Editing Boulder, Colorado (section)

===Boulder Cruiser Ride===
[[File:Boulder Bike Night 2021.jpg|thumb|alt=Cyclists gathering on a road during night.|Bicycle riders joining together on Happy Thursday Cruiser Ride]]
The Happy Thursday Cruiser Ride is a weekly bicycle ride in Boulder Colorado.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haggard |first1=Lucy |title=Feeling young and youthful and crazy |url=https://www.boulderweekly.com/special-editions/feeling-young-and-youthful-and-crazy/ |website=Boulder Weekly |date=August 19, 2021 |access-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002213231/https://www.boulderweekly.com/special-editions/feeling-young-and-youthful-and-crazy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Boulder Cruiser Ride grew from a group of friends and friends of friends in the early '90s riding bicycles around Boulder into the social cycling event it is today.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thursday Night Cruiser Ride - in Boulder - LikeALocal Guide |url=https://www.likealocalguide.com/boulder/thursday-night-cruiser-ride |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.likealocalguide.com}}</ref> Some enthusiasts gather wearing costumes and decorating their bikes; themes are an integral part of the cruiser tradition.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} Boulder Police began following the cruiser ride as it gained in popularity in the early 2000s.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Issues with underage drinking, reckless bicycle riding, and other nuisance complaints led organizers to drop the cruiser ride as a public event.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Vanessa |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/archivesearch/ci_13081304#axzz0mpwnioaG |title=Cruisers Closing Ride to Public |newspaper=Daily Camera |date=August 14, 2009 |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825212415/http://www.dailycamera.com/archivesearch/ci_13081304#axzz0mpwnioaG |url-status=live }}</ref> Returning to an underground format, where enthusiasts must become part of the social network before gaining access to event sites, the Boulder Cruiser Ride has continued as a local tradition.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} On May 30, 2013, over 400 riders attended the Thursday-night Cruiser Ride in honor of "Big Boy", an elk that was shot and killed on New Year's Day by an on-duty<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26429509/mapleton-elk-sentencing-sam-carter-boulder-police|title=Sam Carter spared prison in Mapleton elk case, sentenced to 4 years probation|access-date=June 29, 2015|archive-date=May 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503075615/http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26429509/mapleton-elk-sentencing-sam-carter-boulder-police|url-status=live}}</ref> Boulder Police officer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Staff |first=Camera |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23358275/boulder-cruisers-ride-mapleton-elk |title=Boulder Cruisers Ride for Mapleton Elk |newspaper=Daily Camera |date=May 30, 2013 |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113455/http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23358275/boulder-cruisers-ride-mapleton-elk |url-status=live }}</ref>