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Local Eagle Scout and mountain biker Ethan Hawley is working to add bike repair stations to several Fort Collins Natural Areas. The stations will be similar to those found around the Fort Collins area and will include a stand, pump, and tools mounted on a concrete slab. Ethan has established a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for the four stations that will be installed in four Natural Areas: Bobcat Ridge, Maxwell, and Reservoir Ridge Natural (x2) Areas.

The City of Fort Collins is hosting a free regional trails summit on September 26, 2024 to convene Northern Colorado trail development agencies, partners, advocates, user groups, and supporters in celebration of the City’s forthcoming Strategic Trails Plan and the exceptional paved trail system that our communities enjoy.

The cyclocross skills course at Rossborough Park has opened for the 2024 season! The parks department just finished painting the course so we're good to go. The .71 mile grass course includes; off-camber turns, two sets of stairs, a sandpit, and two adjustable-height barriers, a bunny hopping log and a one-handed turning pole.

16 riders are currently on course in the 2024 High Plains Drifter gravel race. The racers departed Twin Rivers Ball Park in Greeley at 7am this morning with 318 miles and 12,000ft of elevation gain ahead of them.  The unsupported bikepacking adventure is approximately 70% gravel, 10% B roads, 10% single-track and 10% hard surface. 

Investigators from the Larimer County Sheriff's Office have arrested a suspect in connection with the Alexander Mountain Fire on charges of arson and other felonies.

Following a detailed investigation and evidence collection near the initial smoke reports, officials from the LCSO and the U.S. Forest Service concluded that the fire began in a campfire ring and was caused by human activity. Through further investigation, they identified Jason Alexander Hobby (born 06/16/75) of Loveland as the suspect. Hobby is a former employee of the Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch.

Ciclismo Racing's coach, Jeremy Norris, has the race report from this past weekend’s Colorado High School Cycling League’s races in Steamboat.

Trek Fort Collins is hosting an End-of-Summer Gravel Party on Sunday, September 22. The free event will include two group rides, coffee, donuts, the Corndoggies food truck, and a raffle.

As one of the founders of the Wish For Wheels FoCo program, I'm super excited that our initiative, which has donated over 1,000 bikes and helmets to PSD second graders since 2020, is expanding under a new name.  MyCycle will still provide bikes and helmets to second graders at PSD Title One schools but will now have the flexibility to provide bikes to kids in other grades, other schools, other local school districts, and to kids with different adaptive needs. Since Bike Fort Collins is now the sole non-profit administering the program, all of your funds will stay in Northern Colorado.

Fort Collins' Mike Williams finally got his National Time Trial record over the weekend in Moriarty, New Mexico. Jim Dickerson was second in the 65-69 age group. His current record of 25:36.17 in that category stands. Mike joins current or past NoCo residents: Jim Dickerson, Matt Skrdla, George Simpson (previous record holder), Olivia Cummins, Chris Stockburger and Alex Coelho as a national record holder.  Congrats Mike!

Northern Colorado has 17 racers registered for USA Cycling's Gravel Nationals in Gering, Nebraska, this coming Sunday. Greg Scanlan hopes to repeat as the men's 50-54 champion on the 88-mile course. That category, in particular, will be fun to watch as it has four strong NoCo racers: Scanlan, Skrdla, Workman, and Dority.  After winning road nationals, Joe  Zukowski hopes to win the 13-14 age group, perhaps with some help from his younger brother Ben, who is also racing in that category on the 25-mile course. Also, look for Whit and Zack to have strong rides in the elites on the 131-mile course. The full NoCo roster with race distances is below and will be updated with results as they come in. As of Tuesday morning, 531 racers were registered.

The town of Windsor is hosting short-track mountain bike races to celebrate the opening of the Kyger Open Space. The free races, which take place on Saturday, September 21st, are on a one-mile course throughout the open space. There are races for all ages and abilities.

The Platte Division of the Colorado High School Mountain Bike League got off to a great start at the opening race of the season, the Frisco Bay Invitational, on August 24-25. The Ciclismo Racing Team, led by coach Andy Clark, had a fantastic showing with 50 athletes from four Fort Collins High Schools, with 12 riders placing in the top 10 in their divisions. Riders completed 2-3 laps of the 5.9-mile course, which offered 552 feet of climbing per lap on a fast, multi-surface course.