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There are few better feelings than finishing a hard ride, sweat on your face, sun on your skin with a nice tailwind as you speed through scenic landscapes.  Although cycling does have numerous health benefits, sun exposure from cycling is not without risk.

The new Stout Connector Trail is now open in Horsetooth Mountain Open Space. The new section is 1.3 total miles long and provides a much more fun connection between Stout and Nomad trails, avoiding the lower section of Towers.

USA Cycling announced that Fort Collins' own Oliva Cummins has made the 2023 USA Worlds Track Team.

Overland Mountain Bike Association will host its monthly Trail Talks at Drake Cycles on Tuesday July 11th. 

The North South Bikepacking race is set to roll out from Fort Collins' Lee Martinez Park on Friday at 6am. The 609-mile self-supported gravel race (similar to the CTR) with roughly  52,150 feet of elevation gain will end in Trinidad, CO.  NoCo has five racers on the start list.

The City Streets Criterium Series hosted by the First City Cycling Team begin Tuesday July 11th and continue for six Tuesdays. The schedule has been changed up a bit from previous years, make sure you check the flyer for your updated race times. NEW to this year is the Women's Only category (although Women are not restricted from entering other categories as well). Volunteers are needed and appreciated.

Every June, Colorado celebrates Bike Month and here in Fort Collins, we love anything that highlights and promotes people who ride bicycles. Bike to Work (or Wherever) Day, is planned for Wednesday, June 28, 2022- the 35th year.

The FoCo Fondo June training ride is coming up on Sunday, June 18th with two routes. The 90-mile route leaves from New Belgium at 9am (meeting at 830 if you please). The 37-mile route is rolling from the Forks around 9am. If you are doing the shorter route, carpooling is strongly encouraged. Meet at the New Belgium Matrix lot at 7:45am to Hitch-A-Ride or help others do so if you have room.

YGR advertiser and nationally ranked age group triathlete Bryan VanMeveren of the VanMeveren Law Group recently updated his book, Your Guide to Road Cycling Safety in Colorado. The book discusses topics like; How common are bike crashes in Colorado, the new Colorado Safety Stop Law, and Vulnerable Road User Statute, Are Cyclists Required to Stay In The Bike Lane At All Times, Can Cyclists Ride Two Abreast On The Roadway, and much more.

YGR has confirmed that Incycle, a subsidiary of Specialized Bicycles, will open three bike shops in the former corporate TREK Bicycle locations here in Fort Collins and Loveland. According to the Incycle website, the shops will open at 202 Laurel St and 931 E Harmony Rd, in Fort Collins and 4880 Thompson Pkwy in Loveland/Johnstown "soon".

The 2023 edition of the One Speed Open will take place on Sunday, June 11th at 10am. The OSO is the OG NoCo gravel event, first taking place in 2005. V1 was a fundraiser so the legend, Rafael Millan-Garcia could head back to Mexico to visit his ailing father. The lowkey grassroots gravel race has happened more or less every year since.

Overland Mountain Bike Association will host their monthly Trail Talks at The Mayor on Thursday, June 8th.  This month's discussion will include work being conducted on Roaring Creek.