{"id":651,"date":"2013-04-19T13:59:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T13:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.wordpress.com\/?p=651"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:20","slug":"golden-co-2013-mayors-ride-starts-earth-day-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/04\/19\/golden-co-2013-mayors-ride-starts-earth-day-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden, CO – 2013 Mayors’ Ride Earth Day Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Monday, April 22, 2013, which is the 43rd<\/sup> anniversary of the first Earth Day, Golden, Colorado will be proud to \u00a0host the Inaugural\u00a02013 Mayors Ride for the National Bicycle Greenway<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Golden, a League of American Bicyclists \u201cBicycle Friendly City<\/b>\u201d \u00a0has been building new bike and pedestrian trails for years. We will use some of these new trails as well as some of the roads (with well-marked bike lanes) as we\u00a0ride from Golden Oldy Cyclery<\/a> (The Sustainable Museum Of Sustainable Transportation) to City Hall.<\/p>\n

At City Hall (along the side of \u201cClear Creek\u201d, a river which originates at the Continental Divide about 40 miles to the west), we will be met by Mayor Marjorie Sloan and a couple of Golden City Council members. There the Mayor will make it National Bicycle Greenway Day<\/i><\/b> in Golden with a proclamation.<\/p>\n

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We will then ride west along the Clear Creek trail, passing the National Championship Canoe\/Kayak Course<\/b> and viewing Lookout Mountain<\/b> in front of us. On Lookout, near the Buffalo Bill Gravesite<\/b> and Buffalo Bill Museum<\/b> we will see\u00a0Para-Sailers<\/b> launching and spiraling about 1500 feet above us (if the wind is appropriate).<\/p>\n

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We will then turn north and climb to the upper trail along the side of \u201cChurch Ditch<\/b>\u201d (a Victorian irrigation channel which contributed to taming the west and feeding the Gold prospectors in the 1870\u2019s and 1880\u2019s) to ride past the Golden Community Gardens<\/b> with a wiew of South Table Mountain<\/b> and it\u2019s \u201cCastle Rock<\/b>\u201d in the background.<\/p>\n

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Castle Rock is famous for a few things:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0The symbol on the Coors Beer Can for decades<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0Home of a 1920\u2019s dance hall which was only reached by riding a funicular up the mountain side from Golden.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Some of the best views of:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 The largest brewery in the world (Coors in Golden)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0The Front Range of the Rocky Mountains<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0The American Mountaineer Center (and museum)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0The Colorado Mountain Club rock climbing training cliffs on North Table Mountain \u2013 across the Clear Creek gorge.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0The Colorado School of Mines with it\u2019s Gold Domed \u201cGuggenheim Hall\u201d . Yes, Guggenheim (famous for museums around the world) was a Geology graduate of the Colorado School of Mines in Golden before he struck it rich in mining in Colorado.<\/p>\n

He donated a lovely building to his Alma Mater with a dolden dome.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 The Scar of the \u201cGolden Fault\u201d which divides the part of Golden which is in the Plains and the half which is in the Rockies. Golden is both a mountain and a plains city.<\/p>\n

– The porcelain clay mine along the \u201cHogback Scar\u201d on the fault.<\/p>\n

After we pass the Golden Community Gardens<\/b>, we will continue a loop back to the City Hall where some riders will wrap up with one mile under their belts. All others will continue east on the Clear Creek Trail <\/b>for a couple of blocks and then tour the downtown with it\u2019s many bicycle shops and museums.<\/p>\n

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We will ride over the starting line of the Coors Classic Bike race<\/b> of the 1980s (won by Greg Lemond as well as the \u201cBadger\u201d in various years) \u2026 and featured in the Hollywood movie \u201cAmerican Flyer<\/i><\/b>\u201d\u2026 by Stephen Tesich (who also was the Academy Award winning \u00a0screenwriter for \u201cBreaking Away<\/i><\/b>\u201d).<\/p>\n

We also pass over \u00a0the starting line of the \u201cUSA Pro Cycling Challenge<\/b>\u201d when it was here for\u00a0 its final stage in 2011 and stage 6 \u00a0in 2012.\u00a0We will then pass the old Colorado Territorial Capitol<\/b> Building<\/b>, the home of\u00a0 W.A.H. Loveland \u2013 the explorer who has a city named for him and who identified Loveland Pass (where I-70 crosses the continental divide) in the 1860s. We will also pass the home of Edward Berthoud who was a soldier, explorer, professor, and engineer. He also has a city, ski resort and a mountain pass (where US 40 crosses the continental divide) \u00a0named for him\u2026<\/p>\n

