This summer’s Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes have come to a close, but Boulder County cyclists remain committed all summer! Many of our market customers prefer their bikes as a convenient transportation method to avoid crowded parking, savor the summer sunshine, limit carbon emissions and transport their market hauls in style.
Don’t be intimidated by biking to a farmers market near you! We have all the bike commuting tips you need from Executive Director Mackenzie Sehlke.
Mackenzie can often be spotted pedaling around town, heading to a meeting or to a market. Her personal record is 40 pounds of tomatoes in one trip — a terrifying and exhilarating ride, only recommended for those planning to make sauce.
Here are her top tips for getting started with biking to BCFM markets:
1. Get setup to shop: Outfit your bike with baskets, panniers, or racks to make things easier to transport (and encourage buying that extra pound of mushrooms that a backpack won’t hold). Bring some bungee cords for securing that flat of peaches!
2. Take a lap: When you arrive at market, do a scouting lap and see what’s on offer this week! Doing a pre-shop walk helps get organized to buy heavy things first and pack your bag and bike wisely.
3. Refuel/rehydrate at the market: It’s a perfect pit stop for replenishing after a ride. Ice cream is an excellent recovery food.
4. Load-up smart: Heavy and sturdy things like frozen meat, melons and jars of hot sauce get loaded first to avoid unnecessary smushing. That plume of rainbow chard looks beautiful poking out the top of a basket and protects those fragile greens.
5. Don’t worry: Biking home with a grocery shop is totally possible — but it’s ok if you buy too much to haul! Ask our fruit producers to keep that case of plums behind the stall for a future pick up later in the day if it gets too much.
By bike
If you’ve ever started your market stroll from Canyon, you’ve likely seen our bike racks, located right at the south side of the market. We love seeing how full the racks become throughout the day. A special shout out to the bikers who shuffle through the market with their clip-in shoes to get a pastry from Izzio or a coffee from Silver Canyon to make the ride home ten times better.
By bike share
For those who enjoy the flexibility and electrical assist of Boulder’s e-bikes, there are two docking stations within a block of market at 14th & Canyon and 13th & Arapahoe.
Rest assured, if those two cases of peaches are just too much to handle on your scooter, you can order online for pick-up at a more convenient time and location in Longmont, Boulder, Lafayette, or Denver.
By bus
Biking is not the only way to reach the market without driving a personal car. The downtown Boulder bus terminal is located a short 4-minute walk from our market. In Longmont, the stop at Bent Way & Hover Road or the stop at Ken Pratt Boulevard and Sunset Street are both less than a mile walk from the market. As an added bonus, RTD bus fares are free for the month of August for the Zero Fare for Better Air initiative!
So hop on the bus and be sure to tell that jealous fellow bus rider exactly where you got that gorgeous bunch of curly kale.
Stop by this week on Wednesday in Boulder or on Saturday in Longmont or Boulder and think about trying an alternative method of transportation. At the end of the day, however you get to market, we will be glad to see you.
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