Tag: cycling
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Colorado Springs officials present survey results on e-bikes as debate continues
Colorado Springs officials have found public support for expanding electric bike access on city-owned trails. Though, that’s not broad support — around 60%, according to survey results parks department leaders recently presented to the city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) working committee. Of 3,804 responses collected from an online survey from June 14-Aug. 4, 60%…
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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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Share the trail with an e-bike | Trail Talk
It amuses my daughter when I tell her about rotary phones, party lines and other childhood/young adult realities of an ancient age. She was surprised to learn that bicycles led to the improvement of roads and were actually the parent of the car. (I’m not old enough to remember that transition but my great-grandparents were.)…
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Construction could soon start on final piece of long-dreamed bike trail in Colorado
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 Vail Pass to Glenwood Canyon, with connections to towns in…
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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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USA Cycling rolls out new-look access at Colorado Springs velodrome
Olympic dreamers, everyday cyclists and youth new to fast, banked turns are steadily returning to Colorado Springs’ velodrome. After months of uncertainty and controversy over access to the “bubble” dome at Memorial Park, a program is rolling out with a stated aim to significantly increase community hours that have lacked in recent years out of…
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Pikes Pick: Colorado Springs’ Buffalo Lodge keeps spinning on fun
You might not think of a hotel as a local hangout. That’s Buffalo Lodge on Colorado Springs’ west side. What started in 2016 as a dream to transform a historic lodge into a cycling hub has become a spot for happy hour, live music and more. Check out the calendar: bicycleresort.com/events-activities.
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Colorado Springs’ long-going Starlight Spectacular canceled
A Colorado Springs cycling tradition older than a quarter century will not return this year. Trails and Open Space Coalition (TOSC) has called off the Starlight Spectacular, which has brought together costumed riders on glowing bikes for a middle-of-the-night spin around town. The nonprofit TOSC has called the Starlight Spectacular the longest-running nighttime bike event…
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Wheeling and dealing: Bike swap returning to Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When he organized his first bike swap in 2017 in Colorado Springs, Gabe Alvarado admits “it was kind of a selfish thing.” The local mountain biker didn’t want the annual event to go away — his chance to score deals on odds and ends for the…
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Wheeling and dealing: Bike swap returning to Colorado Springs
When he organized his first bike swap in 2017 in Colorado Springs, Gabe Alvarado admits “it was kind of a selfish thing.” The local mountain biker didn’t want the annual event to go away — his chance to score deals on odds and ends for the riding season ahead. “And I knew that a lot of…