As I write this, it’s snowing outside, which is lovely from my vantage point in a cozy warm office. But I’m feeling a bit like a slug because I just saw a winter bike commuter forging ahead through the falling snow down 6th Avenue in Denver. She (he? It …
I recently wrote a story about Adelaide Perr, a Boulder-based bicyclist who was hit by a car in 2014. Today, she is riding again (and recently released a book about her experience) but she is also on a mission to make bikers safer and to make them …
On October 18, 2014, Adelaide Perr was on a triathlon training ride, headed downhill on Highway 36 outside of Lyons, Colorado. She never felt comfortable riding at high speeds downhill, but it was a 6% grade, so her bike was naturally gaining speed.
The last thing she remembers is a …
If you live in central Denver, then you’ve probably encountered, or at least heard about, the roads that have recently been closed to through traffic. Along with several other large cities, at the beginning of the month, Denver closed several streets in order to make more room for people to …
You’re driving through LoHi on your way to meet a friend for coffee at Black Eye, and you see an old bike, painted bright white, decorated with plastic flowers, locked to a stop sign at an intersection. If you didn’t know better, you might think that this was someone’s strange …