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A serious bicycle crash can change the shape of a life in a few seconds. One rider remembers a blur of asphalt, the sound of a driver saying, “I didn’t even see you,” and then weeks of surgeries, headaches, insurance calls, and missed work. That sequence is painfully common. The collision itself is violent, but the claim that follows can be just as disorienting, especially when the injuries are significant and the rider is expected to “move on” before the full med

A bicycle crash can turn an ordinary commute or weekend ride into a medical, financial, and legal problem in a matter of seconds. One moment you are rolling through a Denver intersection or coasting down a neighborhood street, the next you are on the pavement, disoriented, hurt, and trying to figure out what just happened. For many riders, the first real shock comes after the ambulance ride or urgent care visit, when the bills start arriving and the

Denver has become a city where bikes and rideshare vehicles occupy the same curb space, often at the same tense moments. A driver slows suddenly near Union Station, a passenger pushes open a rear door into a bike lane on Blake, or a rideshare car cuts across traffic to grab a pickup in Capitol Hill. These are not abstract traffic scenarios. They are the kinds of collisions that leave cyclists with broken collarbones, wrist fractures, concussions, torn knee li