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An ‘Inside Look’ with BFC’s Resident Bike Mechanic
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 go to undocumented immigrants and low-income community members who don’t have access to their own bikes. While Alex has been...
Wish for Wheels FoCo Provides Equal Opportunity for Bicycling
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. Bicycling is just one example, but it’s something she was able to affect this year, thanks to Bike Fort Collins’ (BFC) Wish for...
Nearly 300 Bikes Go To Students in 3rd Year of Wish for Wheels FoCo
Earlier this fall, Bike Fort Collins announced another joint effort with fellow nonprofit and Denver-based, Wish for Wheels to bring a new bike and helmet to every second grader in each of Poudre School District’s (PSD) five (5) Title 1 schools. Now in its third year, Wish for Wheels FoCo met its goal to fund a bike and helmet for every second-grader at Bauder, Irish, Harris, Laurel and Putnam...
Intersection/Facility Focus – Survey Results: Remington & Spring Creek Trail
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 those who responded. Below is a recap of the results. WHAT HAPPENED? In addition, for those who reported conflict, we asked them to...
SRTS Fuels Learning, Elation, Self-confidence in Local Schools
A bike is often a kid’s first taste of freedom. Go farther. Go faster. Go with friends. Just getting to go is at least half the fun. When you live in one of the nation’s most bicycle-friendly cities, having a bike and riding it is very much about belonging to your community. For more than 12 years, Bike Fort Collins has partnered with Poudre School District (PSD) and the City of Fort Collins to...
Hundreds of Students Rise to the Challenge
As we first introduced in spring of 2021 and continued last fall, as an augmentation to our Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programming, we hosted another Walk/Bike-to-School Challenge this October for students in area PSD schools to see how many days they could walk or ride their bike to school. We were super-excited to grow the school participation this time around by 300%, increasing from three...
Fall RAT Ride Visits the new Pitkin Advisory Bike Lane
The following is a summary of this Ride-Around-Town (RAT) Ride organized and led by Bike Fort Collins. RAT rides are open to the public and their purpose is to explore and discuss the strengths and weaknesses in bicycle infrastructure and connectivity in Fort Collins. Date: October 19, 2022 Time: 5:30 p.m. BFC Ride Leaders: Bruce Henderson, Dave Dixon, Tim Wooten # Attendees: 6 THE ROUTE...
Presentation of Three More Improvement Opps Prompts Great Discussion with City’s BAC
Consistent with previous presentations, BFC shared three improvement opportunities with the City's Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) at its monthly meeting earlier this week (October 24) garnering some great discussion. One of the intersections was also featured last month as part of our monthly Intersection-Facility Focus survey in The Pedal Post eNewsletter. And, similar to previous...
Intersection/Facility Focus – Survey Results: W. Horsetooth Road and S. College Avenue
In our September issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins posed the question: “Have you experienced conflict or felt unsafe while traveling through the intersection ofW. Horsetooth Road and S. College Avenue?” 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....
You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. – Whitney Allison
Bike Fort Collins first launched You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. Back in 2009 as a broader awareness campagin featuring local residents active in our bike loving community. Beginning in 2021, we are excited to reintroduce this bio-series, recognizing one new Fort Collins resident each month here on our news-blog/website, The Pedal Post eNewsletter and BFC social channels, and highlighting their love...