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Bicycle sales rise in Cody

By Carolyn Williams

This document was published online on Monday, July 07, 2008

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While many tourists may be using cars to travel in Cody Country, local people are increasingly seeking an alternative mode of transportation - bicycles.

“We've definitely seen more interest in biking because of fuel prices,” says Rick Roach, owner of Absaroka Bicycles.

While bad weather may have initially tempered interest, bicycle sales now are on the rise, Roach said.

“We've seen stronger sales directly related to the high price of fuel,” he adds. “Bikes also are coming off the hook and out of the garage for repair and overhaul.”

And the community is becoming more interested in commuting to work using bikes.

“The city of Cody has really stepped up and done much by maintaining bike paths around town,” Roach said.

Groups such as the Park County Pedalers also have promoted bike riding, which has contributed to greater interest.

“Hats off to all of those organizations,” Roach says.

Pam Noesner, a member of Park County Pedalers, said interest in the group has increased for various reasons, including rising gas prices.

“We've been getting more phone calls and e-mails from people who recently have purchased a bike and want to know about group rides that we do and projects we're undertaking,” she said.

“There definitely are many of us on pedal-powered two-wheelers,” Pedaler leader Matt Winslow says.

Winslow attributes much of the increased interest to warm weather, but also cites rising fuel prices.

“I've heard people say they can't put fuel in their diesel vehicles, so they're riding bikes,” he added.

The Pedalers last month improved a bike path on Paul Stock land between Canyon Meadows Subdivision and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.

With permission from the BBHC, which owns the Stock land, the group opened a bike space next to a key access gate west of The Scout statue and improved the path with gravel, dirt, signs and a new gate.

“We're investigating other projects, including safer bike paths on public land to get children from Valley View into town and from the new location of Sunset School to the middle school,” Noesner said.

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