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Wrapping up his twelfth year of bike commuting, Tom Sweeney, a PSD fifth-grade elementary school teacher, cyclist, and photographer, hasn’t missed a single ride to or from school since January 18th, 2012. Every ride serves as an opportunity for him to capture current events and the changing seasons via his beautiful photography. As the year comes to a close, Tom weaves the best shots into a slideshow set to music and, thankfully, shares it with us. Although the direct route from his home in West Fort Collins to Bennet Elementary spans 3.5 miles, Tom’s photographic journey often leads him off the beaten path.

Ben Delaney from The Ride came to the Fort to check out the FoCo Fondo routes and some of our other hidden gems. Join Ben, Whit, Zack, and recent Fort Collins transplant and gravel pro Katie Kantzes as they bomb around NoCo and check out the scene. 

Have you had a chance to pour over the Larimer County Natural Resources Our Lands, Our Future regional survey, yet (you probably filled it out last Fall)? The survey found community commitment to conserving public lands and fostering nature-centered recreational opportunities in Larimer County. It underscores backing for the ongoing open space sales tax and existing user fees well into the future. Additionally, residents reiterated their equal support for conservation efforts and nature-based recreational pursuits.

YGR and Ciclismo Coaching have partnered to create an MTB summer camp for middle school riders. This camp, while bike-based, will include many awesome off-bike adventures in and around Fort Collins. The five-day camp will have your kids crisscrossing Fort Collins by bike and mass transit as they experience daily bike skills clinics, morning yoga, Horsetooth swims, MAX Transit rides, trail-side repair demonstrations, trips to Lory State Park, the Berthoud Bike Park and Recreation Center, City Park Pool, and scavenger hunts.  They'll build bike repair and first aid kits, roast smores, and learn to wash their bikes. We're also working on Trailcraft Cycles and Poudre Fire Authority firehouse tours, bike-centric film screenings, and more. They might even end up picking up litter and doing trail repairs.

Volunteers will descend on the pump track and jump lines at Lory State Park to prepare the area for the season. Help is needed May 18th and 19th from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. The work will include pulling weeds, clearing drains, repacking the track and jumps, hauling dirt, and so forth. Chance Brown with J2 Consulting has already delivered 12 dump truck loads of soil to improve the start hill. Let’s go!

Jillian Betterly has partnered with Road34 Bike Shop for an evening of bikepacking stoke. They've got three storytellers lined up in addition to some adventure themed artwork. This event will give local riders an opportunity to meet other bikepackers and those who are new or curious about bikepacking to learn from experienced campers.

Speaking of The Lyric and bike films, they're showing the mtb film, Ritual, tonight and Overland Mountain Bike Association will be on hand with updates and giveaways.

The Lyric is showing the award-winning coming-of-age film Hard Miles from May 10th until May 16th.

Bike Fort Collins is hosting Bike Prom at the Lyric on June 1st, 2024.  Doors open at 8pm and tickets are $35.00.  The Pre-Party starts at 5:00pm at Odell’s Brewing with a 7:30 Bike Parade to The Lyric.

On Friday, the Colorado State Rams cycling team won the Men's Club Team Time Trial National Championship in Albuquerque, NM. The women's team took 4th. Although the road race and criterium didn't go as well as had been hoped, the team still finished second in the omnium.  Full team results are below.
Olivia Cummins, racing for Colorado Mesa University, was on the National Championship winning Team Time Trial Team, took 2nd in the criterium and 10th in the road race.

Men's and woman's amateur cycling team consisting of riders of all ages and abilities racing in road, mtb, gravel and cyclocross races.