Feature Articles
Boulder entrepreneur has built an outdoors media empire under the iconic Outside brand
By JOHN MEYER | jmeyer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post Robin Thurston’s dreams of becoming a successful professional cyclist were dashed when he crashed into the back of a team support vehicle, knocking him unconscious and leaving him with more than 100 stitches in his head. He never lost his love for outdoor adventure, though, even as he steered his innate competitiveness into becoming a successful entrepreneur. Over the past two years, he has built a Boulder-based multimedia company into ... Read more
Cycling Colorado in the Fall
Tips to Enjoy Fall on 2 Wheels By: Geffen Semach 93 degrees yesterday…and 59 today. A sign of 2 things: 1. You live in Colorado, and it is FALL. A time of great color and great opportunities to catch them on a bike. The fall season is a time of change. Some of it great – the leaves changing color, a new season for new endeavors, and a welcome relief from the heat. But that ... Read more
“Bike for Sale” What is the Best Way to Sell Your Bike
For whatever reason, you need to sell your bike, or one of your bikes. You are upgrading?, no room for a 17th bike? Your significant other found out you added another? Whatever the reason is, knowing the best, and safest way to sell a bike, especially a higher end bike, makes a big difference. We will try to help you not just streamline the process, but also make sure your bike is going to a ... Read more
What To Do in Case of a Crash
What to do in the case of a crash by: Bicycle Colorado We all hope we won’t get into a crash. Until and unless the safety status quo on our streets changes, there is a chance that some of us will be hit and injured. With the wish that this never happens to you, we wanted to provide important advice for what to do if you or a loved one is in a crash while riding ... Read more
Gino Bartali: The Cyclist Who Saved Jews in Wartime Italy
In 2014, when one of the cycling world’s biggest races, the Giro d’Italia, got underway in Belfast, more was being revealed about the daring activities of one of its former winners in wartime Italy. He had everything to lose. His story is one of the most dramatic examples during World War II of an Italian willing to risk his own life to save the lives of strangers. Gino Bartali, was one of the leading cyclists ... Read more
Denver’s Original Bicycling Club
By Kate Agathon Denver’s Original Bicycling Club By: Kate Agathon For over a century, Denver’s bike-centric culture has been shaped by its unique bicycling clubs. This week’s newsletter features the Mile High City’s self-proclaimed “Original Bicycling Club”- The Denver Bicycle Touring Club (DBTC). Discover how DBTC’s tenure, variety of recreational activities, and club member demographics make it more than your typical bicycling club. For nearly 130 years, bicycling clubs have helped to shape Denver’s bike-centric culture. From ... Read more
