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This coming Friday, May 17, 2013 is National Bike To Work Day. If there is ever a day to try biking to work, this is the day!
Based on great success in Richardson last year, BikeDFW and DART have partnered up to host 5 Bike Commuter Energizer Stations this year:
GARLAND - Downtown Garland Station (Partnered with The City of Garland)
DALLAS - Akard Station (Partnered with the City of Dallas)
OAK CLIFF - Jefferson St. Viaduct (Partnered with Bike Friendly Oak Cliff)
RICHARDSON - Arapaho Station (Partnered with Bike Friendly Richardson)
PLANO - Intersection of Bluebonnet & Chisholm Trail (Partnered with The City of Plano)
DATE: Friday, May 17, 2013
TIME: 6:30-9:00 am
Get plugged-in at the facebook event.
EVENT SPONSORS:
KIND Healthy Snacks - (All Stops)
Clif Bars - (All Stops)
Neuro Energy Drinks (Akard Stop)
Re-Geared - (Akard Stop)
Generator Coffee House - (Garland Stop)
Zang Triangle Apartments - (Oak Cliff Stop)
Plano Cycling and Fitness - (Plano Stop)
Richardson Bike Mart - (Richardson and Akard Stops)
Don Johle’s Bike World - (Garland Stop)
Oak Cliff Bicycle Company - (Oak Cliff Stop)
And, two other stations we’ve heard about:
Dallas Bike Works will have coffee and doughnuts and free minor repairs from 7:30 – 9:30am at White Rock Creek Trail where it passes under NW Highway (opposite the shop on Lawther). Facebook Event here.
The City of Fort Worth will have food and beverages and a bike share station set up at the Inter-modal Transit Center from 7:30 – 9am. There will be group rides to the Fort Worth event starting from various locations (map).
See you on the roads!
The annual Cycle Style fashion show and Cyclist Census afterparty on the 27th was a smash hit. Here are some photos of the highlights – and of course, the winners….
2013 Face of Biking in Dallas
Justin, with his 3 kids. Photo credit: his wife!
We looooooove that this year’s winning rep for biking in Dallas is this hip dad who bikes with his kids! Yes!
These are the past faces of biking in Dallas…. 2012, 2011
AND! The runners up:
Dave and Sharon – photo credit: John “Turk”
If you’ve been to a Dallas Critical Mass ride, you’ve probably seen these two. What a great shot of them! They were a ridiculously close second to Justin – by TWO VOTES.
Action shot: Marcy – submitted by her honey, William
Marcy lives here in our home neighborhood of Oak Cliff – though we don’t know her personally yet, we love this photo of her.
2013 Cyclist Census Showcase Favorite Photographer
John “Turk” – an amateur photo of this professional photographer
John “Turk” rocked the Deep Ellum photo station taking our favorite shots of the Census this year. Thanks Turk!! We also gave him a $50 gift certificate to Light Tec to say thanks – and he’s already used it!
It was great seeing some old friends, some familiar faces, and to make even more new friends this year! And to top it all off, we had our very own Dallas cyclists RIDING the runway fashion show: Jeff, Susan, Dave, Sharon, Chad, Zac, and Kelsie – you guys were amazing.
Photos by Simon Phoenix and Brandon Schrader
One of our favorite photographers, Chris Curnutt of the amazing Biking in Dallas blog, also took some great shots at the event, posted on their Biking in Dallas Facebook page.
Special thanks again to our sponsors
And to all the folks who participated and helped make this year’s Census and party a success:
Tracy Popken, Erik Glissmann, Zac Lytle, and 42 Real Estate in Deep Ellum.
All the photographers – Simon Phoenix, Elliott Muñoz, Brandon Schrader, and John “Turk”.
Regeared, DJ FlightSchoolNurses, Durty Laundry, Steven Hartzler and his re-purposed bike racks, and Guy Wilson’s custom cruisers and choppers – so glad to have you all there!
Amanda poses with invisible bike as Brandon checks his lighting
We’ve selected our favorite top dozen cyclists who represent the variety of stylish
folks biking the streets of Dallas every day. Now you choose who represents biking in Dallas.
Vote here, on the Cyclist Census page, through Saturday at high noon. We’ll crown the winners at the bike party next Saturdayday April 27th.
Thanks to everyone who came out to be counted in the census and entered to represent our city’s many faces of biking. We’ll have the rest of the photos uploaded later this week!
Winners receive
- Bragging rights
- Free bike tune up (worth $80!)
- Bicycle tool bag and fix-it-on-the-fly tools (from Shannon Page and Richardson Bike Mart)
- Cool swag from your favorite local bike shops and businesses, including Bicycles Plus, Richardson Bike Mart, Transit, Oak Cliff Bicycle, Dallas Bike Works, and Switching Gears, Rozik, and more!
Vote Tuesday 4.23.13 through Saturday 4.27.13 at high noon
After Party & Awards
Saturday 4.27.13 8pm, 2526 Main St
Taking the fashion show from the streets to the runway, it’s one night of local beer, bikes and ‘best-of’s, announcing the 2013 Face of Biking in Dallas with photos from the Cyclist Census and a fashion show of Dallas’ own. Join DJ FlightSchoolNurses, ReGeared, Durty Laundry, your favorite local bike shops and all the best folks in Dallas for our Cycle Style show in Deep Ellum.
