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Biking in jeans? Yes.
Inevitably, I see the coolest bikes around Dallas – we have this great little funky bike community and I don’t think many people realize that. So I’m starting a new every-so-often series, posting photos of the cool bikes I see around town. I just want to see more chicly dressed folks on these funky bikes now!!
Spotted at the State Fair's opening parade back in the Fall of 2010 - must be a UT fan...
Motorcycle Bike in front of downtown's Central Library
Neighbor's Motorcycle Bike - he said he took the motor out of (really?!)
Chick's Cargo Bike at the Bishop Arts Beer Riot last Sunday
Yes, she brought her homemade brew in it!!
I just really like how homemade rust-&-wood this wagon is. You don't always need $$$ to get what you want! Just a circular saw, chain, wood... and some imagination! (Yes, a man was riding this flaming pink bike!) Love it.
Dallas is slowly becoming a bike friendly city – watch out!
Yes, there are some big bikeable things going on in Dallas:
We have a thoroughly modernized bike plan – with the City Council’s official stamp of approval on May 8th.
A newly formed Bike Friendly Dallas group and at least 5 neighborhood Bike Friendly groups are keeping an on our Bike Plan’s progress, and leading themed group rides, encouraging new riders to dust off their old bikes.
Four active Friends of the Trail groups continue improving trails, connecting our in-town neighborhoods with each other (the Katy Trail, the Santa Fe Trail, the White Rock Creek Trail, and the Trinity Strand Trail)
And the city’s first bike lanes are coming in on Bishop Ave in North Oak Cliff – the construction’s just kicking-off now.
It’s kind of exciting – like deciding you’re getting a dog. You just know it’s going to be great, even though you don’t have the dog yet. We don’t yet have all the things that would make this a truly remarkable city to bike in, but we’re getting excited about the possibilities. And starting to explore our bike routes to work.
Can you see the dog? Yeah, the dog's riding too. And Dad's smokin a pipe.
Beautiful Santa Barbara
Visiting Santa Barbara last weekend, Cycle Chic was on my mind. It’s a chic hippie town to begin with. I was surprised, however, to see how few people on bikes were wearing anything more stylist than hippie workout wear (which is pretty typical attire in beachy Santa Barbara even for those not on bikes or working out.)
There were some pretty chic bikes locked up along State St though.
Two of the fancier bikes spotted on State St
Not to mention a cute little dog in a bike basket (love it!)
Biker mutt in a makeshift crate-basket
Even saw a bike in the storefront window at Dear Diary.
- Dear Diary shop window
After biking around a bit (albeit on a borrowed bike that frankly needed a good tuneup) I could understand why people have electric bicycles. The hills along Shoreline Dr are exceptionally steep and go on forever. With my minimal tolerance for biking hills (Dallas is mostly flat), I’d had just about enough of that by the time I reached La Mesa Park. (Check out the little sign in the photo below warning cyclists that the hill’s steep! And, yes, there’s a sidewalk and a separate 2-way bike lane, with the car-lanes to the left just out of the shot. So accommodating!)
Shoreline Dr bike lane - headed to the beach
It’s such a beautiful place though, with bike lanes all over, and fairly courteous drivers I’d say (pedestrians do have the right-of-way by law – and there are so many bikers you get accustomed to looking for them.) They even have bike parking at the SBA airport (smiles!)
My question: are they bikes of employees, or day-trip passengers with minimal luggage?… Either way I loooove this hippie town.
Bike Parking at the Santa Barbara Airport
Kate Spade has jumped on the cycle chic bandwagon with a bike prominently displayed in its sales window. You can even buy the BIKE! This here from their Northpark store.
International clothier Boden strategically integrated bikes into a few of its shots for this season’s catalog.
So cute!! Makes me want to buy these shirts and dress to bike to work in. I just wish I could pine over their cute bikes too! Supposedly you can see more of the bikes in the physical catalog.
Thanks to all the chic cyclists who came out to the Cyclist Census this last Saturday. We had such a blast & hope you did too! (Seriously, cyclists have to be the nicest coolest people to spend an afternoon with.)
We picked our favorite 30 and now it’s up to all of you to vote for the winner. You’ve got until high noon Saturday, and we’ll announce the winner at Main Street Gardens downtown Dallas just before the movie starts at 9pm. Hope to see all the finalists there – we’ve got some some sweet prizes for you all.
Good luck!
Alright, start planning your route! Here are your 7 opportunities to get a sweet photo of you and your beloved bike. Make time this Saturday April 9th between 12 & 3pm to represent your biking style and tell us what you love about cycling. We want to see all our Dallas cyclists – young and old, pros and newbies. Come be counted!
North Dallas (Valley View Park – NE corner of 635 and Hillcrest)
North Oak Cliff (Bishop Arts District – at Bishop and 7th)
Downtown (Pegasus Plaza and Main & Akard)
Deep Ellum (Main at Walton between the taco joint and the coffee shoppe)
Uptown (Transit Bicycle Co)
Knox-Henderson (Beauty Bar – Henderson near Greenville)
Park Cities (Bicycles Plus in Snider Plaza at Lovers and Hillcrest)
Special thanks to our rockin talented photographers:
Andrea Roberts, Elliott Muñoz, Jarrod Fresquez, Nathan Schroder, Chris Curnutt, Casey Colvin, and Stevan Koye.
Dust off your bike and join the revolution! Bikes all over the city! A whole week of ways for you to show your biking love in Dallas (and celebrate our newly updated Bicycle Master Plan!)
Represent your cycling style at our first ever Cyclist Census, see some great shots of biking in Dallas on display at Eno’s, come for happy hour at the Texas Theatre and see old classic “The Bicycle Thief”, vote for your favorite cyclist to be our Face of Biking in Dallas, race around town to win the Spring Poloride photo scavenger hunt, relax at Main Street Gardens watching “Peewee’s Big Adventure” on the lawn, then end the week learning to play Bike Polo and watching (or competing in!) the tournament.
It’s an action-packed week of bicycle love just for you, Dallas.
Spotted this little beauty at lunch outside Gonzalez on Jefferson – check out the handlebars’ thrifty penny decor. Could definitely pick up groceries in a skirt with this one.
It’s official. Cyclists are storming the streets on bikes April 9th – 17th. Join the revolution!
We’re planning as many opportunities as possible for cyclist of all ages to get out and be seen. Come be counted in the Cycling Census April 9th, explore Dallas (or McKinney!) through your camera lens on the Photo Scavenger Hunt by Bike on Saturday the 16th, and see your fellow cyclists in carefully framed photos at the Dallas Rides gallery showing . More events to come – keep checking The Event page here for all the details!
Dallas Cycle Style 
