Tag: Cycling
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Motorless Morning returning to Garden of the Gods
It’s about time to enjoy some peace and quiet that will be rare at Garden of the Gods in the crowded, summer months ahead. The park is hosting its semi-annual Motorless Morning on April 27. From 5 a.m.-noon that Sunday, gates will be closed over entrance roads, and the red rock wonderland will be fume-free…
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E-bike debate in Colorado Springs continues as leadership mulls ballot question
Just as a decision seemed close on the legal fate of electric bikes on Colorado Springs open space trails, the years-long debate has taken another turn. Prominent civic leaders have called on the City Council to table a vote on a proposed e-bike policy and instead turn to voters — an approach urged by some since…
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Gates, possible bike lanes: Changes coming to mountain road in Colorado
Changes are coming to one of the most iconic, scenic roads on Colorado’s Front Range. One is much more imminent: For long-held security concerns, automated night-time gates are expected to start Nov. 11 along a 4-mile stretch of Lookout Mountain Road. One gate will be posted around the Chimney Gulch Trail pullout, up the road…
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Construction could soon start on final piece of long-dreamed bike trail in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Construction could start this summer on the final piece of a long-dreamed bike trail in Colorado. A stretch mapped at 7 1/2 miles is all that remains of the Eagle Valley Trail — the 63-mile vision to take cyclists off Interstate 70 from the top of…
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Cyclists with Parkinson’s disease reach Denver in 4,000-mile quest to help find cure
Bill Bucklew rode his bike into Colorado on Tuesday, watching as the Rocky Mountains grew ever closer, bringing him just over halfway to San Diego from Virginia in his 4,000-mile quest. Already a feat in itself, Bucklew’s bike ride has an added element of challenge: he and the three other bikers on his trip have…
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‘The quirky lovechild of a bicycle and train:’ The railbike revolution is underway in Colorado
They were referred to as “velocipedes,” an early French term for bicycles. They were also called handcars, these people-powered transports that indeed looked very much like bikes atop the tracks in the 19th-century heyday of American railroading. “They were used as maintenance vehicles,” says Robert Harte. “Instead of taking a whole steam engine out ……
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‘The quirky lovechild of a bicycle and train:’ The railbike revolution is underway in Colorado
They were referred to as “velocipedes,” an early French term for bicycles. They were also called handcars, these people-powered transports that indeed looked very much like bikes atop the tracks in the 19th-century heyday of American railroading. “They were used as maintenance vehicles,” says Robert Harte. “Instead of taking a whole steam engine out ……
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With ‘Good Grief,’ a Colorado Springs cyclist finds his happy place
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Growing up, Chris Schmidt was always compared to his grandfather. Norman Cheekū did things the hard way — working his big, 6-foot-5 body hard until injury ended pro football hopes, later working hard and standing firm for his people in his Bureau of Indian Affairs…
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These 8 bike paths offer a true tour of Colorado — and they might be more important than ever
Those in the know will tell you the best way to see Colorado is on two wheels. Those like Rachel Hultin. She’s the policy director for advocacy group Bicycle Colorado. It’s a role that has her singing the praises of the state’s bike paths — the paved, regional networks that grant us a scenic getaway…
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2nd round registration of Boulder e-bike vouchers opens Aug. 30
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Boulder plans to open its second round of e-bike vouchers for city residents to help pay for part of the cost of a new electric bicycle (e-bike), city officials announced Thursday. Residents over the age of 18 can register online from 9…