10 Tracks

This week’s YGR 10 Tracks features Lora Lowe, Ciclismo's Super Mom. She got involved with the local scene when her son Nate (next week's DJ) was a freshman. Lora's musical taste is inspired by the Austin scene and ACL.

We last crossed paths with the Grant family through Owen. This time, it is Pete’s turn. Pete Grant has called Fort Collins home for more than 20 years and has long been a fixture in the local riding community. He is a dedicated mountain biker, a skier when conditions allow and ecen when they don't, and the owner of Redbird Carpentry, where he has been self employed for more than three years.

This week’s 10 Tracks DJ is 12 year old Owen Grant, a seventh grader at Lesher Middle School and one of the fastest young riders in Northern Colorado. Owen recently took the win at the U18 FoCo Fondo 30 miler and spends most of his time riding bikes, racing bikes, thinking about bikes and talking about bikes.

Last week we featured Olivia Helgerson’s 10 Tracks. This week we have her dad, Tharen Helgerson. Tharen is a SendTown coach (Ciclsimo and Devo programs) and a steady presence in the Northern Colorado mountain bike scene.

This week’s YGR 10 Tracks DJ is Olivia Helgerson. Olivia just wrapped up her final season racing with Ciclismo/SendTown on the Fort Collins High School Mountain Bike Team. A legacy rider with the Colorado High School Cycling League, she raced all four years, finishing this season in third place overall in the JV category.

If you’ve spent any time on Northern Colorado trails, you’ve probably seen Dr. Marie Walsh and maybe even heard her singing. The Fort Collins family medicine physician rides big miles, tackling huge adventures with a soundtrack that plays on a loop in her head.

Today’s 10 Tracks DJ is Derek Young. Derek has called Fort Collins home for the past ten years after moving here from Toms River, New Jersey, to attend grad school in mechanical engineering at Colorado State University. He works as a Research Associate in CSU’s thermal energy systems group, where he studies heat transfer and thermodynamics.

Shane Garland has called Fort Collins home for the past 10 years after moving here for graduate school at CSU. He works as a mechanical engineer in a thermal energy research lab on campus and races with the Miiflo Cycling Team. Originally from St. Louis, MO, Shane is the lucky type of cyclist who truly loves to ride all the bikes: cyclocross, gravel, mountain, and road. Don't let his humble demeanor fool you; he's one of the stronger riders in town, especially when the road turns upward.

This week’s YGR 10 Tracks features longtime Fort Collins rider Rachel Hurshman. Rachel has called Fort Collins home for 21 years and works as a Wellness Coordinator for Greeley-Evans School District 6, where she’s been for 12 years. She grew up in Montrose, CO, and rides with the Fort Follies. Rachel is also a longtime regular at the YGR Time Trials and lined up for all nine of them this year. You’ll most often find her on a mountain bike, though she mixes in gravel and road.

Michael Kanter is wrapping up his time in Fort Collins and heading to Philadelphia to begin law school this fall. During his three-plus years in town, he worked as a Unit Director for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Larimer County, rode pretty much every style of bike, and even launched his own privateer pro gravel team, Corndoggies. While racing will mostly pause for now, his playlists—and his love of long, remote rides—aren’t going anywhere.

Michael Kanter is wrapping up his time in Fort Collins and heading to Philadelphia to begin law school this fall. During his three-plus years in town, he worked as a Unit Director for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Larimer County, rode pretty much every style of bike, and even launched his own privateer pro gravel team, Corndoggies. While racing will mostly pause for now, his playlists—and his love of long, remote rides—aren’t going anywhere.

This week’s 10 Tracks feature comes from Cole Schumacher, store manager at Trek Bikes Loveland. Originally from Las Vegas, Cole has lived in Northern Colorado for two years and rides road, gravel, and mountain bikes. He listens to music regularly—whether commuting, riding, or hanging out with friends—and submitted a playlist that reflects influences from his hometown and close friends. His current bike of choice is a Trek Checkpoint, and his favorite local routes include Rist and Rattlesnake.