Fort Collins, Colorado: A Cycling Tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
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In this video, JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew conducts an informal, and likely disorganized tour of the fine city of Fort Collins, Colorado. There is so much to see and do in town and beyond, visiting yourself will guarantee the best possible experience!
Fort Collins:
"Fort Collins is a city in northern Colorado. Its Old Town historic district has 1800s houses, a vintage trolley, specialty shops and restaurants. The Fort Collins Museum of Discovery features interactive science, history and nature exhibits, plus a digital dome theater. West of the city, trails criss-cross Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, known for the peak's distinctive Horsetooth Rock formation and Horsetooth Falls."
More about Fort Collins, Colorado, courtesy of Wikipedia:
"Fort Collins was founded as a military outpost of the United States Army in 1864. It succeeded a previous encampment, known as Camp Collins, on the Cache la Poudre River, near what is known today as Laporte. Camp Collins was erected during the Indian wars of the mid-1860s to protect the Overland mail route that had been recently relocated through the region. Travelers crossing the county on the Overland Trail would camp there, but a flood destroyed the camp in June 1864. Afterward, the commander of the fort wrote to the commandant of Fort Laramie in southeast Wyoming, Colonel William O. Collins, suggesting that a site several miles farther down the river would make a good location for the fort. The post was manned originally by two companies of the 11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and never had walls."
"Settlers began arriving in the vicinity of the fort nearly immediately. The fort was decommissioned in 1867. The original fort site is now adjacent to the present historic "Old Town" portion of the city. The first school and church opened in 1866, and the town was platted in 1867. The civilian population of Fort Collins, led by local businessman Joseph Mason, led an effort to relocate the county seat to Fort Collins from LaPorte, and they were successful in 1868."
"The city's first population boom came in 1872, with the establishment of an agricultural colony. Hundreds of settlers arrived, developing lots just south of the original Old Town. Tension between new settlers and earlier inhabitants led to political divisions in the new town, which was incorporated in 1873. Although the Colorado Agricultural College was founded in 1870, the first classes were held in 1879." Read more about Fort Collins - en.wikipedia.o...
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2:52 Bicyclists are allowed to ride through stop signs in Colorado as of April 13th, 2022. They signed in the "Idaho stop" into law (officially known as the "Colorado Safety Stop"), which allows a bicycle to not need to come to a complete stop, assuming it's clear to go.
It isn't just for convenience, but actually saves lives because bicyclists spend less time in intersections because of not needing to start slowly from a stopped position.
Thank you, this detailed explanation is appreciated.
Love the tour, definitely a reminder of how special my town is compared to other places I’ve lived.
Loved Fort Collins, and great cycling and other outdoor activities to go along with it!
I grew up in FC in the 50s and 60s and graduated from Poudre High School. I recognized many of the buildings and Mountain Ave which had the grass divider and old tracks. I was a great place to be as a kid. I used to ride my bike up Poudre Canyon and also Big Thompson Cyn. Looks like a really busy place now.
Ft Collins is one of my favorite places for gravel biking. I enjoyed your tour video! Thanks!
That's one reason I like the 2x , I can gear down low and enjoy a cruise threw towns and historical districts. Great tour Jom.
100%. 2X anytime for me. The gear changes are more seamless and subtle too.
Hi Jom, I live in Fort Collins and was riding around in the same area as you that weekend! We got some intense short burst rain Sunday. Darn, I wish I would've ran into you! Great stuff as always.
Looks like a nice and clean town.
Awesome Jom! Fort Collins is on my bucket ride list! You should think about doing a video on best small towns for biking.
Next time you’re here, stop for a cold one, mate
Rail transport in this country is still operating from days gone by. A mode ripe for change. Nice work here JOM. Will you be out in SteamBoat for the SBT Gravel event on the 8/14?
Thank you! Afraid not, rather, I am heading to Finland just after SBT GRVL to pre-ride the 2023 sister event, FNLD GRVL. Should be awesome, there will be video :)
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Nice! Living the dream JOM.
In Fort Collins, CO one can run the stops provided not cars in position. New law just this year!!!
Thank you, learned something new! Myself and the lady in that scene, clearly not locals :)
@@GravelCyclist Well hope to see you in Steamboat!! Saw you last year but, didn’t introduce myself. Will be there this year again riding the Red 60mile race. Spending about 4-5 days there. Ride Hard-Live Long!!!
Thanks! Unfortunately, I have to miss SBT GRVL this year. However, I am pre-riding SBT's sister event starting late next week, FNLD GRVL, Finland :)
Poudre is inexplicably pronounced "Poo - Ter"
Thanks!
It's very explicable. It's French for "powder". Cache la Poudre means "powder stash". as in a place where fur traders stashed their gun powder back in the day.
Fort turned into bike hell the last 20 years. It's a little pathetic at this point.
What's he doing in fc for a Boulder only event. Get on 282 & look for the flat's