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Volunteers Needed For Fun August Events
by bikefc | Updated | Aug 10, 2021 As of August 6 and August 10 respectively, the Bohemian Foundation and New Belgium Brewing have made the conscientious and courageous decisions to cancel the Bohemian Light Music Festival and cancel the Tour de Fat this year. While this is certainly disappointing news, we understand their decisions were made out of an abundance of caution over the COVID-10...
Bike Fort Collins Tunes-up Bikes In North Fort Collins
Bike Fort Collins is pleased to have been able to tune-up and fix nearly 100 residents’ bikes from the following mobile home parks in June: Hickory Village, Poudre Valley and Cloverleaf. During the weeks of June 14 and June 21 Bike Fort Collins had mechanics out at Soft Gold Park in North Fort Collins on weekday evenings, as well as all-day each Saturday tuning bikes and fixing flats for those...
Bicycle Film Festival – Together We Cycle
CAN FORT COLLINS BECOME THE AMSTERDAM OF THE U.S.?That is the question we posed this month, as part of Colorado Bike Month and bringing back the Bicycle Film Festival for a second, virtual round. As a starting point to answering the question, we were excited to share and host the feature length documentary, Together We Cycle. Together We Cycle provides an indepth overview of the history of how...
Remington Bike Count Challenge 2021
For the second year running, Bike Fort Collins hosted the Remington Bike Count Challenge. Last year, due to the pandemic, we developed this event in an effort to bring folks "together" in a socially distant capacity on what would have been Bike to Work Day 2020. Our goal was simple, to beat the record for number of cyclists to pass the automated counted located at the corner of Remington and...
More Facility Improvement Opportunities Presented to BAC
BFC was appreciative of the opportunity to present infrastructure/intersection improvement opportunities to the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee again this month. Unlike our fall 2020 presentation, or our February presentation this year, which primarily featured intersections, the opportunities we showcased in our June presentation included stretches of road or bike lane. Two of the three...
Bike to Work Day 2021
Bike Fort Collins is overjoyed with the outpouring of community and bike fanfare at this year's Bike to Work/Wherever Day! With 51 breakfast stations located throughout the city and even a handful of afternoon stations, we are truly humbled by the generosity and overall community support of our local businesses. We enjoyed sharing a station at the Oak Street Plaza with a variety of downtown...
Intersection/Facility Focus – Survey Results: Mulberry Street Bike Lane
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CONFLICT? In our May issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins posed the question: “Have you experienced conflict, or right-of-way confusion on the west bound Mulberry St. bike lane?” Thank you to those who responded. Below is a recap of the results. WHAT HAPPENED? In addition, for those who reported conflict, we asked them to describe their experience. Here...
You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. – James Bleakley
Bike Fort Collins first launched You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. back in 2009, where we featured local residents, for whom riding bikes is big part of their life in a broader awareness campaign. Beginning in 2021, we are excited to reintroduce this bio-series, where we feature one new Fort Collins resident each month here on our news-blog/website, as well as through The Pedal Post eNewsletter and...
You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. – Cesar Grajales
Bike Fort Collins first launched You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. back in 2009, where we featured local residents, for whom riding bikes is big part of their life in a broader awareness campaign. Beginning in 2021, we are excited to reintroduce this bio-series, where we feature one new Fort Collins resident each month here on our news-blog/website, as well as through The Pedal Post eNewsletter and...
Intersection/Facility Focus – Survey Results: Kechter Road
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED CONFLICT? In our April issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins posed the question: “Have you experienced conflict, or right-of-way confusion on Kechter Rd. between S. Timberline Rd. and Ziegler Rd.?” Thank you to those who responded. Below is a recap of the results. WHAT HAPPENED? In addition, for those who reported conflict, we asked them to describe their...