[MissTed]

Problem is, not every bicyclist stays in the shoulder. I've seen a lot of riders ride two or more across.

[tatsinfla]

so much for going green in this town...lol...

[VRWCmember]

Share-the-road ping

[dirtboy]

Problem is, not every bicyclist stays in the shoulder. I've seen a lot of riders ride two or more across.

Then the laws should specifically target such persons, instead of being yet another local government using brute force against something the state deems to be a lawful activity. You know, like cracking down on gun ownership instead of those who use guns in a dangerous manner.

[Paladin2]

Sounds like a Civil Rights violation.

[bboop]

Another problem is that fast bicyclists go 10 mph and slow cars go 30 mph. I’m backing the mayor.

[Melas]

I’m visiting Colorado this Summer. If I decide to gamble, I’ll go to Cripple Creek. Blackhawk won’t see a dime from me.

[FrankR]

Bicyclists notoriously demand - not just equal rights with cars - but superior rights to cars...and they don't pay one damn cent for road taxes, gasoline taxes, inspections, license plates, operators' licenses, or insurance.

Most of us learned as kids to not ride bikes on the sidewalks, but these adult "children" are pitching their little spandex hissy fits to have their way.

This is not going to end up well in the long run.

[a fool in paradise]

"Now that cyclists have almost the same rules as motorists

They are called LAWS, not RULES.

Is there a competency exam? Annual licensing? Inspection of vehicle? An air-pressure tax?

[Truth29]

The roads are narrow and do not have shoulders? Do they have sidewalks or do the cyclists now walk their bikes in the street? Come on reporters.

[dirtboy]

noting that no accidents prodded the ban.

I think the casino bus operators complained about getting stuck behind cyclists on the long uphill into Black Hawk. Can't have the folks in the busses delayed in feeding money into the slot machines, can we?

[laotzu]

This has the potential for racial profiling.

These people are no better than Hitler.

[jaydubya2]

Charlie Henderson, president of the Rocky Mountain Cycling Club. "I wonder if motorcycles will be next."

Charlie, motorcycles can keep up with traffic, bikes can't.

[bcsco]

I see little difference between this law and speed limit laws. What, these bicyclists can’t get off their bike and walk it the 1/2 mile until they’re out of town? That’s too much of an imposition? Sheesh.

[mountainlion]

Bicycles are the only ones in colorado that do not pay any taxes. The rest of the state is overtaxed. The governor rides a bicycle and has not made bicycles pay their share.

[RandallFlagg]

They did this to themselves. Demanding the, “Three-feet law,” forced this onto Blackhawk.

[Onelifetogive]

"They are singling out one classification of vehicle," said Charlie Henderson, president of the Rocky Mountain Cycling Club. "I wonder if motorcycles will be next."

So, if the bicyclist can add a small electric motor to one of the wheels, is it legal again? I'm thinking a 9V battery and a tiny stepper motor taped near the front tire.

[deport]

Problem is, not every bicyclist stays in the shoulder.

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According to the article you posted there are no shoulders.

....The roads in Black Hawk are narrow and do not have shoulders.

[SC DOC]

Interesting comments on the Mayor of Black Hawk.

[libertarian27]

Demanding that those trucks provide 3 feet of space when passing cyclists — as required by a 2009 Colorado law — means trucks and buses must move into oncoming traffic, Copp said.

Question: Is therea requirement in Colorado law for passing pedestrians on the street? Is there a foot rule with that too?

Bicyclists drive met nuts, I wish they could use the sidewalks - would be safer for everyone.

[Gay State Conservative]

Hard to see how this ban would survive a court challenge.