VISIT LNT.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION. It takes ample amounts of black top, singletrack, sunshine and friendly people to create a bikers’ paradise to match ours. Lively biking communities ensure that events abound spring through road-biking options proliferate. autumn and that road biking and trail-riding trail riding opti There’s no better way to see purple mountain majesties or amber waves of grain than by collecting the 26 long-distance Bike the Byways rides. Start at Denver ’s South Platte River Trail and work your way toward the Lariat Loop near Denver before tackling mountain rides like Top of the Rockies in Leadville and finishing off with the bluffs and buttes of Dinosaur Diamond north of Grand Junction . Or, start the other way ’round at the mystifying Trail of the Ancients in Cortez and add rides to your list as you work your way north. dtdapps.coloradodot.info/bike 1 GREAT MAPPING Connect with w local visitor centers to get directio directions to hot biking spots. In Durango , for example, rides are rated from easy exa to difficult. Telluride has trail ratings, diffi reviews and ascent/descent info. And revie Steamboat Springs , the maps can in S help you decide if you need fat tires hel skinny. In Fruita and Crested Butte , or s two mountain-biking master towns, trail networks are so vast and varied that a map is a downright necessity. 3 E-BIKES For those who prefer scenery chewing to ped-aling or driving, electric bikes offer a little boost for paved and trail exploration. Rent one at Colorado E Bike in Grand Junction , Rapid Creek Cycles in Palisade , Cirque Cyclery in Paonia, Pedego in Denver , Rocky Mountain Adventure Rentals in Vail , Boulder Cycle Sport and many other spots. 72 / COLORADO.COM CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: WEST ELK MOUNTAINS NEAR CRESTED BUTTE, NATHAN BILOW; MOUNTAIN BIKING NEAR GRAND JUNCTION, LISA SEAMAN; RIDE THE ROCKIES, CLASSIC VISIONS PHOTOGRAPHY; BIKE HELMET, GETTYIMAGES; BIKE, ISTOCKPHOTO. 8 WAYS COLORADO WILL RUIN YOU FOR BIKING ANYWHERE ELSE 2 BIKE THE BYWAYS
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