Let’s Ride: Fort Collins Colorado, Peach Festival, Old Town, CSU, Farmers’ Market & More

Let’s Ride through Fort Collins Colorado! In this video I was riding a Stromer ST1 Limited Edition electric bike through many of the most popular areas of FoCo, highlights are listed below with time stamps to skip forward. I grew up in Loveland Colorado and frequently visited Fort Collins so I knew some great places to check out. If you’re moving to town or just curious to see what was happening on August 20th 2016 then join me on this bicycle ride.
Friendly Greetings from Bike Police 4:40
Hughes Stadium Peach Festival 14:24
West Poudre River Bike Trail Begins 26:35
Poudre River Bridge Peace Sign 39:40
The Farm at Lee Martinez Park 41:58
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery 44:37
Northside Aztlan Community Center Skate Park 45:58
New Belgium Brewery, Fat Tire 47:44
Old Town Fort Collins 52:28
Colorado State University (CSU) 57:21
Drake Road Farmers’ Market 1:12:18 EBR was paid to perform this review #Sponsored We try to be honest, thorough, and fun! Comparison tools, shop directory, and forums at: ElectricBikeReview.com

[@aguiright]

I miss Fort Collins... So Beautiful!!!

[@renelleeverett512]

I’ve never watched one of these videos before and I have to say, I watched the whole thing and enjoyed it!

[@mikevogel6745]

Just saw this video. We used to stay at the campground on Taft Hill Rd by where you crossed it. Many times were enjoyed going both directions on that bike path with our Giant La Free E-bikes. Specially to concerts and festivals in FC. Now that we are retired in New England we will watch your video while on our stationary cycle in the basement. This brought back so many wonderful memories. You videoed this the summer after we moved from Estes Park to here. Nice to see how they opened up the seating area for the free concerts in Old Town. You made me wish we could have afforded to retire in FC where I lived in 1976 thru 1980. Thank you for posting this!

[@TriangleSquare52]

Fort collins is a beautiful place to be

[@MsCampos69]

Thank you Court!!! It was an amazing ride. I hope you continue doin this videos of “Let’s Ride Tours”!!!😂😂thanks again.

[@The4Heck]

It's a long video and i enjoyed every minute of it! Thank you by the way for all your reviews. Just purchased my first e-bike and am thrilled with the choice I made. Couldn't have made an informed decision without your reviews. Ride on!

[@ElectricBikeReview]

Awesome! So glad you found a good one. My first ebike was bought online blindly and I felt really bad about it... was expensive and it just didn't have the feel or performance I wanted. Over time I got more info and it's just nice to share it and help people out

[@madeinuk68]

+ElectricBikeReview.com Your videos also helped me know what to look for when buying an ebike.Thank you

[@MaxPowersHedgehog]

I love the various outputs of the ride were on the bottom of the screen, very nice.

[@ElectricBikeReview]

Awesome, thanks Christopher! I tried to keep it minimal so as not to block the view but those stats can be pretty interesting... or maybe frightening when my heart rate BPM is 180 :P

[@MaxPowersHedgehog]

Yes, I was wondering about that, I saw it get up there too!

[@madeinuk68]

+ElectricBikeReview.com I used to sell gym equipment,and the general rule of thumb for the heart rate maximum,was to never exceed 220 bpm minus your age.So assuming your 40 years or under you are fine.For women it was 210 bpm minus your age.Obviously this is just a guide.But as a young man that does plenty of exercise you are fine.You did well,to still be able to talk.

[@pinkeaglesoaring86]

Awesome, dude! Thanks for the tour! Can't wait to move there next year!

[@sbrown6798]

Amy Burbank did you move to FTC? I’m considering it

[@Therojasvictor]

Thank you for sharing. I appreciate it.

[@UDX-340]

I enjoyed that ride.

[@ElectricBikeReview]

Good to know Mark! Putting this together took a lot of work, I tried to choose a fun day with lots going on and it would be neat to do more in the future, I welcome your feedback and suggestions :)

[@skmirch]

Enjoyed you enjoying your ride and your commentary esp about fracking and whole-heartedly agree.

