Opinion Archives - Bicycle Colorado

Jul 11, 2022
By Pete Piccolo

Commentary: Cycling Towards Upward Mobility

Dec 17, 2019
By Pete Piccolo

Let’s talk about mountain bike access

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Sep 18, 2019
By Pete Piccolo

Turning a regressive social media post into a productive discussion: A letter from Pete

Feb 27, 2018
By Bicycle Colorado

My rowing coach, Jim Joy, used to say, “Every day is a chance to improve,” to tweak, to optimize, to become more efficient, to work better as a part of a system or a team. The same applies to our transportation systems, which are fluid organisms. Just like a rowing stroke…

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Feb 24, 2015
By Ted Heyd

Why shouldn’t streets be complete?

Complete what? Back in 2006, in California, I was in my boss’s office talking about a large-scale redevelopment project we were working on. In the midst of discussing some innovative street designs the applicant was proposing, my boss asked me if I was familiar with the concept of “complete streets.” It was a…

Oct 31, 2014
By Bicycle Colorado

Four spooky experiences on a bicycle

Happy Halloween! In celebration of the calendar’s most ghoulish day, we put together four spooky bicycle-related experiences and lessons. 4. Riding like the living dead This one is silly, but it is an experience I’ve had too many times. I’m talking about bonking: running out of energy during a ride. This happens when…