NEWS-BLOG
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Bike to Work Day & Bike From Work Bash 2022
After a hiatus from summer Bike to Work Day, Fort Collins showed up in numbers with almost 6,000 participants and over 22,000 breakfast station visits! New for this year, Bike Fort Collins had not one, but two locations at both Oak Street Plaza AND Remington and Lake. We are most grateful to our breakfast station partners including: Mugs, HSD Law, Spin, Tandem Real Estate, and Rainbow...
Hundreds Sign Names in Support of BFC Vision
Bike Fort Collins' Vision: "For Fort Collins to be the Amsterdam of the U.S." Bike Fort Collins officially established this vision that it has for the City of Fort Collins back in early 2020, and formally introduced it in June of last year, in conjunction with bringing the movie Together We Cycle to town as part of the Bicycle Film Festival. Our vision statement is specifically intended to...
At FoCo Fondo, Inclusitivity is a Moving Target
Guest Writer - Whitney Allison, Foco Fondo Owner, organizer, the glue, wrangler of Zacks, dreamer. Back in the early days of FoCo Fondo, it wasn’t much more than a glorified group ride created out of self-interest and curiosity of discovering new routes. Seven years later, as gravel has absolutely exploded, so has the number of riders looking for a place to belong in the gravelsphere. One thing...
You Know Me. I Ride a Bike. – Stesha Irons
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...
Introducing: Bike & Ped Safety Reporter Tool
Bike Fort Collins is proud to have helped initiate a tool concept for which planned development ultimately made its way as an Action Step (page 128) into the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (NFRMPO) 2021 Regional Active Transportation Plan (ATP) during its development. In early 2021, given the data-driven nature of prioritizing infrastructure improvements and investment,...
Bike Prom to Celebrate Bicycling as a Culmination to June Bike Month
June 14, 2022 -- FORT COLLINS, CO – Bike Prom, a bike-themed event celebrating and bookending Colorado’s June Bike Month with live music, DJs, and bike movies will be held Saturday, June 25th at the Lyric Cinema beginning at 8:00 p.m. The event will also feature a silent auction and guests will have a final chance to register in a raffle to win a new e-bike, where the winner will be drawn from...
Intersection/Facility Inventory Survey
In our April issue of The Pedal Post (eNewsletter), Bike Fort Collins asked you to identify key areas of concern for you when riding your bike around town, with a special focus on intersections and infrastructure. Thank you to those who responded. Below is a recap of the results. Please identify up to three intersections or bicycle facilities where you have felt unsafe while riding your...
Ride of Silence 2022
The Ride of Silence is a national day of remembrance “to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured on America’s roadways” and takes place annually on the third Wednesday of May. Coming together for the first in-person Ride of Silence in over two years, Bike Fort Collins accepts the role of leading this poignant event in an effort to remind us of the important work in keeping our streets...
First RAT Ride of the Year Visits Southeast-Central Fort Collins
The first Ride-Around-Town (RAT) Ride of the year took place this month. 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, as well as celebrate improvements as they are completed. Date: May 11, 2022 Time: 5:30 p.m. BFC Ride Leaders: Bruce Henderson, Dave Dixon, Tim Wooten #...
CSU Students Present Final E. Elizabeth St. and College Ave. Design
Last December, we introduced DeWulff Engineering, a group of CSU engineering students who were developing a proposed design solution for the intersection of East Elizabeth Street and College Avenue as part of a class project. As we had shared back then, Bike Fort Collins was excited to hear they recognized the same problem that BFC had brought to the attention of the City’s Bicycle Advisory...