When we continue east on 10th<\/sup> Street in Golden, we will pass Coors brewery (for a couple miles) where we will be able to (looking left) see the rock climbers above us on the Red Rimrock Cliffs<\/b>. They are the remains of the lava flows from 67 million years ago when the current Rocky Mountain range was lifted up and dinosaurs were killed. \u00a0We then turn north on Easley Road. This part of the Pro cycling challenge course was named for a lady cyclist \u00a0of the 1890\u2019s. Her picture (with bike) hangs in the gallery at Golden Oldy Cyclery.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Easley road will \u00a0lead us up past the east side of North Table Mountain<\/b>. We will stop shortly \u00a0at the Golden City Bicycle Park <\/b>\u2013 a training park for mountain biking.<\/div>\n

I believe that Joe Breeze (the father of modern mountain biking \u2013 on Mt Tam) will love to visit this park when he comes to Colorado to visit Golden Oldy Cyclery and study how he can adopt some of the Sustainability features in his New Marin County Bicycle Museum scheduled yo open later this year.<\/p>\n

We will continue a counter-clockwise loop of North Table Mountain with ever increasing elevations until at the NW corner, we will start the grand decent on Ford Street. \u00a0The next rapid mile is over the course which was covered by bicycle in May of 1869 by Jim Boyd. When Jim came down the Ford Street Hill, he was on an 1869 \u00a0Velocipede and achieved speeds (ill-advisedly) that caused his feet to be thrown from his pedals and he and his (over 100 pound) bicycle were in for the ride of their lives. As the article in the Colorado Transcript says: \u201cas it passed the mill, Jim\u2019s mount \u2018shied to the side\u2018 and he missed the bridge over Clear Creek\u201d \u2026 plunging into the spring runoff swollen river. This was <\/b>the first recorded bicycle accident in Colorado.<\/p>\n

If riders tuck and do not use their brakes on this hill they can reach 45 miles per hour (in a 25 MPH speed zone). This gives the possibility for cyclists to be cited for going 80% over the posted speed limit \u2013 a trophy ticket if any there is.<\/p>\n

After arriving back in downtown Golden we will pass the spot where Horace Greeley wrote the famous line \u201cgo west young man, go west\u201d<\/b> after he visited the Central City gold diggings in 1859. We also view where he crossed Clear Creek before the first bridge was completed. We will then pass the Downtown Hill on Washington Ave. where the 1891 Colorado State Championship \u00a0Bicycle \u201cHill Climb\u201d competitions were held.<\/p>\n

Riding South on Jackson St we will return to Golden Oldy Cyclery<\/b> where there will be an open house of the museum for the riders. The total ride will approximate 15 miles.<\/p>\n

The pace will be a fun\/intermediate rate\u2026 to accommodate older and young but less experienced riders. Helmets are required for safety and mirrors are suggested. \u00a0The ride will leave from Golden Oldy \u2013 to start \u2013 at 9:30.<\/p>\n

At Golden City Hall, we should be there by 9:50 for the 10:00 re-start.<\/p>\n

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Steve Stevens<\/p>\n

Golden Oldy Cyclery<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sustainable Museum of Sustainable Transportation\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSetting an Example for Museums Everywhere in how they can set an Example for their Patrons and for the World\u201d<\/p>\n

www.goldenoldy.org<\/a><\/p>\n

1-720-497-1100<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grossly Energy Positive.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Net Zero Electricity Since 2006.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Net Zero total\u00a0 Energy since 2008<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carbon Negative SINCE 2008<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Producing Fruit (Tropical and Temperate)<\/p>\n

and Vegetables from the former landscaped<\/p>\n

0.19 Acre lot.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Powering 2 Plug In Cars\u2026<\/p>\n

While Selling ~ 8500 KWH surplus power back \u2026<\/p>\n

to the grid annually from\u00a0 the Rooftop.<\/p>\n

\u201cHome & Museum Powered By the SUN &<\/p>\n

FOOD POWERED BY the SUN, BIOCHAR and ALPACA POO\u2026<\/p>\n

and delivered FARM to TABLE by FOOT\u201d.<\/p>\n

Video Tour:\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/youtu.be\/t3jvittg60I<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember, We have just one Planet.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8VYkfQKwiCM&feature=endscreen<\/a><\/p>\n

We need to share it \u2026 and care for it.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgMEPk6fvpg<\/a><\/p>\n

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