12:17 pm | 3 Comments
Dallas Parks and Recreation Happy Trails Program is on Facebook

Just a quick note to say that one of the least known yet best resources for information regarding hike and bike trails in the City of Dallas might be the Dallas Parks and Recreation’s  Happy …

Seen at el Tour de Taco – Bike Friendly Deep Ellum
January 16, 2012 – 11:39 am | One Comment
Seen at el Tour de Taco – Bike Friendly Deep Ellum

Bike Friendly Deep Ellum put on a great show yesterday.  Ok, it wasn’t a show really, it was a group bike ride. The el Tour de Taco adventure began at St Pete’s Dancing Marlin whose staff …

April is Dallas Cycle Chic
January 13, 2012 – 10:57 pm | 2 Comments
April is Dallas Cycle Chic

April in Dallas means only one thing – Dallas Cycle Chic mania! 
Mark your calendars because Dallas Cycle Chic is busy planning their annual series of events for April, 2012.   This year is going to include …

Watch Bicycle Dreams and support BikeDFW Feb 1st
January 13, 2012 – 10:55 pm | No Comment
Watch Bicycle Dreams and support BikeDFW Feb 1st

From the BikeDFW website:
Wednesday, February 1, 7 PM
Studio Movie Grill
Royal Lane and Central Expressway, Dallas
Purchase Tickets Online
or at the door.
Bicycle Dreams, the award-winning feature-length documentary about the Race Across America (RAAM), will premiere in Dallas/Fort …

Dallas Bicycle Cafe coming soon!
January 12, 2012 – 10:00 am | 12 Comments
Dallas Bicycle Cafe coming soon!

I got this tip reading the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate.  As many of you know Dallas Bike Works (Northwest Highway and Lawther – map) has an adjacent spot that begged to be utilized as some sort …

Jesse Rosten, Fotoshop, Cyclocross and Levi Leipheimer
January 11, 2012 – 11:24 am | No Comment
Jesse Rosten, Fotoshop, Cyclocross and Levi Leipheimer

Most everyone is now familiar with Jesse Rosten’s video gone viral,  Fotoshop by Adobe’:

Very amusing social commentary about our views on beauty, or faked beauty that is.  On the making of Fotoshop Rosten remarked,
“I was …

What ten dollars will get you
January 9, 2012 – 10:00 am | 7 Comments
What ten dollars will get you

So one night not long ago I’m riding in a part of east Dallas which I am no longer very familiar.  While I recognized the names of the streets, I could not figure out what …

Congratulations are in order
January 8, 2012 – 7:23 pm | 3 Comments
Congratulations are in order

I’m a little behind noting the “2011 Best of Awards” from Bike Friendly Oak Cliff.  They split them into two blog posts, you can read the first one here, and the second here.  I won’t …

Our Thoughts are with Liberty Kat aka Misty
January 3, 2012 – 5:18 pm | 7 Comments
Our Thoughts are with Liberty Kat aka Misty

Jan 12, 2012 update:  Kat is home and on the mend. She has several broken (or fractured) bones and lacerations but all indications are she’s going to recover, over time, without complications or permanent damage.  …

Seen at the Biking in Dallas Arts District Bike Crawl
December 31, 2011 – 8:00 am | 3 Comments
Seen at the Biking in Dallas Arts District Bike Crawl

What started out as a solo romp through the Dallas Arts District morphed into a nice group ride crawl.  I would guess 25 people or so attended including Dallas Cycle Chic and the Dallas Biker …