BikeDenver is pleased to introduce you to Peter Thulson, our April choice for Bike Hero of the Month! Our Bike Hero awards help showcase the diversity of citizen-cyclists and the people who support them in Denver. BikeDenver’s Bike Hero of the Month Program highlights one person each month, and helps encourage people to bike by telling their personal story.
Meet Peter Thulson: Peter has been commuting by bike for twenty years – obsessively for the last five years. He lives in the Alamo Placita neighborhood, at 5th and Ogden, and rides to Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning at 1700 S. Holly, where he teaches first grade. Peter has two bikes and loves his ten mile roundtrip commute, which he rides year round regardless of the weather.
Why Peter rides: Maybe it’s because he’s a teacher, but Peter’s philosophy is simple, easily expressed and easy to relate to. He says: “It makes me happy getting there on my own power. Plus, I enjoy the air,
animals, people – all the creatures I cross paths with on the Cherry Creek Trail.”
To nominate a Bike Hero, please send a photo and a brief description of why you think they should be recognized (100 words or less) to info(at)bikedenver.org.
We started naming Bike Heroes in January, meet them here!:
March Bike Hero – Broox Pulford!
February Bike Hero – Rocio Rowland!
January Bike Hero – Chad McKeehan!
Our Bike Heroes get a nifty certificate, the public notoriety of being named a Bike Hero, and a $50 gift card from supporter Bicycle Village!
BikeDenver is Denver’s bicycle advocacy organization. BikeDenver promotes and encourages bicycling in Denver and works to make Denver a better place to ride your bike. Why? Because it’s healthy for you, and healthy for Denver. www.bikedenver.org
Bicycle Village has been a Colorado owned and operated business for more than 30 years. From modest beginnings in an 1800 square ft. building in West Denver, Bicycle Village has grown into the largest bicycle retailer in the Rockies. www.bicyclevillage.com
Fun Stuff:
See BikeDenver’s PSA’s and learn about the great reasons to ride in Denver: “Priceless” “Why I Ride”
You can help make Denver’s streets safer for people like Peter by becoming a BikeDenver member: Join BikeDenver!
