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August Letter from the Executive Director – Introducing the NoCo Bike Show
Nearly 5 years ago, back in the Cranknstein era, Dan Porter, editor and owner of YourGroupRide.com, and I hatched a harebrained scheme to put together a regular live bike talk show. The event was born of my affection for Porter's flagship event RioSwap, where every year the whole of the bike community in Northern Colorado converged on the Rio to trade bike parts and war stories over...
The best routes to get downtown by bicycle
There's a lot going on downtown during the summer. Carpooling to Old Town can be a smart way to go. But for some events, like New West Fest, parking spots are in very short supply. At times like that you'll definitely want to travel by bike or bus instead (or both!). If you're an occasional cyclist, you might not have a good route in mind that will get you, and your kids, safely and comfortably...
Bikes and the Budget
Over at Pedal Fort Collins, our partner and contributor Meg Dunn has written a great article about the City's upcoming budget process, which they call "Budgeting for Outcomes". I encourage you to check it out and to follow her blog for a deeper dive, but the short version is the city breaks down budget conversations into 7 categories, one of which is transportation. Even outside of...
Need A Bike? Earn A Bike!
Living in Fort Collins affords almost everyone the luxury of traveling by bicycle pretty much all the time. Unfortunately, not everyone in Fort Collins can afford the luxury of owning a bicycle. This is where the Fort Collins Bike Co-op’s most well-known and beloved program, Earn-A-Bike, comes into play. The Earn-A-Bike program gives anyone and everyone the opportunity to earn a...
July Letter from the Executive Director – Join the Ride
Well everybody, we did it. In May and June alone, we hosted or supported: the Ride of Silence, The One Speed Open, our Bike Art Show, Ride the Rockies, Bike to Work Day, a Bicycle Friendly Business Development workshop, two installments of YGR Live, and kicked off our Bikes & Biz mixer series. That is on top of our regular programming which includes our great new blog, Safe Routes to...
How Not to Make a Left Turn
by Meg Dunn of Pedal Fort Collins Sometimes I see behavior on the streets that just stuns me. Last week I saw a motorist stopped at a red light (along with several other cars). But then, before the yellow had even come on for the cross traffic, she proceeded through the intersection. (Did you catch that? Her light had been red and was still red and she proceeded through.) I think every jaw...
From Boneshakers to Blade Runner
Today's guest blog contributor is Todd Simmons, ofWolverine Farm Letterpress & Publick House. We're excited to have Todd contributing. He works a sentence like Danny MaCaskill works a guardrail in a deserted parking garage. -CJ At long last, the tenth issue (BA 43-500) of Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac has arrived. After being dropped by the peloton some time ago, our pocket-sized...
It’s a Horse of Course! When a Mountain Biker Encounters an Equestrian
It’s a warm, clear Sunday afternoon in Lory State Park and you’re out enjoying some time on your mountain bike. You’ve had a good ride so far…started from Soderberg lot in Horsetooth, got a great warm-up riding north through the valley trails, had a fast and flowy ride north on East Valley (knowing you easily could have a new Strava PR for that section since the trails have been completely...
The Beauty of Used
Working at a used bike shop, I kind of forget what new bikes look like. When I walk into a commercial retail shop I'm sort of shell-shocked: everything is gleaming! Everything is shiny! And then I get a look at the price tags. Everything is really expensive! At the Fort Collins Bike Co-op, very little is gleaming or shiny, unless a significant amount of elbow grease is invested in it....
June Letter from the Executive Director
In my May Letter, I focused on the story of "Michael", a Lincoln Middle School student who was riding his bike to school for the first time and was hit by a car and ended up with an ER visit and a traffic citation to show for it. In my letter I focused on areas where I believe all of us, from law enforcement, to bike advocates, to our Safe Routes program, to planners, and...