Colorado Rider News is celebrating our 1-year anniversary, and as I look back on where we started and where we are this December,
we here at CRN should be so proud of the publication we have created. [Read more…] about Our First Anniversary
BikerDown
33rd Annual Toy Run Delivers Joy to Children’s Hospital Colorado
By: Janalee Card-Chmel
Over a thousand bikers showed up – and gussied up! – for the 33rd Annual Toy Run on Sunday, December 2, braving temps in the teens to line up and deliver much-needed toys to Children’s Hospital Colorado. [Read more…] about 33rd Annual Toy Run Delivers Joy to Children’s Hospital Colorado
BikerDown: Toy Run Breakfast in the Park
This will be the 7th year that BikerDown will host Breakfast In the Park at Aurora Sports Park the morning of the Toy Run.
Volunteers will arrive at 7:30 am and breakfast begins at 8 am sharp. This has become a tradition in the morning and gives the riders a place to socialize, wake up and get in line early so they can be at the start of the parade. It has always been a contest to see who can be the first 100 riders lined up for the parade. [Read more…] about BikerDown: Toy Run Breakfast in the Park
33rd Annual Toy Run to the Children’s Hospital
By: Marina Yevoli
This year marks the 33rd year in a row for the largest Motorcycle Toy Run in the state, and this one is the Toy Run to the Children’s Hospital. Following last year’s record breaking attendance, the outlook for this year’s event should surpass it! [Read more…] about 33rd Annual Toy Run to the Children’s Hospital
Adopt-A-Family
BikerDown is in our 7th year of Adopting Families for the Holidays program. The program started with the desire to help 2 families that has suffered a tragic loss due to a motorcycle fatality. While we knew we couldn’t replace the loss they were feeling, we could ensure that the family wasn’t alone and that the children had Christmas under the tree. [Read more…] about Adopt-A-Family
Focus on Giving
BikerDown National announced on September 15th that they have taken a necessary step to help riders fundraise online here in Colorado and nationwide. BikerDown National has struggled for years on how to help injured riders outside of the state of Colorado more effectively. BikerDown currently receives on average 2-3 help requests per days from out-of-state riders. BikerDown calls on all help requests and tries to help the families or injured rider weed through the trauma that they are going through but has been powerless to give any financial assistance to riders outside of Colorado or their current chapters. [Read more…] about Focus on Giving
Random Acts of Kindness
By: Jordan Munoz – Fundraiser
In 2016, Jordan Munoz was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident after an evening workout at Planet Fitness in Pueblo, Colorado, where he was an employee. [Read more…] about Random Acts of Kindness
BikerDown Foundation Expanding Nationwide
BikerDown was founded in November of 2011 with the mission of helping injured riders in Colorado. Nothing could have ever prepared this nonprofit for the journey ahead and the diversity of the riders that we would meet. This mission has changed so drastically since 2011 as BikerDown continued to grow. Never did I anticipate that we would be so actively involved with an injured rider’s family and friends. I never anticipated the need for this nonprofit would be so great that we would help over 65 families with their motorcycle fatalities and over 150 accident help requests just within the state of Colorado in 2017. [Read more…] about BikerDown Foundation Expanding Nationwide
Driving Laws Must Keep Pace with Technology
By: Susan Dane, CORD Chair
CORD, along with ABATE, Biker Down, Bicycle Colorado, Bike Blue, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, the Property & Casualty Insurance Association of America, Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Department of Transportation, AAA and Colorado Drive Safe will be meeting with Senator Lois Court and her Bill Drafter at the end of November to talk about reviving the “Use of Electronic Mobile Devices While Driving” Bill that did not make it through the legislature in 2018. [Read more…] about Driving Laws Must Keep Pace with Technology
Randy’s Run for Fallen Bikers
By: Laurie Montoya, Publisher
Our riding community is again facing an epidemic of motorcycle accidents. As we hit mid-year of our riding season, there is hardly a day that we don’t turn on our phones or social media and not hear that another rider has gone down and is in the hospital. [Read more…] about Randy’s Run for Fallen Bikers