See Denver by Bicycle

Denver has seen the success of cities in Europe renting bicycles and is going to be offering bicycles for rent on its streets. The city first tried it out during the Democratic Convention and was surprised that during the four days of the convention,some 26,000 miles were ridden by the bikes. This summer a permanent program will be put in place for use on the city's extensive network of bike paths. The stations will be accessible by tourists as they will be located near museums, hotels and the convention center. Denver is an ideal city for bikes as it has some 300 days of sunshine a year and beautiful scenery. Donors gave the city $1 million to setup the bike system and the city will use the Velib program, the same used in Paris. The bikes will be equipped with baskets that can carry up to 30 pounds.