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03-28-12, 05:36 PM
In DFW.com, the online version of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Big wheels turning: Bike culture in DFW (http://www.dfw.com/2012/03/27/598403/bike-culture-fort-worth-dallas.html)
I felt like I'd just seen a flash mob, or had been involved in an experiment to test my threshold for body odor.
It was a few months ago at Malone's Pub on a Sunday night, and my pool game was suddenly interrupted by a rambunctious group of sweaty, smelly and loud people. The bar was soon overrun by them, to the point where I couldn't get a drink for about 15 minutes. And then, in the blink of an eye, they vanished like a fast-moving storm, leaving only a few empty bottles in their wake.
What just happened here?
The bartender told me that it was a bicycle pub crawl that met every Sunday and rode to different bars...
Fort Worth is one of a growing number of U.S. cities that has adopted a more progressive bike plan and started to take bicycling seriously as an alternative form of transportation.
In Pictures 2 and 12 of the gallery, I'm in the back, holding up my bike, wearing a red shirt.
Big wheels turning: Bike culture in DFW (http://www.dfw.com/2012/03/27/598403/bike-culture-fort-worth-dallas.html)
I felt like I'd just seen a flash mob, or had been involved in an experiment to test my threshold for body odor.
It was a few months ago at Malone's Pub on a Sunday night, and my pool game was suddenly interrupted by a rambunctious group of sweaty, smelly and loud people. The bar was soon overrun by them, to the point where I couldn't get a drink for about 15 minutes. And then, in the blink of an eye, they vanished like a fast-moving storm, leaving only a few empty bottles in their wake.
What just happened here?
The bartender told me that it was a bicycle pub crawl that met every Sunday and rode to different bars...
Fort Worth is one of a growing number of U.S. cities that has adopted a more progressive bike plan and started to take bicycling seriously as an alternative form of transportation.
In Pictures 2 and 12 of the gallery, I'm in the back, holding up my bike, wearing a red shirt.