As a cyclist (road & mtn) as well as a tax paying automobile driver, I wholly support a tax on cycling equipment.  If Colorado wants to build a safe cycling infrastructure, there needs to be a funding source to supplement the very small share of general transportation dollars that cycling gets.  

I would favor an excise tax modeled after the Pittman-Robertson Act, which helps support wildlife…look at the huge benefits that have come out of that funding source in the last 75 years.  If you don’t know about this, please research it a bit; about 25% of the Colorado Parks & Wildlife budget comes from this funding source.

A tax to build a safe cycling infrastructure is not punitive nor mean spirited aimed at cyclists…it is a way to build a transportation solution for many, many more cyclists!