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| Bicycle Colorado coordinates work with state government and other volunteer groups. In Colorado, industry representatives, clubs, environmentalists, and individual riders have learned to cooperate to put a stop to rumble strips on highways, identify high priority corridors, and keep the peace with the Forest Service, state, and local agencies. | TRAILS COALITION
Join up to learn everything about trails and open space in the region! |
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| Martha Roskowki, former director of Bicycle Colorado, has gone on to Washington to head up the bicycle industry's new public policy group and political action committee, America Bikes. Read and endorse the agenda at their website. These are not the friendliest of times in Washington, so we need your help! |
Great newsletter, volunteer opportunities, rides, & hikes:
719-633-6884 Dan Cleveland, Executive Director |
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| Criterium is a dealer member of the bicycle industry's organization to promote safe riding throughout the United States.
See www.bikesbelong.org for more information about the many advocacy programs that we fund together. |
Criterium has sponsored planning for two sections of the Lewis and Clark Trail project of the Adventure Cycling organization. Maps are ready, and tours are underway. |
| Criterium's new bike customers can print out this quiz and bring it in for a free pair of socks (your size, our choice) any time in the first year they own the bike. It's 'open book,' so use any resources you can find in the store or on the internet, or among your friends to complete the quiz! |
| 1. In Colorado, when entering an intersection, it is better to a. dismount and cross at the crosswalk, b. take the lane going through c. stay to the far right and wait for all the cars to leave |
| 2. In Colorado, when riding with a group a. ride single file b. ride two abreast c. clump up and make a statement about road use |
| 3. Never: a. ride against traffic b. pass on the right c. ignore lights and stop signs d. hitch a ride by grabbing onto a vehicle |
| 4. In traffic the right of way belongs to a. the vehicle on the left b. the faster moving vehicle c. the biggest vehicle |
| 5. On sidewalks and trails the right of way belongs to: a. the slowest moving user b. the user most difficult to steer c. the youngest user d. the uphill user e. the user with no brakes |
| 6. 'Single track' means trails that are a. one user wide b. game trails c. not paved |
| 7. True? or False? Some area trails are open to hikers, bicyclists, horses, and motorcycles. |
| 8. True? or False? The Pikes Peak Greenway trail is not open to motorized use. |
| 9. When passing other trail users a. speed up b. just say 'on your left' as you speed by c. ride on which ever side will be easiest d. slow down and communicate |
| 10. Having fun is a. ignoring all the rules b. breaking all the rules c. accepting rules as the price of admission to the outdoors |