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There are a lot of important non-cycling-related issues on the ballot so YGR won't endorse any specific candidates in the 2023 election. I will, however, highlight how these mayoral and city council candidates answered cycling-related questions posed to them by cycling non-profits Overland Mountain Bike and Bike Fort Collins. The likelihood of the former Hughes Stadium property being turned into a bike park is closely tied to this election. Some candidates state that they support a bike park in Fort Collins but DO NOT support one at Hughes.

USA Cyclings Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships are in Ride Rock Creek, North Carolina, this year. Racing takes place Oct. 12th through the 15th and includes short track, cross country, dual slalom, downhill, and a team relay. Colorado State University sent a team of nine, including George Poggemeyer, Isa Naschold, Luke Leavitt, Thomas Hansen, Quentin Loxtercamp, Abigail Francis, Jilian Lukez, Macayla Schiedt and Lucas Huesman.

Coach Jeremy Norris has the race report from this past weekend's Colorado High School Cycling League's regional championships in Nathrop.

53 year old Amy Weiss of Timnath, CO, a math and science teacher at Lesher Middle School, has been charged with Careless Driving Resulting in Death (Traffic M1) and Tampering with Physical Evidence (M1) in the August 2nd crash that killed 10-year-old Oliver Stratton.

Welcome to the first official Project Highlight here on YGR. Although we've done a lot of infrastructure/trail/path updates over the years, this new feature will be a little more regular and perhaps a little more critical. We're going to call out the good, the bad, and the ugly of Northern Colorado's cycling and pedestrian infrastructure and soft surface trails or lack thereof. First up is the widening of Shields St from Willox to 287, but we'll also be touching on Kechter Road in the area of the Kechter Bridge at I25, bike park efforts, the Taft and Harmony Project, the Poudre River Trail, trail connectivity to Coyote Ridge and to Horsetooth and maybe kick around the canal road mishmash a bit. If you have a project you'd like featured or would like to contribute, please reach out.

Bike Fort Collins is hosting the Bicycle Film Festival on Saturday, November 4 at The Lyric Cinema. Bicycle Film Festival is a benefit show for Bike Fort Collins. Proceeds from the show will help support BFC’s mission of more bikes, safe streets. and programs, including our Bicycle Advocacy initiatives, Active Living efforts, and their ability to deliver Safe Routes to School instruction to over 7,000 students annually within Poudre School District.

Sendtown's Fall Unicycle Program will take place every Saturday (10AM - 12PM) from Oct 28, 2023 to Nov 25, 2023 with two bonus beginner-only sessions on Thursday (4:30-6PM) Oct 26, 2023 and Nov 2, 2023. Registration is open. 

Sendtown's Fall Unicycle Program will take place every Saturday (10AM - 12PM) from Oct 28, 2023 to Nov 25, 2023 with two bonus beginner-only sessions on Thursday (4:30-6PM) Oct 26, 2023 and Nov 2, 2023. Registration is open. 

Just days after Berthoud, Colorado, opened their 24-acre, $2.2 million bike park, Firestone, Colorado, opened one of their own on September 23rd.  Although smaller than Berthoud's, the two acre park includes an asphalt Velosolutions pump track, wall rides, dirt jumps with wooden lips, drops, and elevated wooden obstacles. The park is located just south of the Mountain Shadows Park at 11267 Carbondale St. in Firestone.

Coach Jeremy Norris has the race report from this past weekend's Colorado High School Cycling League's Haymaker Classic mtb race in Eagle.

We've got a busy weekend here in the Fort! In addition to the Northern Colorado MTB Festival, FC Moves is hosting Open Streets this Sunday, September 24th, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Manhattan Ave and Troutman Pkwy (between Horsetooth and Harmony- just West of the Mason path.) The event is free.
Activities include a wellness hub, Chat with a City Council hub, live music, Music petting zoo with School of Rock, "Touch a Truck" and a misting tent with Poudre Fire Authority, Interactive booth simulating life experiences living with disabilities by Awesome in Action, helmet decorating with Bike Fort Collins, Skating footwork with FoCo Roller Derby, Bubbles, Free Myofascial work and Kinesiology Taping with Adapt Sports Therapy, Chalk the Block, doggie ice cream with Poudre Pet and Feed and more.

The Northern Colorado Mountain Bike Festival, hosted by the Overland Mountain Bike Association, is coming up this weekend at Lory State Park. The festival is free, but passes are required for the Poker Ride and to use the demo bikes (130 different models on sight). The two-day event includes food, beer, live music, group rides, poker rides, demo bikes, Take a Kid Mountain Biking, skills contests, Trail Talks, MTB vendors, raffles, and more.