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Silver Bicycle Friendly Community in 2021
Colorado Springs has been recertified by the League of American Bicyclists as a Silver Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC)! In February, Colorado Springs applied for the League of American Bicyclists’ prestigious Bicycle Friendly Community award. It has long been a goal…
Colorado Springs Explores E-Scooter Share
The City of Colorado Springs is Exploring Scooter share with the opening of their Request for Proposal (RFP) in late February. The RFP closed on March 24, 2021 with the Award of Contract Tentatively decided on in March 2021. While…
Colorado Springs Traffic Code Update
The City of Colorado Springs revised Chapter 10 of our city's code, taking additional steps to further define bicycles, E-Bikes and other E-Mobility Vehicles as well as on-street infrastructure developed for these uses. These update better address mobility devices, and…
Colorado Springs Parks EBike Policy Change
The Colorado Springs Parks Department is implementing an updated E-Bike Trail Access policy through a one year pilot program. With E-Bikes becoming more and more popular “We’re at a point, now, where we’re ready to test what expanded e-bike access…
Bicycle Friendly Community Survey
The City of Colorado Springs has applied to renew our League Of American Bicyclist’s Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) Ranking. BFC awards are recognized for 4 years. In 2017 Colorado Springs was recognized as Silver Level Bicycle Friendly City. The League…
Winter Riding Tips
Winter days in Colorado Springs can vary greatly; from days with inches of show that don't get out of the teens, to sunny days warming into the 50s. While the right bike can definitely help keep you comfortable, the bike…
Winter cycling in other cities
Join us in watching a different perspective on winter bicycling. I apologize for all the references to the metric system; we have provided conversions to Freedom units below. A bit of a caveat: These are not the opinions of Bike…
Dress For Winter Riding
While lower temperatures may not seem like preferred weather for riding a bike, riding through the winter can be enjoyable especially if you dress for the conditions. In Colorado we have the unique advantage of having robust outdoor recreation opportunities…
Riding Through winter
Colorado Springs is a great city to ride in year round. While morning can be a bit chilly, 300+ days of sunshine a year make it so winter days often warm into the 50s and any snow is but a…
