by bikefc | Sep 1, 2021 | Active Living, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
In conjunction with the productions of the Safe Routes to School videos that BFC created in June, in partnership with the Larimer County Department of Health and the Built Environment, we looked at the apparency that, while the City of Fort Collins enjoys a great...
by bikefc | Sep 1, 2021 | Active Living, Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
In addition to the bike tune-up sessions we reported on in late June, Bike Fort Collins in partnership with the Larimer County Department of Health and the Built Environment, also created the following bicycle resources for the Spanish speaking community, designed to...
by bikefc | Aug 25, 2021 | Bicycle Advocacy, More Bikes, Press Releases, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Support BFC
August 25, 2021 — FORT COLLINS, CO – As it set out to do last year, Bike Fort Collins again, in partnership with its peer Wish For Wheels, has a goal to bring a new bike and helmet to every second-grader in each of Poudre School District’s six Title 1 schools...
by bikefc | Jul 26, 2021 | Events, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Support BFC
As we initially helped promote entry and training rides for back in April, the Foco Fondo was held yesterday (July 25) for the first time since 2019, due to the pandemic last year. The Foco Fondo is a daring gravel cycling adventure that starts and finishes at New...
by bikefc | May 25, 2021 | More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets
In March, the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program invited area PSD schools to participate in a Walk/Bike-to-School Challenge. Shepardson, Riffenburgh and Dunn Elementary Schools took us up on it. Each launched a challenge to their students to see how many days they...
by bikefc | Apr 29, 2021 | Events, More Bikes, Programs, Safe Routes to School, Support BFC
“That apple on the tree that’s just out of reach — you know, that event you’ve been eyeing for years — let us springboard you out of your comfort zone and straight to it. Get sideways into a turn.” Zack and Whitney Allison, Fort Collins’s own gravel...