Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bicycle, bicycling, Black Hawk, Colorado, traffic law, urban cycling
The court ruled Monday the town can pass traffic regulations, but said they must comply with state laws that require any municipal bike prohibition provide an available alternate path within 450 feet.
via Colorado court rules against Black Hawk, saying bicycles are a state interest – The Denver Post.
Filed under: maps, Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado, Colorado Springs, forest fires, Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs, Mountain Shadows, Ormes Peak, Palmer Reservoir, Rampart Reservoir, Scar on the Mountain, Waldo Canyon Fire
Early AM 6/27, via http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_20928988?nstrack=sid:4529940|met:300|cat:0|order:3
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, African athletes, altitude training, Colorado, high altitude, Iten, Kenya, Kenyan Riders, Kipchumba, Mount Evans, Tour de France
I call dibs on the movie rights.
We could all get together and sponsor a high-altitude training camp for these guys. I know a lot of people who would love to host these athletes in their homes as they train in the high mountains. We have uniquely high paved roads here in Colorado.
Since joining the team two years ago, Kipchumba, 26, has excelled. He says that running success translates smoothly to cycling, but that athletes in Iten remain reluctant to make the switch.
“When you come from running, the lungs are very big,” Kipchumba said. “When I started to train on a bike, I was breathing well. My legs were also used to pain. I had less pain than the others. The only problem is the fear of the sport of cycling. They don’t know much about the sport.”
via In Country of Runners, Kenyan Cycling Team Faces Uphill Climb – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: maps, Uncategorized | Tags: Bill Gabbert, Colorado, fire ban, firefighting, forest fire, forest fires, Gila, Montrose, New Mexico, smoke jumpers, smoke map, smoke plume, uncontrolled burn, Wildfire Today, wildland fire
If you’re wondering why it smells like campfire, take a look. This is from this morning. Official fire name: Whitewater-Baldy Fire. There is also a new fire on the Colorado Western Slope, but if you’re smelling smoke it’s most likely from the Gila.
In other news, the entire South appears to be on fire.
Filed under: maps, Uncategorized | Tags: Boulder, Broomfield, Colorado, Community Ditch Trail, Dirty Bismarck, DIRTY BISMARK, Garmin, Koppenberg, Lafayette, Louisville, Marshall, morgul bismark, Morgul-Bismarck, off-road, Superior
I don’t know — is that the proper term? Sounds nasty.
I rode this for the first time recently. A new twist on an old classic near Boulder.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado, Colorado Oil and Gas Commission, frack, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, trade secrets
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Colorado-tightens-fracking-rules-2401144.php
That’s cool, it’s nice to know what goes in. More important — what comes out, and what do they do with it.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado, Encana, fracking, fruking, Natural gas, nuclear fracking, Rio Blanco, Rulison, Wyoming
Colo. Supreme Court Considers Nuke Site Drilling – Denver News Story – KMGH Denver.
Note: Encana is the same company that jacked up the ground water in Wyoming. Abraham Lustgarten, “EPA Finds Fracking Compound in Wyoming Aquifer,” Scientific American/ProPublica, November 10, 2011.
