The Fort Collins Bike Retailer’s Alliance Short Track Mountain Bike Series starts Tuesday at New Belgium.

HT YourGroupRide.com for the flyer.

Super fun racing for super cheap is always a plus.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Team California Giant’s Meredith Miller takes you through her pre-race-day routine as the USGP series lands in her home town of Fort Collins, CO.

Big shout out to:
Peloton Cycles (my local shop)
Backcountry Provisions (best sandwich in Fort Collins)

HT YourGroupRide.com for the video.

The US Gran Prix of Cyclocross was a super fun weekend! Pictures to come…

Andy B
outsideallday.com

See you Tuesday night! You can’t go wrong with $5.00 racing. Racing in Fort Collins is fun!

A big thank you to YourGroupRide.com for putting everything together.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Race dates:
April 27
May 4
May 11
May 18

All races are 5 bucks.

I’m thinking I may head out to race 1 on my cross bike and see how I do.

More info at: http://www.yourgroupride.com/local-races/new-belgium-short-track/544-2010-new-belgium-short-track-

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Click here for the movie website. The movie is to release in May 2010. The trailer is fantastic!

HT YourGroupRide.com for the story.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Our friends over at YourGrouRide.com are working with Peloton Cycles and the Fort Collins Cycling Team to bring cyclocross back to Fort Collins this fall.

You might be aware of a group that’s working pretty hard to bring bike racing back to Fort Collins. Called the NCCE – or Northern Colorado Cycling Events – the group is dedicated to developing a thriving cycling race culture in northern Colorado. Through a lot of hard work and dedication from quite a few of your local cycling guys, 2010 is already shaping up to be a monumental year for having fun on the bicycles up here. Recently we’ve added another exciting event – an ACA sanctioned cyclocross race. I won’t go into details on the process, but of 26 available race dates, the ACA had over 100 race date requests. With that kind of response, the ACA was initially set to allocate the dates to promoters that had already proven themselves. Had the ACA had stuck to their original intention, we would have been long off the list. But they didn’t. And we have a date.

Click here to read the rest of the story.

Contact info:

Sam Acheson – Peloton-Specialized
sam@peloton-specialized.com

Tim – Fort Collins Cycling Team
tim@muddyspoke.com

More info: //www.yourgroupride.com/cyclocross/120-cx-main-/505-cross-is-coming-back-in-2010

I’m already looking forward to the fall!

Andy B
outsideallday.com

I’m really looking forward to this. It’s being hosted at the Rio Grande in downtown Fort Collins. No tickets required and the event is free.

Thursday, February 4, 2010 – 6pm

Thanks to YourGroupRide.com for helping to put the event on.

Click here for more info on Meredith Miller.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

The last I had heard was that Rahsaan Bahati was going to continue to race with Rock Racing in the 2010 season. As of today, it’s confirmed he will be part of the 15 man roster making up the Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team. I think it’s cool that Colorado Premier Training will be one of the title sponsors.

Bahati names 15 rider roster
By: Cycling News
Published: November 4, 2009

The Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team has announced a 15-rider roster for their debut season in 2010. As part of the announcement, Team principal Rahsaan Bahati has confirmed that he will race as part of his newly formed team. Yesterday he had confirmed that he was still looking for a rider contract. “I’m blessed to have a talented group of individuals who can deliver the message for the Bahati Foundation while winning races at a professional level,” said Bahati.

Click here to read the rest of the story.

The full 2010 Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team roster is:

Rahsaan Bahati
Nathan O’Neill
Hilton Clarke
Jason Donald
Matt Rice
Cesar Grajales
Ryan Baumann
Corey Collier
Bobby Lea
Alex Hagman
Peter Carey
Phillip Mann
Evan Hyde
Ian Burnett
Lanell Rockmore

More info on the Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team: www.bahatiracing.com

According to YourGroupRide.com, 2 of the 15 riders are from Fort Collins, CO. That should mean that the team has a fun presence in my commnity.

I love seeing the domestic pro peloton making strong moves like this.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Yes that is me getting the holeshot at last week’s New Belgium cyclocross race. The only problem was I lost it after 200 yards, but it was a glorious 200 yards. At least my JETT MTB gloves look sweet!

New Belgium Cyclocross Series:

Week 1 – 5th place
Week 2 – 8th place (Click here for pictures from last week’s race)

If I could stay healthy this would be a fun cross season. So far not so good.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

FORT COLLINS, CO – June 10, 2009 – Bicycle racing is coming to Old Town Fort Collins this summer. On June 2, the Fort Collins City Council approved an event permit that will grant its applicants the ability to use City-owned property to host a weekly bicycle criterium race. The result is the City Streets Crit, a cooperative effort to bring community-based bicycle racing to downtown Fort Collins.

Starting Tuesday June 16th, cycling enthusiasts of all ages and abilities will have the opportunity to race their bikes on the tarmac of the City Streets department just north of New Belgium Brewery at 625 Ninth Street. The 1km closed course offers plenty of room for riders to open it up. It also boasts an alley between two brick buildings, adding an Old Town feel to the venue.

Race promoters are encouraging everyone to ride to the race and spectators are welcome. Kids races are free and adult races are $10. Racing starts June 16 at 6pm.

More information at: www.yourgroupride.com

Andy B
outsideallday.com