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Ardor Racing is a race-oriented team focusing on elevating riders to and supporting them at, the highest echelons of amateur sport in the road, mountain, and cyclocross fields, while maintaining a reputation of sportsmanship, community focus, and tenacity on and off the racecourse.

Larimer County Natural Resources recently announced that the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space Adaptive Management Plan DRAFT is available for public review and comment. Comments will be taken through March 13 via the project website

Have you ever been dusting yourself off after crashing on Wathen and asked yourself, what the hell is a Wathen anyway? The popular trail inside Horsetooth Mountain Open Space is most likely named after Stephen "Bud" Wathen who owned property in and around Stout CO in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

In 2021, we were back to racing again! While many events were cancelled in 2020, most local racing and about half of the national races decided to give it a go, and we were ready.

Corna took a bite out of HART Cycling's expectations for our inaugural season. While we hoped for a bigger squad, HART Cycling is sending it into 2022 with the founders Jeremy Norris and Samuel Elson to rally results.

"We sit down with Chris Sugai, the founder of Niner Bikes to talk about the early days of Niner, how Pedal Damn It and the YAWYD cap originated, his favorite Niner, the polarizing MCR 9 RDO full suspension gravel bike, and more.

Event Type: Gravel Fondo
Time of Year: July
A gravel ride, a gravel race, rooted in the insanity of a Fondo with the levity of the Fort Collins community. Whether you’re into racing bikes or all day bike parties in the open range of Colorado. FoCo Fondo is your adventure. #doityouwont

Event Type: XC Mountain Bike Race
Time of Year: Summer
The Gowdy Grinder is the main fundraiser for the Cheyenne middle school and high school mountain bike team, WyoX. Come ride your bike on the fantastic trails at Curt Gowdy State Park and support a great cause.

Event Type: Mountain Bike Series
Time of Year: Late Spring
The SendTown Shorttrack races at New Belgium Brewing have been responsible for introducing hundreds, ney, thousands of people to mountain bike racing since they started over a dozen years ago. The energetic and welcoming atmosphere, low cost of entry, and rowdy racing are always a good time. The racing takes place on Tuesday nights. Get there early for the free kid's races.

Event Type: Time Trial Series
Time of Year: April, June & August
The YGR Time Trials are a low cost, mid week, grassroots, road time trial series that takes place in April, June and August of each year. YGR's first time trial was promoted back in 2009 and are still going strong today. Races cost $10.00 and are open to riders of all ages and abilities. We have male and female categories as well as categories for regular road bikes, time trial bikes and mountain bikes.

Event Type: Crit & Circuit Race
Time of Year: Spring
The CSU road race weekend includes the technical CSU Oval Criterium and the Cobb Lake Circuit race. Both races are part of the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference and include collegiate and USAC citizen categories. The weekend is hosted by the Colorado State University Rams cycling team every Spring.

Event Type: Criterium
Time of Year: Late Spring
White Line Cycling Events hosts the NoCo Criterium each Spring on the Northern Colorado Law Enforcement Training Center driving track in Loveland. The race is sanctioned by USAC. The course has lots of turns but they're predictable and the tarmac is brand new.