On the Rivet

Event Type: Bike Holiday
Time of Year: Late Summer
Tour de Fat is a free, annual bike parade in Fort Collins, Colorado that takes place around Labor Day weekend. The event features costumed cyclists riding to New Belgium Brewing, where they participate in a party with live music, games, contests, and beer. The 2024 parade will take place on Saturday, August 24.

Event Type: Bike Holiday
Time of Year: February
Winter Bike to Work Day encourages thousands of cyclists to ride their bikes to work (or wherever) each February. Dozens of local businesses sponsor free breakfast stations all over town.  It's like Bike to Work Day but with mittens. 

Event Type: Bike To School
Time of Year: Early May
Bike to School day generally takes place on the first or second Wednesday of May.

We're just shy of a month out from the first YGR Time Trial of the year! Head over to YGR for full details on dates, routes, categories, cost and whatnot but here are the high points: The YGR Time Trials have been happening on generally the same courses just outside Fort Collins, CO, on Tuesday nights since 2009.

The legendary CSU races are coming up at the end of April. The CSU Rams Cycling team will host the Oval Criterium and the Cobb Lake Road Race on April 20th and 21st, respectively. Collegiate and USAC categories available.

The Frostbite Time Trial is hosted by Team Rio Grande Racing and historically launches the Colorado road racing calendar each year. This year the race takes place on March 16th. The course heads South and then North on the I25 frontage road for 11.4 miles near the Buckeye Power Plant exit. As the name implies, it's usually cold and as the photo shows, it's usually windy.

Event Type: Time Trial
Time of Year: Early Spring
The Frostbite Time Trial is hosted by Team Rio Grande Racing and historically launches the Colorado road racing calendar each year. The course heads South and then North on the I25 frontage road for 11.4 miles near the Buckeye Power Plant exit. As the name implies, it's usually cold and as the photo shows, it's usually windy.

Cross of the North is coming up!
Join us at the Fort Collins New Belgium Campus on November 4-5 for a weekend of awesome racing, food trucks, coffee, and beer. There are cyclocross races for all ages and abilities, including free kids races.

The Colorado Trail Race, a 500-mile self-supported mountain bike race from Durango to Denver, started over the weekend. NoCo/SoWyo has several racers currently taking part.  Jimi Killen, Adam Vaughan, Teresa Garcia (ex-pat), Joshua Cameron, Brad Bensley (Cheyenne) and Andy Lueck (scratched) are on course from NoCo/SoWyo. 

The demand for single track trail vibes just can’t be denied here in Northern Colorado. They couldn’t contain all of the fun, food, music, rides, and demo bikes to one day, so they’ve expanded the 2023 Northern Colorado Mountain Bike Festival to two days over September 23-24, 2023! Overland Mountain Bike Association will be your host, with event central located at Lory State Park in Fort Collins, CO.

City Streets Crits- Week Two full results and photo gallery by Tyler Phillips.

Results and photos from the 2023 City Streets Criterium Series presented by the 1st City Cycling Team