We’ve got some serious homegrown bicycle style here.
Spokes of thanks to our 2013 sponsors:
Spring has sprung and it’s that time of year again!
If you’d like to be a Cycle Style volunteer at this year’s fashion event or if you have some exceptional bicycle-hanging skills, email dallascyclestyle{at}gmail. We’d love to have you on the team. And for the rest of you, come party with us.
Who will be the 2013 Face of Biking in Dallas?
Cyclist Census
Saturday 4.20.13, 5pm to dusk
Have your photo taken this Saturday 4.20.13, or submit your own photo to be nominated for the 2013 Face of Biking in Dallas. Email a photo of you with your bike, or nominate a friend by submitting their photo to dallascyclestyle [at] gmail.com by 4.2013.
Visit one (or all!) of the photographers 4.20.13 from 5pm till dusk (7:30-ish) at:
- Katy Trail, near the Icehouse (Brandon Schrader)
- Bishop Arts, near Eno’s (Elliott Munoz)
- Taco Fest in Deep Ellum
Then visit the Cycle Style voters page to vote for the person you think deserves to flaunt the title for a year, Tuesday 4.23.13 through Saturday 4.27.13 at high noon. We’ll announce the winners at the after party!
After Party & Awards
Saturday 4.27.13 8pm, 2526 Main St
Taking the fashion show from the streets to the runway, it’s one night of local beer, bikes and ‘best-of’s, announcing the 2013 Face of Biking in Dallas with photos from the Cyclist Census and a fashion show of Dallas’ own.
Join DJ FlightSchoolNurses, the ReGeared spare parts shop, the Durty Laundry DJ van, your favorite local bike shops and all the best folks in Dallas for our Cycle Style show in Deep Ellum. $10 donation at the door gets you drinks all night.
See our Facebook group for all the details as it comes together – & add your vote for which local microbrewery brew we’ll have at the party.
Face of Biking in Dallas 2013 winners will receive:
- Bragging rights
- Free bike tune up (worth $80!)
- Bicycle tool bag and fix-it-on-the-fly tools (from Shannon Page and Richardson Bike Mart)
- Cool swag from your favorite local bike shops and businesses, including Bicycles Plus, Richardson Bike Mart, Transit, Oak Cliff Bicycle, Dallas Bike Works, and Switching Gears, Rozik, and more!
Spokes of thanks to our 2013 sponsors:
For a look at the evolution of Cycle Style in Dallas, the 2012 census and party and the 2011 census.
We had such a great time Saturday, we’re still living in the afterglow. Aside from the great mix of shops we visited on our holiday boutique tour, there was a great group of folks, and the casual pace and booze at the stops really made for an entertaining afternoon! I wrapped up a good bulk of my shopping list, and a few of us even got ourselves Christmas gifts too!
There was even some talk of making this a monthly event, riding to locally-owned boutiques scattered throughout the in-town neighborhoods, changing up the mix each time…. We’ll keep you posted.
Thanks to all the wonderful shop owners at Switching Gears, NSFW Clothing, Modern Relics, Dallas Pin-up, Factory Girl, Far Fetched Imports and of course everyone at the Deep Ellum Outdoor Market. And thanks Patrick McDonnell for these fantastic photos!
Bike Friendly South Dallas, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff &
Dallas Cycle Style present
If you haven’t been to Deep Ellum or Exposition Park in the daylight lately you’re in for a pleasant surprise. There are some real niche boutiques, owned by Dallas locals, nestled between all the great bars and restaurants. We have 8 on our list, including the monthly gem, the Deep Ellum Outdoor Market!
We’ll depart from Switching Gears around 12:30. We’ll make our way to the exclusive by-apointment-only NSFW Clothing, just around the corner on Exposition, and by 1pm will be departing Expo Park.
This year we’re providing the list of shops ahead of time so you can feel free to take your own pace, ahead or behind the group. We understand, some stores will draw you in while others won’t fit your fancy. And some stores will keep you enthralled with their drinks and snax and you may just….. but before you get carried away, keep in mind that the Deep Ellum Outdoor Market will close around 5pm. That’s our final stop, so you can gauge our pace on that. SO here’s the list:
- Switching Gears Cyclery
- NSFW Clothing
- Urban Relics
- Dallas Pinup
- Factory Girl
- Far Fetched Imports
- Deep Ellum Outdoor Market
The nature of this ride’s value isn’t so much in calories burned or exercise as much as in the camaraderie, and the pure joy of biking and holiday shopping at local boutiques.
These shops are a great mix of funky vintage and eclectic clothes (from the high-end Factory Girl and the sexy glam Dallas Pinup, to treasure trove Urban Relics, one-of-a-kind NSFW Clothing, and artisan-made DE OutdoorMarket shops.) Mixed in with the best antiquey all-inclusives (Lula B’s which didn’t make the tour because it deserves an entire day unto itself, and Urban Relics.) With some straight-from-Nepal genuine silver-and-stone jewelry and clothes at Far Fetched Imports (my personal favorite find in this neighborhood) and everything else that’s on your gift-list to be found at the Deep Ellum Outdoor Market.
