FROM THE EDITOR We’re getting personal
Having a bicycle-friendly community is not about the miles
of trails or the number of Bike Boxes a place has. It’s about the people. It’s about the way people feel when they ride their bikes. Do they feel included? Free? A part of something bigger? Safe? Whether your ride transports you to work or to recreate on the weekends, whether you have a full-suspension mountain bike or a fixie, you are part of our local cycling culture. And it is people like you who enjoy our exceptional infrastructure and demand more of it—more signal detection at intersections, more bike parking, and better connections throughout the bike network. You are the people who will be our Bicycle Ambassadors. You are the people who spread the good word on KRFC on the new Bikes and Beer show. And you are the people who commute to work, once a year or every day. You make it fun and funny to ride a bike—think Tour de Fat! And 2012 you generate vigor and culture when you bring your simple machines together. As the year revolves, we are preparing to apply for the League of American Bicyclists’ BICYCLE Bicycle Friendly Community AMBASSADor ProGrAM award once again. Currently, SAFE rouTES Fort Collins is a Gold-level To SChooL LoCAL community; optimistically, our CYCLInG SCEnE efforts in education, encourageBIKE Calendar ment, engineering, enforcement and evaluation will be recognized in 2013 with a Platinum-level designation. You can help Fort Collins get there! Sign up to be a Bicycle Ambassador. Support your local bicycle retailers and manufacturers. Participate in the 25th annual Bike to Work Day on June 27. And keep pedaling! Happy trails, Molly
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Guide to northern Colorado
biCyClinG Culture & eventS
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Ride 2012
bicycling guide to northern colorado
Guide to northern Colorado
bicycling culture & evenTS
PUBLISHER Scott Titterington scott.rmpublishing@gmail.com EDITOR Molly North mnorth@fcgov.com COPY EDITOR Kristin Titterington kristin.rmpublishing@gmail.com CREATIVE DIRECTOR Emily Zaynard emily.rmpublishing@gmail.com ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR Greg Hoffman greg.rmpublishing@gmail.com ADVERTISING SALES Sara Hansen sara.rmpublishing@gmail.com Cover Photo Darren Mahuron, Summit Studios, summitstyle.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS Bevin Barbara-Campbell, Jacob Castillo, Danielle Hastings, Robinson Noble, Nancy Nichols, Molly North, Kim Sharpe, Jordan Twiggs Rocky Mountain Publishing 825 Laporte Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80521 Voice 221-9210 Fax 221-8556 www.rmparent.com Ride! 2012, is a special publication of Rocky Mountain Publishing, Inc. Publication of this magazine does not constitute an endorsement of the products or services advertised. The opinions expressed by contributors or writers do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Rocky Mountain Publishing. Copyright 2012 Rocky Mountain Publishing, 825 Laporte Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80521, 970-221-9210. All rights reserved. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited.
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