It’s quite common to see a bicycle in Colorado. It’s not so common to see a bicycle carved out of a tree.This year’s Roll Bike Art Festival opens Friday at Marmalade at Smokebrush. The annual festival, which focuses on bicycle-themed artwork, is in its eighth year. Artwork will be on display through Oct. 20 in the Trestle Building, which houses Marmalade.”This event has a lot of cross-pollination, and we like those sorts of things,” says Don Goede, executive director for the Smokebrush Foundation. “Folks can come out to see some good art, but also hear some good music. We have different things for different people.”Several bike-themed activities will highlight opening night. For the first hour, visitors can try some Bicycle Yoga, in which they learn yoga postions that balance a typical hunched-forward cycling posture.Following that, Brendan Hannigan, of the Mobile Music Project, will premiere his “bike-powered stage” — bicycle pedaling provides the juice for the stage’s amplifiers. Volunteers will have the opportunity to power the amps for a performance by local band Mango fan Django.Finally, the Springs’ own James McGraw will wow audiences with his flatland BMX show.McGraw’s act “involves strength, balance and risk-taking,” says Amy Seltzer, the festival’s curatrix. “He does whatever he wants on a bike.”As for the art, Seltzer says this year’s festival features a particular emphasis on works using repurposed bicycle parts. Abstract prints made with rusted bike chains and a corset constructed of bike inner tubes are just two of the diverse offerings.More traditional bike-themed pieces that include paintings, drawings, photos and sculptures — of both wood and steel — will also be on display.Goede says Colorado’s strong cycling culture gives the art a fitting home here in the state. He hopes that Smokebrush can work with the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, held in Colorado, sometime in the near future.Bikes serve as the festival’s common denominator, catching people’s attention in order to introduce them to something brand new.”I love that about Colorado,” says Goede. “You can bring different kinds of people together around a common theme. You see a lot of bikes in the state, but someone will come here to find bikes and instead find something they were never expecting.”