Bicycling improves our physical and mental health, and helps us be more connected. Conversations recorded live on Bike to Work Day during the final hour of our live stream from the Studio 809 Podcasts breakfast station at The Next Us on June 24, 2026.
Included: an excellent conversation with PikeRide CEO Tara McCarthy about how bicycling is “human scale.” “ Today's world is so fast and so overwhelming that I think cycling allows you to hit the pause button and be in a different mindset.” She also shares news about expanding into southeast Colorado Springs, 2 new adaptive electric tricycles, and E-cargo bikes later this year.
We also hear from local safer streets advocates Joan and Karl Stang. Karl has been riding to work since 1995. The couple can sometimes go a month without getting in a car. They tell us there are online lessons to help us make our streets safer – Bicycle Friendly Driver, Auto Friendly Bicyclist, Ride Leader training, Cycling Basics 101, Walkability training, and more (see links).
00:00:00 Open
00:02:17 Tara McCarthy of PikeRide
00:15:32 Joan and Karl Stang of Pedestrian and Cycle Manitou Springs (PaCMan)
00:23:42 Jax Armendariz Unzueta, host of the Justice with Jax podcast
LINKS:
PikeRide
Pedestrian and Cycle Manitou Springs - new website with links to courses, etc.
Bike Colorado Springs
Bike Lane Uprising
Justice with Jax podcast
Video Replay of Studio 809 Podcasts Bike to Work Day Live
Springs Bike Map
Colorado Springs Bike to Work Day
MENTIONED:
Bike Colorado Springs
The League of American Bicyclists
Ciara Guerrero
Kaizen Torri
Front Range Passenger Rail District
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