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A battle between ranchers wanting to protect their heritage and a Colorado bike race worth $4.5 million
By Tracy Ross, Rural Reporter, Colorado Sun The 3,000 gravel riders who do SBT GRVL each summer love how the route takes them through bucolic ranchland. Ranchers want them out. The race’s future is under scrutiny. Discussion reached an aggravated pitch when 70 or so ranchers crowded the Routt County commissioners’ hearing room in October to air their grievances about a gravel bike race that had come through their corner of the county a few ... Read more
Get Your Share the Road License Plate
Share the Road license plates raise awareness and encourage everyone to use our roads safely and respectfully. With nearly 6,000 plates on Colorado vehicles, together we’re spreading the word while raising funds to help make Colorado an even more bicycle-friendly state. By purchasing and mounting our Share the Road license plate on your car or truck, it reminds other drivers to be mindful of and respectful toward bicyclists and other vulnerable road users. Order yours ... Read more
The Ride Collective Acquires Outside Cycling Events
The Ride Collective Acquires Outside Cycling Events February 13, 2023 Veteran event directors create new entity to grow Colorado’s leading portfolio of road, gravel, and mountain bike events. Boulder, Colorado (February 13, 2023) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Outside Interactive, Inc., the world’s largest creator of content, services, education, and experiences for more than 70 million outdoor and active lifestyle enthusiasts, today announced a partnership with The Ride Collective, a new company created by two veteran employees for ... Read more
Castle Rock Bike and Ski is Growing into a New Location
Castle Rock Bike & Ski is moving to a New Home in Castle Rock, Colorado. By Gary Robinson: Colorado Avid Cyclist Growing up in Colorado, I can remember when Castle Rock was a clump of trees on the east side of the highway, with a dirt road. Then came a Pizza Hut on the south side, then a McDonalds on the West side at the top of the hill all by itself. Just a little ... Read more
Bicycle Colorado is acquiring the nonprofit Colorado Cycling
Dec 15, 2022 By: Bicycle Colorado Bicycle Colorado is acquiring the nonprofit Colorado Cycling Bicycle Colorado’s focus is to get more people of all ages and abilities to ride bikes for recreation and transportation. For over thirty years, we have advocated for laws and funding and provided education services ranging from learn-to-ride to driver training to make biking safer and more accessible for everyone. One key to Bicycle Colorado’s success is building the bike advocacy ... Read more
Bicycle Colorado-Celebrating Another Year of Biking Advocacy
Last year, Colorado Avid Cyclist was proud to become a supporter of Bicycle Colorado. As we will continue that support for 2023 and beyond, we felt it important to share their celebration of what there accomplishments were in 2022, which were plenty. Take a look at this article and we hope you you will support them as well moving into 2023 Colorado Avid Cyclist ______________________________ Dec 22, 2022 by: Bicycle Colorado Celebrating another year of ... Read more
The Littleton Twilight Criterium brings Pro Cycling back to Downtown Littleton on Aug 6
The Littleton Twilight Criterium bike race returns to Downtown Littleton on Saturday, Aug. 6, bringing professional bicyclists from around the country for high-speed races on a tight course through downtown Littleton. The race is the eighth stop in the 10-race American Criterium Cup series, a new national criterium series formed in collaboration with USA Cycling. The American Crit Cup series has a cash prize of $100,000 split equally between the men and women. The Criterium ... Read more
The Mountain Man Invitational, A Triathlon Like No Other
The Mountain Man Invitational is a 2.4mi Swim, 100mi Bike and a 26.2mi Run Off road and above 10,000′ in elevation. There is simply nothing like it on the planet! The challenge was started by Sam Piccolotti after completing a solo in August of 2020. And now, what was once a solo event for Sam Piccolotti, is now a competition coming this Saturday, July 16, in Leadville Colorado. Who shows up to Swim 2.4mi in ... Read more
Lily Williams, Colorado Springs Resident, to Compete in Woman’s Tour de France
Lily Williams, Colorado Springs Resident Adds a Colorado Connection to the Upcoming Woman’s Tour de France At a time when most athletes are at their peak, 28-year-old cyclist Lily Williams is just getting started, having been a professional cyclist for 5 years. Williams, has already had an impressive career with achievements both on the road and Velodrome where she earned bronze for Team USA in the track cycling team pursuit at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. ... Read more