[@drewerving7428]

Really well made video! Thank you so much for posting.

[@idromarco]

Hi Court! Awesome vlog, amazing ride on a monster bike. Thanks for showing those beautiful places :^)

[@pabloshaciendos3914]

Beautiful video! I was in fort collins in 1994..... love to see it again...

[@TaylorAshley]

What a great video! Thanks for this.

[@JohnMOnYouTube]

Thanks for showing us Colorado.

[@MagickBalls]

Enjoyable watching. Very informative as well. Nice job!

[@kcornish]

My company was recently acquired by Advanced Energy a company from Fort Collins. It's great to put some pictures to the stories the guys are talking about at work. Lovely place to live. Thanks Court

[@adambradtv8236]

I Watch the full video thank you so much you are great God bless you❤

[@AZPilot007]

Good to see a tour of the stomping grounds in Fort Fun.

[@wjf213]

That was very cool and a lot of fun to ride along. It sure didn't seem like an hour and twenty minutes or so. I know what you mean about riding and being able to just stop and talk to people when you see some thing cool. I build Monolithic Dome homes and one time while I was building a double dome way out on a country road, well over a 100 riders came by over the course of the day, on some cross country tour thing, and many many of them stopped to check out the dome and see how they're built and take pictures. It was fun for them and us. They said the same thing, they loved stopping and talking to people and seeing cool things along the ride. Also, I'm really liking the stats at the bottom of the video. Keep up the great work.

[@OCSreal]

That was fantastic! Let's have more of the same Court 😄 love the channel !

[@Hommli]

Really cool bike road at the beginning!

[@ElectricBikeReview]

Oh yeah! This area of Colorado has some beautiful paths, I plan to film more in the future, appreciate your comment :)

[@laurentiudobjanski1361]

beautiful ride.

[@ElectricBikeReview]

So glad you enjoyed it Laurentiu! Your positive comment means a lot, I'll try to add more and some variety of trails in the future :)

[@sorrowinchrist3387]

I just found this channel i love the monitoring system i wish you had this on the other lets ride videos. Please do more of these with the monitoring system so we know how fast you are riding.

[@bigpimping15]

Colorado looks awesome

[@Hectronic69]

great video...

[@ElectricBikeReview]

Thanks Hector :)

[@toshirox23]

Nice. Do some mtb ebike trails in the style. Would lov it watching. Those Mountains looked tempting. ..... ☺

[@slipinn]

Liked that you pointed out the danger of cars turning right across your path. Would be great to see a film on defensive riding on an ebike in city and urban environments. Work that in to a travel film similar to this with real world circumstances that pop up. Great video.

[@ThomasOlsenJr76333]

I miss coloRADo especially living in Fort Collins... lived off of Rams Ln near the old CSU stadium!

[@salvadormuro7346]

Are we just going to ignore that the first lady he passed yelled “slow down” 😂

[@catmangamer7099]

Enjoyed the video. I live in parker,co. Makes me want to go to ft Collins and do some riding. Hoping soon you can get your hands on the new Haibike urban plus.

[@gracebenvenuti7176]

Great video ♥️ I got into csu and I’ve never been to Fort Collins

[@kyriakosliotas9272]

I was looking to buy an ebike, which aren't very popular here in Greece, and since then i have been watching your thorough videos. Great work

[@ElectricBikeReview]

Thanks Kyriakos! I love your country, some of the most beautiful and culturally rich areas I have ever been to. It sounds like there have been some challenges in recent years and my heart goes out, I think riding an ebike around Greece would be awesome :D

[@beyondfossil]

I would certainly like to see some bicycle (preferably e-bike) videos of Greece. I found myself actually specifically trying to find camera mounted bike footage on KZbin from various interesting places around the world. Places like Japan or from Peach Festivals in Ft Collins USA. :-) I'm eating a yummy white peach right now as I watch this! The bike's low point of view along with the bike's naturally quiet noise profile lets the viewer take in the actual sights and sounds from the locales the bike travels through. Bike footage makes it far more easily to get a feel for the place versus footage from a large motor vehicle or footage just a shot from a stationary location! Its just fun to watch.

