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Northern Colorado high school athletes are getting ready for the first race of the Colorado High School Mountain Bike season, with the Platte Division opening its season Sunday in Frisco.

Most of the Fort Collins area riders are part of SendTown Bike Club’s Ciclismo High School program, which has 60 athletes in the program this year, including 10 girls. Two eighth graders are also part of the program but are not yet eligible to race.

I'm super excited about this post-  our buddy Jim Dickerson is a world champion!
Dickerson, 71, won the men’s 70–74 individual time trial at the 2026 UCI World Championships in Niseko, Japan, yesterday. He covered the pan-flat 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) course in 20:58.37, finishing about 12 seconds ahead of second place.

I’m incredibly sad to announce that Fort Collins native Clint Knapp has passed away.
Clint suffered a cardiac event while riding with his dog, Abby, in his adopted home of Billings, Montana, on Saturday, August 22. He passed away Monday morning, August 24. He was 53.

Overland Mountain Bike Association, Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming's IMBA chapter, is hiring an Outreach Coordinator. The opening for the full-time permanent position closes on August 31st or when filled.

Colorado's popular statewide e-bike rebate program is coming back later this month. Beginning August 24, eligible low and moderate income Coloradans can register for a chance to receive a $1,000 point of sale rebate toward the purchase of a qualifying e-bike, with additional incentives available for cargo and adaptive e-bikes.

Alright, fine, let's talk about chip seal and why it's a necessary evil. Nobody likes it, but we should at least understand why it gets done every summer.
I fired off a Q&A to Todd Juergens, Director for Larimer County Road and Bridge, to get info on lifespan, frequency, cost, and why, from an engineering standpoint, repaving isn't always the best course of action. Head over to YGR to learn everything you ever wanted to know about your nemesis, Mr Chip Seal.

One of the biggest missing links in Fort Collins' trail network is finally beginning to look like..... a trail.

As Windsor prepares to break ground on a 10-acre bike park in early 2027 and Fort Collins continues planning for a proposed 60-acre bike park, another community in the region is about to celebrate a major milestone.

The City of Laramie, Wyoming, will officially open its new 9-acre bike park on Aug. 22, continuing a growing trend of communities investing in purpose-built spaces for cyclists of all ages and abilities.

The MyCycle campaign kicked off this week, and I'm hoping you've already earmarked it as one of the ways you're going to give back to the community each year. The need isn't going anywhere, and neither are we. Let's fund some bikes.

How's everyone feeling after yet another epic FoCo Fondo weekend? Dehydration headache anyone? Find results, photo galleries, and the full 118-mile course stream here.

I know many of you are wondering how you can show support for Cate Withrow's family, friends, colleagues, and students after the recent crash that took her life. I've been in touch with the family and have compiled the following resources. I've also provided some mental health resources and tips on how to talk to Cate's friends and family after her passing- say her name, share a memory.