Hump Day Pics Of The Week – 198
It’s time to pick the Hump Day Pics Of The Week. Again, thanks goes out to the contributors to the Suburban Assault Flickr Pool.
No theme this week, just great photography.
I hope you enjoy this set and check back each week to see what shots get picked. Be sure to check out the Flickr page to see all the awesome bike shots shared by our extremely talented contributors.
“Laura of Maryland” © Georgie_grrl
Georgie_grrl (a.k.a Georgette)
“Bells on Bloor 2013″ © happy d
happy d (a.k.a. Hyedie) - Cupcake Ride: www.cupcakeride.com/blog
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Danny MacAskill’s New Project: Imaginate
Image © Danny MacAskill and Red Bull – please click to see the film.
I’m a big fan of Danny MacAskill (often referring to him as Danny MaKick-Ass Skills), and love posting when he has a new project. Still sponsored by Red Bull, they produced a new film called Imaginate. “Two years in the making, street trials rider Danny MacAskill releases his brand new riding film. Whilst previous projects have focused on locations and journeys, MacAskill’s Imaginate sees Danny take a completely different approach to riding. Enter Danny’s mind and enjoy.”
Getting off the street and into a studio, the film is a pretty cool play on scale, using life-sized toys. Danny, himself, is a toy that rides through a course made of enlarged wooden building blocks, pencils, playing cards and game pieces. Unlike his other films, where the screen just is filled with bike trials eye candy, this film has a bit of narrative to it – putting his riding into the context of a story.
The stunts, as usual, will blow you away. Click here to see the film.
Image © Danny MacAskill and Red Bull – please click to see the film.
Bike Share Comes To North Texas – Fort Worth
It was quite a while ago, when I first heard about bike sharing. My first thought was, that’ll never come to north Texas – it just doesn’t make sense with our suburban sprawl. Well, Fort Worth proved me wrong.
Partnered with a company called B-Cycle, Fort Worth Bike Sharing is a nonprofit organization in charge of operations for the city’s bike share system. The concept began in the planning department at the Fort Worth Transportation Authority, which received a grant from the Federal Transit Administration to help cover the costs. On this past Earth Day, April 22,2013, they launched the first bike sharing program in north Texas.
All together, they have 300 bikes available at 27 check-out stations set up around town – with plans to add more stations.
I didn’t get a chance to ride one of the bikes while I was out there, but I hope to get a another opportunity in the near future. Hopefully, the stations will be a great success and more of them will pop up – even in Dallas.
You can find out more on their website, FortWorthBikeSharing.org and Facebook page.
Hump Day Pics Of The Week – 197
It’s time to pick the Hump Day Pics Of The Week. Again, thanks goes out to the contributors to the Suburban Assault Flickr Pool.
No theme this week, just great photography.
I hope you enjoy this set and check back each week to see what shots get picked. Be sure to check out the Flickr page to see all the awesome bike shots shared by our extremely talented contributors.
© ex_magician
ex_magician (Michael (a.k.a. moik)
“Midnight Musical R20″ © TuckamoreDew
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By submitting images to the Suburban Assault Flickr group, you are allowing the limited, non-profit, non-commercial usage of your images, as described by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, for non-commercial use on this non-commercial blog. In return you will receive FULL photo credit and links to your Flickr Photostream.
Quiet Blog = Lots Of Riding
I must apologize for not posting so much lately. It’s just been really nice outside, and the perfect time of year to ride. I’ve been trying to get out and about as much as possible, before the 100+ temperatures hit north Texas.
Here are a few pics from my current Suburban Assaults.
Here is an old, abandoned repair shop, just north of town. I’d love to turn this into a cool Velocult type place or bike co-op. Perhaps I could sell, coffee, beer or tacos. Anybody want to invest?
This is Haystack, Burgers and Barley – a new restaurant in town. To me, what makes this place such an awesome destination, are the owners. Having tasty burgers and local brews doesn’t hurt either. This place is a true win for Richardson.
Durham Park is the result of a community working well together. There was a need for a park in this part of town – our city pulled together, and through our last bond election, voted to have this built.
Here is another win for my town – traffic calming. Sometimes this is done through bike lanes and sometimes, like in this case, it’s done with speed humps. Slower traffic = safer roads for cycling.
Just recently, I discovered this place in Plano, the town just north of mine. I love seeing old buildings turned into new, local businesses.
What are you discovering while riding around your ‘hood? I’d love to hear about it.
Hump Day Pics Of The Week – 196
It’s time to pick the Hump Day Pics Of The Week. Again, thanks goes out to the contributors to the Suburban Assault Flickr Pool.
No theme this week, just great photography.
I hope you enjoy this set and check back each week to see what shots get picked. Be sure to check out the Flickr page to see all the awesome bike shots shared by our extremely talented contributors.
“#ridinghome” © baudman
baudman (a.k.a. Cory) - Website: Australia’s Ride2Work Program
“Tunneling to the Beach” © ibikenz
ibikenz (a.k.a. Antoine) - Website: Bike Friendly North Shore
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© All images are subject to Flickr Copyright Rules.
By submitting images to the Suburban Assault Flickr group, you are allowing the limited, non-profit, non-commercial usage of your images, as described by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, for non-commercial use on this non-commercial blog. In return you will receive FULL photo credit and links to your Flickr Photostream.
Pics And Recap Of Dallas’ Ride The Link Event
Last Saturday, I accompanied my local bicycle advocacy group, BikeDFW, as we participated in a bike event called, Ride The Link. Hosted by DART, we celebrated the completion of Centralink, which is the bike trail connector that goes through downtown Dallas and connects, local neighborhood, Oak Cliff, the Trinity Strand Trail, the Katy Trail and the Santa Fe Trail. Centralink represents the spirit of regionalism and cooperation between DART, the City of Dallas, Downtown Dallas and bike trail organizations. Together, they’re expanding transportation choices and increasing mobility.
Along with BikeDFW, there were several tents set up at Main Street Garden, including representatives from the City of Dallas, DART, Friends of The Katy Trail, Friends of The Santa Fe Trail, Transit Bikes, Switching Gears Cyclery, Downtown Dallas, Dallas Parks Foundation, a local YMCA and North Central Texas Council of Governments. There was also a live band and radio station 102.9 Now.
The turnout was pretty impressive for this inaugural event. Hundreds of people and cyclists came through the park to take part in this event and enjoy a nice ride through downtown Dallas. Hopefully, we’re reaching out to more north Texans and motivating them to get out and ride. Overall, we enjoyed participating in the Ride The Link event, and we hope DART continues to host more events like this.
Here are some pics of the event (click here to see the set):