[@andytuesday500]

Cool spot

[@billm6774]

Nice ride. I like long hard rides. If I may ask what app you use for the stats on the bottom of the screen. I really like the moving map and the altitude,I do alot of canyon runs and like the reference. I love the downhills still. I want to thank you for my ebike I bought after seeing your video. The ride1up700xr I got a year ago Feb2021. I've got about 700 miles on it and starting to back off on full throttle and starting to learn to power off on the flats and downhill. 🤟😎👍

[@rdkuless]

Hey Court.. How are things in Colorado.? I would love to have you do more blog on Ebike courtesy and when it is legal and not legal to use pedal assist. I know it varies from state to state. And if you were able to let us know where to look up the information in our local areas, that would be sweet. Hope things are well. Maybe you and your girl friend can make it to PDX while the weather is beautiful. Our bike trails/paths are amazing this time of year. The both of you are welcome to stay. BTW: I have been to Fort Collins 3 times for irrigation shows with my father years ago. We stayed at the Holiday in and visited several agricultural dealers. Take care my friend. R

[@ThomasOlsenJr76333]

Sir you went over a solid yellow, gonna need you to pull your bike over into the grass!

[@j.mcinen4587]

Sweet video! It's nice to see different parts of the world in HD, and with informative commentary. Everything looks clean and well maintained. Looks to be pretty dry over there, at least compared to the constant monsoon rain we've been getting in Scandinavia. Fracking sounds like a terrible idea, shame on Colorado! BTW, at 1:12:30 what did you mean by "oh, a diesel pumper"?

[@atlasking6110]

Fort Collins is an amazingly clean city. It's officially semi-arid so it's pretty dry but there's a fair amount of rain, especially in April and May. But yeah, it's a very clean, well-maintained city. The unemployment rate is VERY low here. When everybody works, they tend to take care of things.

[@darrenbrown9096]

August is summer

[@beyondfossil]

I didn't see those two guys standing in the right side of the path at all until your bike was nearly running into them at 2:15 in the video! Lucky human eyes have better exposure compensation & range than our cameras! :-) You saw them through the tunnel easily right?

[@joegarland2224]

That girl yelled slow down lol

[@cresshead]

that was brilliant...great ride...so 2 Q's what'sa 'jack in the box" (i'm from england!) and how are you recording the audio as it's much better now...looking forward to my ride outs.

[@nahnisjourney1406]

Just wondering what tracker app you were using with helmet camera? I’m just starting to ride and still learning about all the cool stuff. I really enjoyed watching this trail ride! So nice! WOW! You play the piano, too! Thank you for sharing.

[@jackie7788]

A well spent 1hr:18m. My wife and I are planning on moving from West Monroe, La to Fort Collins this coming May when the kids get out of school. Any tips on where the best places to rent homes are in Fort Collins?

[@vicreece8681]

So I didnt know there was such a thing as an ebike but when you have the electricity on, what happens to the pedals/your feet when the electric bike is on? Also how long does an average charge last and how long does it take to charge to full batteries?

[@KamleshMallick]

Hey Court, Thanks for doing this. What a beautiful place Fort Collins is. Such friendly people too. And thanks for the guided tour of Old Town! Do you live in Fort Collins? What equipment do you use to mount your camera? Do you attach it on your helmet? Thanks again!

[@ElectricBikeReview]

Hi Kamlesh! I grew up near Fort Collins and still have family in the area (who I have been visiting). I used a wearable 3 axis gimbal custom mounted the chin of this helmet: electricbikereview.com/accessories/bell/super-2r-mips/ along with a Garmin Edge 1000 to collect data :)

[@KamleshMallick]

ElectricBikeReview.com Thanks for the link! Appreciate the reply! Keep up the good work!

