by Tim Wooten | Dec 27, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, Intersection/Facility Focus, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
In our November issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins posed the question: “Have you experienced conflict or felt unsafe while traveling through the intersection of S. Shields Street and W. Stuart Street?” Thank you to those who responded. Below is a...
by bikefc | Dec 6, 2022 | Events, More Bikes, Safe Streets, Support BFC
Alpine Bank officially opened their first Northern Colorado branch on December 3rd, hosting and helping kick-off the Holiday Season with “Holiday Fest.” Alpine Bank Presents: Holiday Fest featured complimentary, family-friendly holiday activities such as: pictures...
by bikefc | Dec 1, 2022 | Active Living, Bicycle Advocacy, Contributors, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School
Guest Writer – Juliette Rule It started innocently enough for Bike Fort Collins’ resident bike mechanic Alex Hovorka. “My dad never bought me new tubes; he made me patch them,” Hovorka says. Years later, he earnestly patches flats on bikes of all kinds, many of which...
by bikefc | Nov 22, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School
If there’s one thing Harris Elementary School Principal Dr. Norma Huerta-Kelley knows, it’s that talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. So, as much as she can believe all kids need opportunities to find out what interests them, they don’t all get it....
by Tim Wooten | Nov 22, 2022 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School
Earlier this fall, Bike Fort Collins announced another joint effort with fellow nonprofit and Denver-based, Wish for Wheels to bring a new bike and helmet to every second grader in each of Poudre School District’s (PSD) five (5) Title 1 schools. Now in its third year,...
by Tim Wooten | Nov 21, 2022 | Bicycle Advocacy, Intersection/Facility Focus, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
In our October issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins posed the question: “Have you experienced conflict or felt unsafe while traveling through the intersection of Remington Street and Spring Park Drive (and the Spring Creek Trail?” Thank you to...
