Ways to Bike Colorado | COME TO LIFE Try an E-Bike If you prefer sightseeing to pedaling, electric bikes offer a little boost. They’re available for rent in most towns — and some will even deliver to your lodging. Colorado.com/Ebikes Check Out Bike Shares & Libraries Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs’ bike-sharing programs have placed bike stations and hundreds of bikes on the roads year-round. “Check out” a bike and cruise from station to station. There are also programs in Golden, Aspen, Vail, Avon and Basalt. Buy Local Handcrafted to get riders wheeling on all the terrain Colorado can serve up, more than 30 companies are keeping things local for Centennial State riders. Colorado.com/Gear Ride That Gravel Gravel riding is basically riding bikes on dirt roads. The main attraction for many cyclists is the minimal car traffic and the sense of freedom and adventure. Dedicated gravel bikes are a thing, but are not required — some riders prefer standard road bikes, others mountain bikes. Hundreds of miles of dirt roads make Colorado this trend’s hottest spot. Near Crested Butte CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: SHREDLY/NATALIE STARR; NATHAN BILOW; MATTHEW HAHNEL. WANT MORE? Colorado.com/Cycling and page 10 for fat-biking details. COLORADO . COM 77
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