[@generalimac]

What app are you using to track your ride at the bottom of the screen :)

[@justnoone611]

Been there (4real)

[@p-dub22]

Do you find that while riding in the bike lane oncoming vehicles or vehicles at stop signs are not expecting a bike to be traveling close to 30mph and cut in front of you thinking they have plenty of time to make the turn or get across the intersection? That is my fear of riding so fast in the bike lane.

[@surfside-hj2ue]

What's the name of your ebike and how much does it cost? I'm in the market and looked at a Trek and Specialized but both were heavy and bulky. Both were over 3K in cost.

[@jjboohoo9641]

Nevermind about the helmet I didn't know you had the camera mounted on it. LOL

[@karltech6694]

What do you use to track your Heart Rate? Fitbit?

[@kaseyemd8504]

Hello, what are you using to measure all the parameters whilst riding?

[@ElectricBikeReview]

Hi Kasey! I think I was using a Garmin and their computer software allows trips to be synced with data that can be overlaid in a video. It might have been the VIRB, but I don’t remember exactly. I tried it a few times, but it was pretty tedious and I stopped doing it. Here’s more info www.garmin.com/en-US/p/153276 I mostly use GoPro cameras now.

[@AZPilot007]

At the end of the video if you would have kept to the right you would have gone by my old house. Gret vid Court.

[@andrewphelps1366]

More of these blogging videos please, I will gladly subscribe to another channel if needed.

[@scottthornton4220]

177 BPM??? Is that accurate?

[@sammosk]

what kind of app or program are you using in order to get those stats on the video?

[@reyleondelaselva1789]

yes, what did you use? thanks

[@ElectricBikeReview]

I'm using the Garmin Virb Edit app www.garmin.com/en-US/shop/downloads/virb-edit to overlay GMETRIX data recorded with a Garmin Edge 1000 amzn.to/2bMNVMX the layout of the gages was done custom by me

[@TheRosa63]

did that lady tell you to slow down? that is what is sounds like I wish people would mind their own business and stop trying to police others I figure as long as the coast is clear why not? butif people are on there slow down as a courtesy as well safty feature, seems like pretty place

[@dehoedisc7247]

@Ghetto Peasant How the hell would you know, asshole? None of your damn business.

[@jusioa]

Is it a typical Colorado custom to greet every single person you pass?

[@ElectricBikeReview]

I just like being friendly... felt like I was kind of rude a couple of times actually (like with the guy who had a hurt leg). Usually I'd be going slower and spending more time (and not have a camera strapped to my face XD

[@madeinuk68]

+ElectricBikeReview.com You certainly seem like a nice guy.I must admit,I am surprised how friendly everyone seems to be there.I see far too many KZbin video showing the darker side of American people.It goes to show we are all the same really.There are good and bad people the world over.It looks beautiful there,keep up the great work.I really enjoy watching your videos.

[@atlasking6110]

In FoCo it is, pretty much. Very friendly folks here.

[@atlasking6110]

The trail system in FoCo is second to none. I enjoy at least part of it almost every day. It's a real treasure. As for fracking, it is one of the reasons CO is so wealthy. Just look at states like NY that have outlawed fracking and have fallen way behind economically. Fracking also primarily benefits our fellow Coloradans in the western part of the state, where they do not have all of the economic advantages we have on the Front Range, so let's let them have theirs. The whole state benefits in the end.

[@MattTube]

Im beat lol..

[@DonnMielcarek]

Why did you turn off the Pedal Assist on the trail? Is that a law?

[@gdhhcchchg54]

Donn Mielcarek just people being old grannies about shit downright pussys really

[@markh6997]

He was being overboard ridiculous, that's why. 👍

[@juliandesmond4572]

just so you know Germany was eliminated from the World Cup competition by losing to South Korea they alsoblost to Mexico so that means they lost at least two out of three .

[@jjboohoo9641]

Why aren't you wearing a helmet man?

[@homesearchcolorado4586]

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