Biking Colorados Front Range

Mountain Biking Colorado's Front Range includes over 45 of the greatest off-road mountain bike rides along Colorado's Front Range. A mountain biking atlas to the Front Range region, this one-of-a-kind guidebook details each trail in relation to local history, geology, archeology, legend, and lore. Mountain Biking Colorado's Front Range includes rides near the major Front Range communities of Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs. In addition to the rides, this book also includes additional chapters on mountain bike related topics such as the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), Any and All Bikes one-stop mobile bike shop, and Denver's famed HandleBar & Grill. Readers will find highly detailed and accurate maps, route directions, brilliant photography, vivid descriptions, and much more.

This convenient Binder Edition presents 94 classic bike rides from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs in the south, as well as the popular high country of Summit County and Vail Valley. The binder allows riders to easily remove one ride at a time from the book and take it with them in a weather-proof plastic pouch. The rides are also available as handy "take-along" booklets for each separate region. Debra Acord, longtime Colorado Front Range resident, and "Out There" editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette knows and writes about the territory like few others.

This convenient Binder Edition presents 94 classic bike rides from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs in the south, as well as the popular high country of Summit County and Vail Valley. The binder allows riders to easily remove one ride at a time from the book and take it with them in a weather-proof plastic pouch. The rides are also available as handy take-along booklets for each separate region. Debra Acord, longtime Colorado Front Range resident, and Out There editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette knows and writes about the territory like few others.

This convenient Binder Edition presents 94 classic bike rides from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs in the south, as well as the popular high country of Summit County and Vail Valley. The binder allows riders to easily remove one ride at a time from the book and take it with them in a weather-proof plastic pouch. The rides are also available as handy take-along booklets for each separate region. Debra Acord, longtime Colorado Front Range resident, and Out There editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette knows and writes about the territory like few others.

" ... Sixty of the greatest off-road mountain bike rides along Colorado's Front Range, with local history, geology, archaeology, legends, and lore to enhance your rides"--Publisher's description

This convenient Binder Edition presents 94 classic bike rides from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs in the south, as well as the popular high country of Summit County and Vail Valley. The binder allows riders to easily remove one ride at a time from the book and take it with them in a weather-proof plastic pouch. The rides are also available as handy take-along booklets for each separate region. Debra Acord, longtime Colorado Front Range resident, and Out There editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette knows and writes about the territory like few others.

This convenient Binder Edition presents 94 classic bike rides from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs in the south, as well as the popular high country of Summit County and Vail Valley. The binder allows riders to easily remove one ride at a time from the book and take it with them in a weather-proof plastic pouch. The rides are also available as handy take-along booklets for each separate region. Debra Acord, longtime Colorado Front Range resident, and Out There editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette knows and writes about the territory like few others.

Detailed descriptions and maps of forty of the best bicycle rides between Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, from easy afternoon jaunts to multi-day tours.

At last, a thorough, completely up-to-date guide that covers the best mountain bike rides along the Front Range -- most of which are within an hour's drive of the region's metro areas. From meandering old mining roads to challenging singletrack, riders of all abilities will welcome the number and variety of trails this guide describes. If you are looking for a good, smooth, consistent climb at a moderate altitude, try Oh My Gawd! (also known as Oh My Gosh!) Road. This road was constructed in the 1870's to support mines in the bills above Idaho Springs and, farther north, Central City. The grade is about 7% -- the maximum grade are wagons of long ago could manage. Today, one can ride up and over the ridge that separates Idaho Springs from Central City, get a good workout, and play a band of poker! Over thirty rides are here to choose from, each with its own map and elevation profile. Important information about Front Range weather, emergency repair, minimum-impact routes and practices, trail etiquette, technical maneuvers, a list of area bike shops, and snippets of history and geography complete the guide's offerings. C'mon! Don your knobbies, choose your line, get some air, and for heaven's sake, don't potato chip a wheel!

Readers will find detailed descriptions and maps of forty of the best bicycle rides between Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, from easy afternoon jaunts to multi-day tours. Elevation profiles, recommendations for accommodations and restaurants, information on local events and attractions, and special attention to traffic conditions and road hazards make this an indispensable guide for Colorado cyclists.