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Entering 4th Year, Bike Fort Collins’ Wish for Wheels FoCo Program Helps Ensure Access to Bicycles for All 2nd Graders

August 31, 2023 — FORT COLLINS, CO – For the fourth consecutive year, Bike Fort Collins and Wish For Wheels, are once again aiming to help ensure every second-grader in Poudre School District’s Title 1 schools has access to a bicycle so they can learn to ride, be active, and establish a lifelong habit of bicycling. With continued community support, the Wish for Wheels FoCo program provides every...

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Intersection/Facility Focus – Survey Results: West Swallow Road and Mason Trail

In our July 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 West Swallow Road and Mason Trail?” 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 is a...

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Bike Park Collective: A Collective Voice in Support of a Bike Park in Fort Collins

As you know, dating back to the solicitation and opportunity for community input and feedback late last year and early this year, followed by an amazing turnout by the community in support of it at the March City Council meeting, and a subsequent hour-long discussion Council had in a Work Session, the vision for a new Bike Park has gained traction this year, particularly as it relates to the...

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Videos Highlight BFC’s Active Living Program Efforts in Partnership with Larimer County

Once again, Bike Fort Collins was excited to engage with the Larimer County Department of Health and the Built Environment this summer to build upon the programs it began in 2021, which back then enabled the continuation of similar Active Living programs that BFC initiated under a grant in 2016. This year, in addition to continuing the 2021 and 2022 programming, BFC was asked to develop two...

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Intersection/Facility Focus – Survey Results: East Horsetooth Road and South Timberline Road

In our May 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 East Horsetooth Road and South Timberline Road?” 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....

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Vision Support Signature List Nears 1,000 Names

Bike Fort Collins' Vision: "For Fort Collins to be the Amsterdam of the U.S." As a way of rallying support for and helping call awareness to Our Vision that we established and introduced back in 2020, with the screening of the movie Together We Cycle at a virtual Bicycle Film Festival, Bike Fort Collins also began collecting names of people who support and agree with the vision last year. Our...

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And the New Priority Bicycles E-Bike Goes To…

The Bike Fort Collins 2023 Raffle was launched on June 15th and ran through this past weekend where the winner was drawn just after the Best Dressed Contest during our annual Bike Prom event. Participants were able to purchase entries in allotments of 10 for $10, 30 for $25, 75 for $50, or 200 for $100, or 500 for $200. Up for grabs were was a brand new Priority Bicycle Current E-Bike valued at...

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A Bike Prom to Remember

Once again, Bike Prom brought together Fort Collin's diverse crowd of bike-loving folks in the name of bikes, bikes, and more bikes, with a dance party on top. Bike Fort Collins partnered with the Foco Bike Mob to deliver a loud and proud Bike Prom on July 15th, with the Lyric Cinema again being the quintessential location. Following a late afternoon pre-party at O'Dell Brewing, a large prom...

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Bike to Work Day & Bike From Work Bash 2023

, and Sometimes referred to as "Fort Collins' best holiday," the 35th annual Summer Bike to Work Day had over 5,400 participants biking, walking, or using other forms of active transportation to over 150 stations. Once again Bike Fort Collins had our station located at Oak Street Plaza. We are grateful to our breakfast station partners including: FC Utilities, HSD Law, The Rio, Signarama, Sage...

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Bike Fort Collins’ Bike Prom to Include Headliner West Side Joe & The Men of Soul

June 20, 2022 -- FORT COLLINS, CO – Bike Prom, the annual bike-themed event celebrating all things “bikes” with live music, dancing and more will be held Saturday, July 15th at the Lyric Cinema beginning at 8:00 p.m. This year Bike Fort Collins is excited to announce that West Side Joe & The Men of Soul will headline the evening, with DJ Specific Heat opening and closing the festivities. The...

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