Tag: Road Cycling
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Gates, possible bike lanes: Changes coming to mountain road in Colorado
Changes are coming to one of the most iconic, scenic roads on Colorado’s Front Range. One is much more imminent: For long-held security concerns, automated night-time gates are expected to start Nov. 11 along a 4-mile stretch of Lookout Mountain Road. One gate will be posted around the Chimney Gulch Trail pullout, up the road…
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With 2 high-profile cycling events gone, organized ride industry finds ways to thrive in Colorado
Cycling event experts say with more than 200 events annually, road cycling still an outdoor recreation staple here
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Donation marks momentum for bike path along notorious highway in Colorado
Boulder County is one step closer to realizing a long-envisioned bike path along a popular, notorious roadway. Nonprofit Cyclists 4 Community recently announced a $30,000 donation to the county to help pay for a feasibility study that could pave the way for a bike lane along the North Foothills Highway. That’s the stretch of U.S.…
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8 of Colorado’s crazy tests on foot and bike: Jagged alpine to rowdy singletrack at night
After cancellations during the 2020 pandemic, this summer saw the return of Colorado’s greatest, terrible races. For the fittest and bravest on foot and bike, it was a return to that inexplicable sensation born by shared suffering in the vast beauty of the Rocky Mountains. Here’s a nod to some of the state’s most infamous…
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Colorado’s cycling challenge of Lookout Mountain is about far more than building muscle
GOLDEN • Chuck Haraway keeps a portrait of an old friend smiling. “This is the guy the website is dedicated to,” Haraway, 73, says here at the base of his favorite place, Lookout Mountain. The guy is Ray Bolton, whose two wheels are legend on the mountain. The website is CyclingLookoutMountain.com, a first-year resource for…
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Most of Colorado’s iconic cycling events set to go in 2021
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While organizers of the Colorado Classic recently called off that race for a second straight year citing lingering COVID-19 uncertainty, many of the state’s other premier cycling events are planning to resume traditions this summer. That includes the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, for many Coloradans…