See Fort Collins By Bicycle!
Bicycling is a great way to get to know Fort Collins. With relatively flat terrain, 280+ miles of wide bike lanes, and 30+ miles of bike trails that follow both the scenic Poudre River and Spring Creek, bicycling is a fun, healthy, and environmentally friendly way to see all that Fort Collins has to offer. Check out the bike map to help you with the orientation of Fort Collins here.
The Fort Collins Bicycle Library lends bicycles to visitors, students, and residents looking to explore the City of Fort Collins. We offer a variety of self guided tours from the "Bike the Sites" collection, including a Brewery Tour, Environmental Learning Tour, and the Historic Tour. The Bike Library is centrally located in the heart of downtown Fort Collins in Old Town Square. Look for the Cafe Bicyclette! For more information, please visit www.fcbikelibrary.org or call 970-419-1050.
Fort Collins and the surrounding vicinity offers hundreds of miles of incredible road biking. From flat prairie and country roads, to several steep canyons west of the City, Fort Collins offers world class road riding. See map!
If it's mountain biking you are after, we have miles upon miles of great mountain biking minutes from downtown. Visit the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas for information on riding the foothills trails or check out the trails and pump track at Lory State Park, or Horsetooth Mountain Park for prime mountain biking action. Also, the City's Spring Canyon Park offers a challenging mountain bike skills course and you can find a fast BMX course at Edora Park.
Fort Collins Bicycling Organizations
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Fort Collins Bicycle Co-op
Run by volunteers the bike co-op focuses on keeping bicycles out of the landfill, community riding, and bicycle education. A true community bike shop, they strive to get people on bikes. The Bike Co-op also refurbishes found and abandoned bikes in Fort Collins and also builds and maintains the fleet of FC Bike Library bikes. To find out more about the Bike Co-op, their donation program, volunteering, or the bike library, visit: www.fcbikecoop.org
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Fort Collins Velodrome Association
The Fort Collins Velodrome Association has been working endlessly to bring a velodrome to downtown Fort Collins. A velodrome is an indoor or outdoor banked oval track used for bike racing for cyclists of all ages and abilities. Apart from providing extracurricular bicycling activities, a downtown velodrome could attract large competition events to Fort Collins as well, provide exciting spectator opportunities for Fort Collins residents. Visit www.fcvelodrome.org for more information.
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Bike Fort Collins
The mission of the Bike Fort Collins program is "To foster a bicycle-friendly culture and transportation system in Fort Collins through education and encouragement." Bike Fort Collins works to instill bicycling as a viable form of transportation and recreation for citizens of Fort Collins. Their projects include and are not limited to, the FC Bike Library, the Safe Routes to School Program, and the Vintage Bicycle Museum Without Walls. To learn more about this organization visit: www.bikefortcollins.org
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Fort Collins Cycling Club
FCCC represents cyclists of all kinds in Fort Collins. The club is made up of more than 150 riders that include recreation riders, commuters, and racers. During the Fall and Winter the club meet every third Thursday at Mulligan's Pub, at 2439 S. College Ave. in Fort Collins for a presentation of interest to cyclists. They also have group rides, socials, and events. Junior, Individual, Family, and Senior membership information is available on their website: www.fccycleclub.org.
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FC Bikes
FC Bikes is the City’s bicycle program. FC Bikes works to promote the efforts of local bicycling organizations while building the cohesiveness of the bicycling community. FC Bikes is the liaison for the City of Fort Collins on all bicycling matters. FC Bikes also encourages and educates residents of Fort Collins on the benefits of bicycling and provides a foundation or support mechanism for bicyclists. Check out fcgov.com/bicycling for more info.
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Team B.O.B.
Also known as Babes on Bikes, team B.O.B. has been promoting women mountain bikers since 1992. The group offers group rides for novice and experiences riders as well as skill seminars. The team also does trail maintenance and cycling related community events. Once daylight saving begins the team meets every Tuesday at 5:30pm at Soderberg parking area in Horestooth Mountain Park. To learn more about team B.O.B visit www.coteambob.com.
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Diamond Peaks Mountain Bike Patrol
DPMBP is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that promotes bicycle responsible mountain biking. Education is their main motive to promote low impact and shared-use ethics. The DPMBP also does trail maintenance and provide emergency medical care, mechanical advice and information on backcountry preparedness. To learn more or become a member visit www.dpmbp.org
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Ram Wheels
Ram Wheels is CSU’s campus bike advocacy program. Ram Wheels lends bicycles to students, faculty, and visitors to Fort Collins. The Ram Wheels bike lending program is soon to partner with the FC Bike Library program. Whether you would like to take a local bike tour or have classes on opposite ends of the campus, Ram Wheels will be glad to lend you a bike. They also accept bicycle donations through their “Leave it Behind” program. Visit www.ramwheels.colostate.edu for more information,
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CSU Cycling Club
The Rams Cycling is a club sport and is open to all students. Whether you have raced before or not the Rams Cycling Club is happy to get you on your bike an rolling. Their goal is to get more students on their bikes, so if you don't want to race you can meet them for their group rides. To learn more about the team, group rides, and meeting times check out www.ramscycling.com
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Velo-One Cycling
Velo-One Cycling of Colorado wants to build a supportive and friendly racing and social environment for all to enjoy. From season racers wishing to compete at their best, to the new recreational riders wanting to learn more about cycling, Velo-One is here for you. Our goal is put together a club where members know each other, ride together, race together and share the common bond of cycling. Visit: www.velo-one.com
Colorado Bicycling Manual
 The following files are in PDF format. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view and download them.
CONTENTS:
Bicycle History
Pedicabs (Workbikes)
Bicycling Statistics
Trails
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