cycling Ft Collins

[TsPoet]

Heather,
thanks so much. I'll let you know when/if I ever get there. Looks like it could be awhile if at all.
Nice to know there are some good bike shop choices!

[bouncybouncy]

OH MY!!!!! There are (I guess what you would call) MUT's everywhere!!! I mean everywhere!!! Hubby and I were there for a week visiting my aunt & uncle...we hoped on there cheapo Wally bikes and rode & rode & rode till our butts ached from the icky saddles...so we stopped and got the pizza (no idea what it was called)
And it seemed that every new development had trail plans layed out...we ran into alot of dead-ends that would someday lead somewhere. We rode from one side of the city to the other...and if our butts were on our own saddles we would have ridden around the city...with very few miles being shared with cars.

All I have to say is that if I had to live in a "big" city that would be at the top of the list!!!

here is a bike map that helped me significantly in my adventure

http://fcgov.com/bicycling/pdf/bike-map-200711.pdf


***oh yeah...there are all kinds of cyclist EVERYWHERE!!!! and yes...it is FLAT! haha...we joked we thought it was flatter than Florida cause there are very few overpasses!

[Geonz]

I know some folks from there online, and I keep up with news about cycling, and judging from that, Fort COllins is really good for cycling. They plow the bike paths... they have winter bike-to-work days... it's good stuff from what I can tell.

[nic840]

I went to Colorado State 93-94 and I too was expecting hills/mtns...not so!! In fact I remember driving into town in tears because it was so darn flat!

I was coming from California and was expecting the Rockies. Not to say the Rockies aren't right there but the town is so FLAT!
I think it offers the best as far as riding. You have your long flat stretches in farm country and then just West of town you get rollers...just beautiful!
I didn't want to move but my exchange program ended and my units wouldn't transfer...meant another two years of school. So back to Cali I came.

Definitely worth a visit....and its only an hour drive to Denver.

Great community, great beer, lots of recreational activites! Fun Fun Fun!

[five one]

What Nic840 said.

BS from CSU 1974 here. I LOVED Ft. Collins! I grew up in the Denver area. I've been in CA longer than CO now, but if the opportunity ever arose (not likely ), I'd move back to Ft Collins in a heartbeat. Got married in the CSU chapel on the oval in 1975. Moved to CA soon after, but visit from time to time when we are in CO visiting family. The Fort has grown SO much since the mid-70s, but it's still a great place.

I was only a casual bike rider in college. Just to and from class and errand running. I bought my 1973 electric green Schwinn 10-speed (with cheater brakes!) from Lee's Cyclery. It took me until I was 50 to get serious about cycling!