The Boise Bicycle Project hosts second annual Open Streets Boise event
The sun shines brilliantly down on the streets of W Ustick Rd between Cole Road and Mountain View Drive. Instead of the usual crossing cars, the streets are transformed, bustling with people of all ages, riding in and out on bikes alongside their pets and children. This lively atmosphere was all thanks to the Boise Bicycle Project’s second annual Open Streets Boise “car-free celebration”.
The evolving project began in the late 1900s when a man by the name of Jeff Lebesch created the Tour De Fat, a cycling tour that began in Fort Collins, Colorado, to celebrate beer and biking.
After several years of the traveling event running through the streets of Boise, the Tour De Fat eventually moved on, but not without leaving a lasting impression.
In 2018, the Boise Bicycle Project began its own event inspired by Tour De Fat — Goathead Fest, an event where the community came together to pick the invasive weeds known as goatheads…