Bicycling in Longmont – FAQs

Always ride your bike in the SAME direction that traffic is going. Being predictable on a bike is being safe.

As the painted bicycle lanes approach an intersection, some remain a solid line and some turn to dashed lines. Dashed lines indicate that cyclists have options. Solid lines suggest that bicyclists continue straight.

Bicyclists should ride as far to the right as is practical and safe. Oftentimes, there is debris, glass, ice or gutters with parallel divots on the right, in the bike lane. In Longmont, roads that have excessive debris include roads with high construction traffic, such as Martin Street, Boston Avenue, Main Street, etc.

In the City of Longmont, class 1 and class 2 e-bikes may be ridden on all bike or pedestrian paths anywhere bicycles are authorized to travel including the City’s greenway trails.

Class 3 e-bikes may only be ridden on a path within a street or highway. State law prohibits the operation of class 3 e-bikes at all other locations including greenway trails unless the local authority has expressly approved their use on these facilities. To date, the City of Longmont has not approved the use of class 3 e-bikes on the City’s greenway trails.

E-bikes are also allowed on all public streets.

The LOBO trail is a multi use path that continues from southwest Longmont to the City of Boulder. Terrain is concrete and/or crusher fines, and, weather permitting can accommodate all types of bicycles/tires. County trail maps (with the LOBO trail) are available at the Development Services Center, 385 Kimbark Street, Longmont.