It’s been a second since I’ve published a Ride Review but since Brannan Fix had such a great start to his 2021 Elite CX season, I figured I’d run this review of his 2020 Pratt CX bike that I’ve been sitting on. 2020 was kind of a soft opening for Fix Racing with little racing to be had but Brannan, a Fort Collins native and the 2017 Collegiate Varsity National Cyclocross Champion, came out guns-a-blazing in 2021. He’s gone 12, 7, 9, 7 so far this season against the country’s best racers. A very brief run-in with a tape stake dislodged him from the lead group on Saturday’s Rochester C1 and on Sunday he dropped a chain with 1.5 laps to go in Rochester’s C2, dropping him from 5th to 7th. I’ve got five bucks that say he cracks the top five this coming weekend in either the UCI C1 or C2 in Charm City.

You can watch the Rochester recaps and the Charm City live streams on GCN.

Brannan will be racing on two identical, other than paint, Pratt Frameworks frames equipped with Shimano components and wheels. Pratt Frameworks is a custom frame builder out of Providence, RI.

Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant

Much like New Belgium Brewing, the Rio is synonymous with Fort Collins cycling. Patrick McGaughran, the owner of all five Colorado Rios opened the first restaurant here in Fort Collins in 1986. He first sponsored an elite road team in 1999. His title sponsorship of that team continues nearly 25 years later and has catapulted riders like Tejay van Garderen, Chad Haga and Mara Abbot into the World Tour. In addition to the elite road team, Pat has advertised on YGR since 2009 (my second…

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