by bikefc | Jan 20, 2023 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Streets
BFC is excited at the invitation to be part of the Phase 3 Implementation Planning Team that has convened as part of Larimer County’s Climate Smart and Future Ready Approach and Planning Process to address climate change through mitigation and adaptation strategies...
by bikefc | Jan 19, 2023 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs
Back in 2020 BFC got behind our peer organization, Overland Mountain Bike Association’s (OMBA), efforts and vision to bring a Bike Park to Fort Collins. Today anyone within Fort Collins wishing to experience a Bike Park must travel outside the area to do so, like...
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 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 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...
