Colorado Bike Month
Join us for a group bike ride on Friday, June 25th from 2-5pm to celebrate the City of Colorado Springs' 150th anniversary.
This event will follow the UCCS Event Services COVID-19 Event Planning Guidelines.
Are you a bike novice? History buff? Excited about exercising outdoors with friends?
All are welcome! We'll have group leaders to support each level of cyclist. Don't consider yourself a cyclist? No worries! We'll have a group for everyone plus a caboose to make sure no one gets left behind.
This summer, due to COVID-19 impacts, we are only allowing 50 UCCS bicyclists total. Please review and complete the steps below to reserve your spot to ride with us.
Your Group Ride Check List | Know Before you Go:
- RSVP by completing the tasks below.
- Read the UCCS Waiver.
- Send an email to kreeves2@uccs.edu with your emergency contact information along with which group you feel most confident joining:
- Interested, yet Concerned
- Enthused/Confident
This email serves as your electronic signature to the waiver. All three steps must be completed before Friday, June 18th at 5pm. No walk-up volunteers may participate due to COVID-19 guidelines. (If you are bringing children, you will be responsible for their safety and wellbeing. Helmets are required for children and are highly encouraged for adults. Minors without a helmet will not be allowed to ride.)
Your Group Ride Check List | Day of Group Ride
- Take the UCCS 'Return to Campus' Wellness Check
- If you are not vaccinated, please adhere to UCCS policies and bring a mask or face-covering to wear during the group ride.
- Helmets are required for children and are highly encouraged for adults.
- Bring a water bottle
- Apply sunscreen
We'll meet at the Lincoln Center (2727 N Cascade Ave.) to start and end the ride. The closest restrooms are located in Lincoln Center and will be accessible in Cragmor Hall at UCCS (this is the halfway mark).
PikeRide e-assist bikes will be available to rent for the event to give you that extra boost up the bluffs! Learn more here.
Questions? Email Kimberly Reeves
Group Ride Overview:
UCCS is part of the Cragmor Neighborhood Loop. There are 13 stops/historical markers on this route.
We identified 5 markers to stop and learn a more in-depth history about the area from our UCCS Geography & Environmental Studies faculty, Dr. John Harner, who recently published a book, Profiting from the Peak: Landscape and Liberty in Colorado Springs.
Here are some additional photos from the loop:
Check out the 8.5 mile loop here and below; we'll be biking the route counter-clockwise.
This route includes half designated bike trails and half road biking with various bike infrastructure.
These are the sections that we'll be on the road:
- From Lincoln Center to Penrose Hospital to Stir Coffee & Cocktails, we'll be on the road.
- From Horace Mann Middle School until we cross Fillmore St, we'll be on the road in a designated bike lane. The bike lane ends, and we will use hand signals to take the middle of the road to go straight through the intersection.
- From UCCS to Portal Park, we'll be on neighborhood streets. This route is also part of the City's Wayfinding project.
- We'll cross Nevada at an intersection with a crosswalk and continue parallel with Nevada for less than 100 feet before we're back on a trail.
- All of Cascade Ave, we'll be on the road; most has a designated bike lane until it ends when we cross Fillmore.