So come early to Switching Gears, get your tires aired, get that uber stylish helmet you’ve been wanting (they have a great selection) or go ahead and find the perfect basket, rack or pannier to carry your treasures. And if you’re at all concerned about the logistics of carrying a larger-than expected purchase, I hear we’ll have some newly-minted cargo bikes joining us.
Thanks to Bike Friendly South Dallas, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, and all the wonderful shop owners in Deep Ellum and Expo Park.
See you all Saturday the 15th at 12:30pm!
It’s that time of year again! Since last year’s Holiday Boutique ride to West Village and Knox St shops was such a hit, we’re doing it again. Only this year we’re spreading the love to Deep Ellum and Exposition Park!
And, since we have a new bike-friendly group in the neighborhood, we’re partnering with Bike Friendly South Dallas too.
So grab your basket, panniers or milk crates – we’re going holiday shopping Cycle Style.
You’re going to be blown away by the collection of places we found nestled between restaurants and businesses over here. Some real gems you’ve probably never heard of! Best of all, our ride will end at the Deep Ellum Outdoor Market.
We’ll announce the full list of boutiques shortly, meanwhile block-out your calendar:
Deep Ellum Holiday Boutique Ride
Saturday December 15th 1:00-4pm
On Saturday Ashley and Linda and I found the Santa Fe Trail connection – and the first green bike lanes we’ve seen in Dallas! Then biked all over Deep Ellum and Expo Park looking for boutiques.
The Deep Ellum Outdoor Market is expanding this weekend to include a Vintage Village, and we’ve teamed up with Revolutionary Pants to host a bicycle photo booth. Come snap a shot looking all top-shelf on your bike and in new vintage diggs from these swank vintage sources.
Timmy & Christa, our 2012 Face of Biking in Dallas, this one’s for you!!
Timmy & Christa rocked a tandem for the Cyclist Census.
On July 14, 7:00 PM, the third annual Bastille on Bishop event celebrating everything French will take place in the Bishop Arts District. This year Bike Friendly Oak Cliff is adding a bicycle element to the mix of crepes, wine, mussels, music, French cars and more!
Le Tour de Bastille will be a group ride to the event from the Main Street Garden. Meet up is at 6:00 PM and departure is at 6:15 PM. Riders are encourage to dress in their best French style, including Tour de France new or old, high fashion or whatever French means to you!
After arriving at Bastille on Bishop, the Hot and Sweaty Tandemonium Bike Race will kick off at 7:30 PM. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED HERE . No Entry fees. Race check-in begins at 6:30 PM. Racers will be required to race through the streets of north Oak Cliff on a tandem bicycle they provide, following a prescribed course with check points throughout the route. At each checkpoint, there will be a challenge question or activity. The winner will win the Yellow Jersey, with places for 2nd, 3rd and Best Style!
The Fine Print – Tandemonium Race Rules:
- 18 or older
- dress in French inspired clothing
- 2 participants and 1 tandem bicycle per entry
- use a tandem bicycle
- adhere to all traffic laws, including traffic signals and stop signs
- stay on course (on the honor system)
- have front and rear lighting
- wear helmets
From the Bike Friendly Oak Cliff blog….. We’re co-hosting a ride from Main St Garden to KXT’s fantastic Summer Cut concert in Fair Park this Friday the 1st. Join us in your coolest summer-esque attire. Details below on discount tickets too!
Headlining the KXT 91.7 music festival are the Flaming Lips. Now when the Lips went to Portland to shoot their latest video they called upon cyclist to ride nekked and carry lead singer Wayne Coyne in his giant plastic bubble. I’ve edited a picture so you cant see the pit hair and dreadlocks of these north-westerners.
Wayne Coyen riding a wave a hippy cyclist.
Dallas has more style than that. We like our rides sexy, but accessible to all riders no matter the condition of their posteriors. So, in conjunction with Dallas Cycle Style we will be riding from Main Street Garden to Fair Park in bikins, boy shorts, banana hammocks, 1920′s wool swim trunks or whatever you might don for a beach party.
If you have never been to a Lips concert make sure to head by the general store and stuff your pockets with inflatable beach balls, water guns and balloons. Oh yeah and if you want a reserved seat, we got the hook-up. No annoying service charges if you ride a bike to the event! Thank you KXT, be sure to donate for their summer sponsorship drive here. It only takes a minute and you are helping to support the only station in North Texas that plays local alternative music!
Maybe Owne Wilson will show-up? Kate likely will not!!
Details:
6PM Downtown Main Street Garden. We will splash around in the fountain and leave by 6:15 for Fair Park.
After show, 10PM or so meet where we parked our bikes and head back to Downtown.
Seats:
Buy a cheap lawn seat for $20 or use this KXT F&F Order Form to receive a discount on sweet reserved seating. A couple steps to this process…email bfoakcliff@gmail.com to get another email to then send the form to another email. Sorry bout that. You can also get four friends together and get a sweet deal!
