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Governor Jared Polis signed the 'Safety Stop' bill into law at a ceremony Wednesday afternoon. House Bill 22-1028 applies to bicycles, e-bikes, and electrically assisted scooters and effectively allows them to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs.

Of the 245 finishers from the NoCo Criterium held on Saturday, 44 were from the Northern Colorado area. 16 of those racers went inside the top five. Brad Wright, Michael Ortega, and Phillip Merrill took wins in their respective categories.

Back in September and thanks to Seth Picket, I was able to achieve a rather unique cycling goal; recovering a stolen bike and returning it to its rightful owner (you can read that story here). This past Saturday, I managed to do it again. This second recovery was by accident and completely spur of the moment. 

The CSU race weekend took place this past Saturday and Sunday in near-perfect conditions. There were 369 starters and 296 finishers at Cobb Lake. The Oval Criterium, which was held on a different course than usual due to construction, had 199 starters and 173 finishers.

Overland Mountain Bike Association is hosting a season kickoff party on April 26 at Road 34 Bike Shop & Tavern from 6PM to 9PM. Come out and chat with OMBA’s finest volunteers and get stoked for spring riding!

Whitney and Zack Allison continue to expand their empire with the Bike Sports Professional Gravel Team. 2021 was a successful soft opening for Whack(?), Zackney(?), Whackillson(?), and they’ll be going all-in this season with little to no-paved races on the schedule for either of the former professional roadies.

Whit and Zack with the FoCo Fondo are stoked to be pumped to announce a new title partner, branding and routes for 2022.

Larimer County currently has two advisory boards with openings that could benefit from having cyclists as members. Application deadlines for both the Open Lands and Parks advisory boards are due April 21st.

Matador Elite Masters Cycling is a men's category 1 and 2 road, cyclocross and gravel team. 

The Overland Mountain Bike Association is gathering testimonials from cyclists who have been harassed while riding CR 38E (Harmony Road) between Fort Collins and Horsetooth Reservoir with hopes of convincing Larimer County to construct a trail between town and the reservoir.

The SendTown Bike Club is hosting a free Coach Training Program this Spring and the program kicks off with an introductory social event on Wednesday, March 23rd.

Anna Kelso, the Community Relations Coordinator for Bike Fort Collins, submitted James Bethea's nomination to be inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame on February 28th. Anna started the process just after COVID hit but ultimately decided to table the idea until induction festivities returned to normal so James could have the full experience. If James is selected by MBHOF Selection Committee he will be inducted in Fairfax, CA over the weekend of October 7-9, 2022.