The 50 or so cyclists hovering around the Cheesman Park Memorial Pavilion on Tuesday shivered with excited energy.
Among them were a skeleton, an alligator and a dead World War I pilot. Someone in charge — pink vest, fluorescent accents — handed out glowsticks. The rowdies were ready for their two-wheel tour through Denver.
The group organizer appeared to be Bike + Brew Denver, a social club that advertised a “bikes and boos” Halloween ride through two cemeteries on Instagram. From Cheesman, the pedalers would roll past purportedly haunted houses on the historic East 7th Avenue Parkway, through the Fairmount Cemetery on Quebec Street and along the Highline Canal and Cherry Creek trails, according to their itinerary. Then they’d grab a drink at the horror- and punk-themed Crypt Bar in Uptown, hit the saddle and make the late-night ride home…