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Born out of the gas crisis of
2008 and a restless curiosity to figure
out what's just around the next corner, Great Road Rides Denver,
Fulcrum (May, 2010), is a guide to the best 25 road rides in
metropolitan Denver. These are rides you can do from your doorstep
without first strapping your bike to your car, rides that range in
length from 15-70 miles, and rides that stretch from Golden to Aurora,
and Arvada to Centennial. Metro Denver is justly famous for its miles
of dedicated bike trails, but GRRD goes beyond the trails and shows you
how to link the trails to the best cycling streets in Denver to create
entertaining and interesting rides across the metro area. From the
surprising hills of under-appreciated Zuni St to broad, elm-shrouded
Montview Boulevard, there are rides here for everyone.
This
guide shows riders how to link the best streets and bike lanes in town
with dedicated trails to create truly interesting rides—rides that take
you along major rivers and creeks, through the best park system in the
country, and out to the foothills, where the plains meet the Rocky
Mountains. These twenty-five routes will appeal both to recreational cyclists
who are tired of the same old routes they have always ridden and to
serious road bikers who want to explore harder, longer, and steeper
terrain as a means to better training and fitness. Written with an eye
for detail and the larger picture, the route descriptions supply
interesting snippets of historic, geologic, neighborhood, and social
data and provide enough solid factual information to make the
accompanying maps easy to follow. The book also includes an essay on urban cycling that will add to the readers’ experience
and generate confidence in their ability to ride safely on the streets.
Latest News
If you like GRRD, then browse on over to www.coloradobikemaps.com, a map blog
for the restless Colorado cyclist: new maps
and route descriptions from all over Colorado.
If you like GRRD, then browse on over to www.coloradobikemaps.com, a map blog
for the restless Colorado cyclist: new maps
and route descriptions from all over Colorado.
Publication Details
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (May, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1555917372
- ISBN-13: 978-1555917371
- Routes: 25
- Maps: 25, plus 6 supplemental maps
- Price: $12.95
Content copyright , Jay P.K. Kenney. All rights reserved.
