The Extra Mile Outdoor Gear and Bike sits at 126 West 4th Street in downtown Loveland, Colorado, a Larimer County city known locally as the Sweetheart City for its long-running Valentine remailing program and, just as much, for its public art scene and easy access to the foothills west of town along U.S. Highway 34 toward Big Thompson Canyon and Rocky Mountain National Park. Fourth Street runs through Loveland’s compact historic downtown, a district built around brick storefronts, the Rialto Theater, and a growing cluster of independent shops and restaurants that has drawn steady reinvestment over the past decade.
As an outdoor gear and bike shop, the store serves a customer base defined largely by Loveland’s geography: a Front Range city positioned almost exactly between Fort Collins and the Denver metro area, with immediate access to foothills trail systems, the Big Thompson River, and, further west, the high country of Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. That setting makes secondhand and consignment-style outdoor retail a natural fit for the area, since cyclists, hikers, and campers in a mountain-adjacent town like Loveland tend to cycle through gear seasonally and often prefer buying and selling used equipment locally rather than only shopping new.
A store built around outdoor gear and bikes typically carries a working mix of bicycles and cycling accessories alongside camping, hiking, and general outdoor apparel, with the specific inventory shifting according to what comes in from local sellers and what the season calls for, heavier on skis and cold-weather layers in winter and shifting toward bikes, tents, and warm-weather gear as spring and summer bring more trail and river traffic to the area. That kind of rotating, locally sourced inventory model rewards repeat visits from regular customers who know to check back as the seasons turn, rather than treating the shop as a once-a-year stop.
Downtown Loveland’s Fourth Street corridor is walkable from the Loveland Museum and the city’s well-known outdoor sculpture displays, making a stop at the shop easy to fold into a broader afternoon spent downtown, whether that means grabbing coffee nearby, browsing the historic district’s other independent storefronts, or simply parking once and covering several stops on foot. For residents gearing up for a weekend on the Devil’s Backbone trails or a longer trip into the high country, having a bike and outdoor gear specialist within the downtown core itself, rather than only at big-box retailers on the edge of town, is a genuine convenience.
Because hours and current inventory for a shop built on rotating, locally sourced outdoor gear can vary, anyone planning a specific errand, whether that is finding a particular bike size or checking on camping gear ahead of a trip, is best served by calling 970-800-3660 ahead of a visit to confirm what is currently in stock. The Extra Mile Outdoor Gear and Bike remains, at its core, a downtown Loveland shop built around bikes and outdoor equipment, serving Front Range residents positioned between Fort Collins and Denver with easy access to the region’s foothills and high country trails.
