Guest Post: What does safe cycling in Dallas mean? – Eliot Landrum Cycling Savvy DFW
May 7, 2012 – 10:08 pm | 7 Comments

“Be safe”, you hear folks tell you as you cycle away. We hear it everywhere in cycling circles. But what exactly does that mean? Wear brighter clothes? Be more vigilant for rogue motorists? Wear 1500 …

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Friends of Northaven Trail Organizational Meeting Feb 9th @7:30pm
February 1, 2010 – 9:10 am | 2 Comments
Friends of Northaven Trail Organizational Meeting Feb 9th @7:30pm

I just discovered the Friends of Northaven Trail are having an Initial Organizational Meeting Tuesday, February 9, 2010  7:30 PM.  They’re meeting at Cindi’s Deli on Central Expressway Service Road (west side) between Forest and …

Welcome – Bike Friendly Knox Henderson
January 30, 2010 – 8:29 pm | No Comment
Welcome – Bike Friendly Knox Henderson

There’s a new “Bike Friendly” group – Bike Friendly Knox Henderson They will be promoting, well, the Knox-Henderson part of town.  If you’re never been to their neighborhood now might be a good time to …

A Few Rat Rods from RatRodBikes.com
January 23, 2010 – 2:36 am | 3 Comments
A Few Rat Rods from RatRodBikes.com

According to Wikipedia a rat rod is
“a style of hot rod or custom car that, in most cases, imitates (or exaggerates) the early hot rods of the 40s, 50s, and 60s”.
These are usually seen in …

Patty Griffin’s New CD – “Downtown Church”
January 22, 2010 – 11:29 am | 2 Comments
Patty Griffin’s New CD – “Downtown Church”

Audio for this feature is no longer available. The album was released on Jan. 26, 2010

For years I considered Lucinda Williams to be the gold standard for female “country” artists. Her Car Wheels On …

Cowboys 3 Vikings 34 – Not a Total Loss
January 20, 2010 – 11:50 am | 4 Comments
Cowboys 3 Vikings 34 – Not a Total Loss

You don’t have to like the Cowboys or even the NFL to take advantage of opportunities to feast with friends during the playoffs.  All the smart kids do it, especially on a perfect day in …

Technology – Web Site Changes
January 16, 2010 – 11:19 pm | One Comment
Technology – Web Site Changes

We recently replaced our blog style layout with a magazine format that we think will allow us to better express our ideas and experiences in a more visually appealing way, and it’s easier to navigate we think.  We’re using the …

Three Online Bike Forums
January 16, 2010 – 8:39 am | 3 Comments
Three Online Bike Forums

Once I realized biking was going to be my new obsession I was faced with the harsh reality that I knew very little about working on bikes and even less about old ones.  True I …

Trinity River Levee Ride – Dallas, Texas
January 14, 2010 – 8:25 pm | 8 Comments
Trinity River Levee Ride – Dallas, Texas

 We went riding along the Trinity river bottom the other day.  Actually we stayed mostly on top of the levees.  We didn’t have a route in mind, mainly we just wanted to get some ideas …

Cycle Track Coming to Oak Cliff
January 14, 2010 – 1:44 am | No Comment
Cycle Track Coming to Oak Cliff

Bike Friendly Oak Cliff has been the leading voice for infrastructure change in Dallas for some time now. From wooing city leaders to hosting major group rides, no one has done more to vitalize the …

Dunelt Light Roadster and the Summer of 1965
January 12, 2010 – 11:10 am | 9 Comments
Dunelt Light Roadster and the Summer of 1965

1965 was a year of ambitious social reform in the United States and yet many events that year would also foreshadow a period of impending social tension and uncertainty.  During his State of the Union …