The League of American Bicyclists announced today the latest Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) designations, and for the first time awarded Boulder with a “platinum” designation.
I’m just fresh back from the cool chilly wet Northwest and ready to ride! I want to say a big Thank You to Chuck Ayers of the Cascade Bike Club in Seattle for showing me around their offices and making time to meet with me and share all the great work they are doing out [...]
How about this weather!!!!!! These cloudless September days afford some of the best riding weather of the year. Please note earlier starting times for Tuesday and Thursday rides….
The Boulder Cycling Club was well represented at this past weekend’s Tour de Cure Charity Ride for the American Diabetes Association. I saw a lot of folks in team jersey’s and we were represented in all the different ride length’s. So far as of Tuesday the they the team raised $6,394.00!!!
I want to especially [...]
Hi Everybody,
Last week’s stormy weather put a dampener on Thursday and Saturday rides. Let’s make up some riding this week! Remember if your riding the Tour de Cure this weekend we will be riding as a team even though we are riding at different distances! Come by the promo table and say hi. For specific [...]
Tuesday’s Trail Ride
This trail ride, meets at Boulder Brewery at 5:30 leaving at 5:40 PM. Average speed 10 to 15 miles per hour. This week we’ll head east onto the Boulder Creek Bike and then turn south going out to Marshall Road staying on various bike paths, (note some dirt and small gravel paths).
We’ll head [...]
The rainy projections for Saturday mean we will head indoors. Our friends at Bicycle Village have volunteered to put on a spinning class at the YMCA. Meet at Bicycle Village at 9:30 am and then walk over to the Y for a spin class with George. If you’re like me and trying to get ready [...]
8 PM Wednesday at Boulder Theater
Club members will be watching a great cycle race movie this Wednesday at 8 pm at the Boulder Theater, called “The Road to Roubaix”. Our event organizers, Jim and Sue Miers, will rally our group at the Lazy Dog roof deck bar at 6:30 PM for drinks [...]
Several newspaper articles recently have highlighted the fact
that anger and aggression toward cyclists has risen sharply
since gas prices went up and the number of riders increased.
Our club President, Donald Cicchillo, was recently quoted in
an article on this subject in the LA Times. Last Sunday’s New York Times contains another alarming article on cyclist/vehicle conflicts. The [...]
Dear Fellow Riders:
A lot is on tap for this week with our regular rides and also an interesting movie Club Member Jim alerted us to at the Boulder Theater. The film follows the Paris to Roubaix race behind the scenes. Read more on that and information about Honor the Stop below. Honor the Stop is [...]
