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The Garmin Mash Down Tour is coming to Fort Collins on Wednesday, Oct 26th. The event will take place at Rocky Mountain Multisport from 6:00- 8:00 pm.

"Don't miss your chance to join the 2022 Mash Down Tour, coming soon to select bike shops across the U.S. Push your limits with the latest Tacx smart trainers, Tacx Training app and Garmin cycling products. Bring a buddy for head-to-head and segment racing challenges emceed by renowned cycling announcer David Towle. Get exclusive deals on Garmin cycling products and subscriptions, pick up free swag and sample sports nutrition from GU Energy Labs. Plus, enter for your chance to win a new Garmin Edge GPS cycling computer"

As some of you may have heard, there's a new women's cycling club (inclusive of trans, femme, two spirit people) in town called the Dirt Darlings. YGR had a quick virtual sit down with some of the founding members to see what the skinny was with the group.

Our CSU Rams Cycling Team took 2nd in the Omnium Overall at Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals this past weekend. The team competed in Short Track, Cross Country, Dual Slalom, Downhill, and the Team Relay at Purgatory Ski Resort outside Durango, CO. Ross Soriano came home with a stars and stripes jersey after winning the Dual Slalom with teammate George Poggmeyer just behind him in second.

Join our local cycling community in a celebration of the end of our riding season. With free coffee, beer, fun riding destinations, puzzles, costume contest, (K/Q)OM hunting - there's something for everyone!

Registration is OPEN for Send Town's Fall Unicycle Program.
This program introduces children and adults, alike, to unicycling and several unicycling disciplines recognized by the International Unicycling Federation (IUF) and the Unicycle Society of America (USA).
All abilities are welcome, including those with zero unicycling experience. New riders will be instructed in the fundamentals — riding, turning, and free mounting and refining those skills through fun and engaging activities.

This fall, Bike Fort Collins, in partnership with peer organization, Wish For Wheels, has a goal to bring a new bike and helmet to every second-grader in Poudre School District’s Title 1 schools as part of the 3rd Annual Wish for Wheels FoCo program, and the community’s support is needed to make it happen. Each new bike and helmet has a program cost of $150 and can be funded individually, or by businesses or organizations at any quantity.

In this episode of Bike Sports TV Garage, Whit shows us what she keeps in her saddle bag for gravel riding and racing. 

Overland Mountain Bike Association's 2022 Northern Colorado Mountain Bike Festival is happening Saturday, October 8th in Lory State Park! Poker ride, Take-a-Kid MTB’ing Day, skills contests, vendor expo, live music, food, beer, and yes…demo bikes are back too!!!

Fort Collins had three racers head down to the Paula Higgins Memorial Record Challenge in Moriarty, NM this past weekend. Both Matt Skrdla and Jim Dickerson set new National Records in the 40k and 20k distances.

The Colorado High School Mountain Bike League kicked off this weekend in Leadville with the Cloud City Challenge. Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming had dozens of kids racing in the Platte Conference (one of four state conferences). Fort Collins area kids raced either independently or with Rocky Mountain High School, Fossil Ridge High School, Fort Collins High School, and Horsetooth Composite.

Fort Collins ex-patriot, Jay Zorn is taking on the ambitious challenge of riding 50 miles, in 50 states in 50 days in his 50th year.  The #50fity50 ride starts in Anchorage, AK tomorrow, September 1st. After those first solo 50 miles, Jay will hop a flight to Seattle where he'll begin to ride all of the lower 48 states.  On October 19th with only one state remaining, he'll fly to Maui to finish the challenge atop Haleakala, which holds the world record for climbing to the highest elevation in the shortest distance of 35 miles.