CSU hosts a variety of events and campaigns to celebrate bicycling at CSU, promote safety and encourage regular bicycle commuting.

CSU and the Campus Bicycle Advisory Committee (CBAC) play a critical role in encouraging people to ride to campus by providing a variety of opportunities and incentives to ride their bike. Our Bike, Scoot and Skate to Breakfast stations, first-year student We Ride event, the employee Get Back on the Bike program, Earth Week activities, and numerous classes offered with CSU and the City of Fort Collins help promote bicycling for all.

Community Rides

Community Rides for CSU employees help new bicyclists learn skills, gain confidence and build community. We have three Community Rides scheduled for this summer, 2025.  All three rides begin at the Newton Statue (intersection of Center and Pitkin) at 11:30 am and end with a lunch around 1:00 pm.  Each ride will have a different route but generally covers three to five miles and includes trails on-campus and throughout the city.  At end of the ride, we will eat our lunch together at an outdoor location.  Please bring your own lunch, drink, bike and helmet. For additional information, please reach out to [email protected]

Dates
6/17, Newton Statue, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
7/15, Newton Statue, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
7/29, Newton Statue, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm

Get Back on the Bike

The application for the 2025-2026 Get Back on the Bike Cohort is now open. 

Get Back on the Bike is an annual series of eight classes for CSU employees who want to bike to work, tune up their bike, get safety gear, and learn strategies to travel in traffic and overcome other safety or comfort obstacles through personalized travel training.

Participants will receive:

• An individualized bicycle travel training meeting focused on travel from home to work
• A free bicycle tune-up courtesy of Parking and Transportation Services and The Spoke
• Eight monthly brown-bag lunch-and-learn presentations that cover a variety of topics to help participants overcome barriers to bicycling, plus a kick-off meeting. Please provide your own food and drink.
• Commuting equipment essentials, including a helmet, lights, lock, and commuter bag

Juneteenth Ride

Juneteenth Bike Ride from Lee Martinez Park

This will be a casual pace, 5 mile route to showcase Black history and appreciation in Fort Collins and connect as a community to celebrate Juneteenth. Please bring your bike, a helmet, and good energy! We will be riding to the Foothills Mall where there will be the Foco Juneteenth Health Fair and Vendor Market from 12-4pm.

Route: Through Fort Collins from Lee Martinez park, riding past the Hattie McDaniel house, through the CSU Oval to the Art Departments BLM installation, to the Fort Collins mall for the Foco Juneteenth Health Fair and Vendor Market.

June 21, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Please register here

Bike to Work Day

Celebrate bicycle commuting with the City of Fort Collins and CSU at the Oval on Bike to Work (or Wherever) Day. Pedal down for a cup of coffee, seeing friends, and a snack to go. We want to thank each of you for pedaling to work!

Check out a map of breakfast stations all over Fort Collins at fcgov.com/bicycling/bike-to-work-day.

Weds, June 25, 6:30 – 9:30 am on The Oval

Ollie’s Ride

Ride and Drive

Thurs, June 12, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Moby Arena Parking Lot 195

CSU employees are invited to test drive a variety of new plug-in electric vehicle models for personal use and fleets at a free “Ride and Drive” Event. Vehicles will be available outside in the southern part of Moby Arena Lot 197 (map). This year, electric bikes and electric scooters will also be available to ride.

Vehicles available to ride during last year’s event included:

• Rush Trucks Refuse Truck
• Kia EV6
• EV9
• Nissan Ariya
• Ford Lightning
• Mach-E
• Ford e-Transit
• VW id.4

Bike/Scoot/Skate to Breakfast

Bike/Scoot/Skate to Breakfast events are held on several Wednesdays throughout September, to welcome new students and the campus community, and encourage a safe bike/scoot/skate commute through outreach and education (along with free food, lights and helmets!).

Dates: 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, from 8:30 am to 10:00 am

Smart Cycling Classes

Smart Cycling is a free, two-part class designed to teach rules of the road, improve skills and build confidence. The first part, “Road Rules” is a 4-hour classroom session to discuss rules of the road, infrastructure and maintenance, while the second session, “Road Skills,” is a 3-4 hour on-bike session to develop bike handling skills to build confidence for riding with traffic on trails and roads.

Learn more or register for a Smart Cycling class on the City’s FC Bikes website.

Campus Bicycle Advisory Committee

The Campus Bicycle Advisory Committee was founded in 2008 to champion bicycle initiatives on our campuses. It meets the fourth Wednesday of each month from 2:30pm to 4:00pm.  The committee seeks active participation from representatives across our campuses to improve bicycling in Fort Collins.   Please consider attending an upcoming meeting to get involved.

CBAC Agenda and Minutes

President’s Sustainability Commission

The President’s Sustainability Commission has the important role of providing the President and Cabinet a variety of perspectives on sustainability from an environmental, economic, and social justice lens.

Earth Month

Earth Month features a multitude of events and activities surrounding alternative transportation including bicycling.  Volunteers are needed to staff events, conduct surveys, and take bike counts.

Light Up the Night

We host Light Up the Night just before the fall Daylight Saving Time change.  Volunteers hand out rechargeable bike lights to students to keep them safe and visible while cycling at night or in poor weather.

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