FORT COLLINS CYCLING CLUB PUBLIC MEETING

 Tuesday February 24th at 6:30. 

 Everyone is welcome to arrive between 5:30 and 6:30 PM for informal socializing and/or to order your dinner and eat. Dinner is available from the limited, special menu.

 C. B. & Potts Restaurant and Brewery in the Collindale Golf Course clubhouse meeting-room, 1441 E. Horsetooth Road, Fort Collins... 970-226-0148. 

Presenter Kathy Collier is to preview upcoming major events concentrating on local and regional events of 2026. (Also see the Bicycle Colorado calendar).  Some of the events fill quickly, and registration can start in December or early-January:

• Colorado Rides
  

1. Old Man Winter Bike Rally & Run, February 2nd, 2025, Lyons
2. Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, late-May, 2025, road and gravel events, Durango 
3. Ride To End ALZ, June 8th, 2025, Fort Collins!
4. Freedom Tour Classic, June 21st, 2025, Fort Collins!
5. Bike MS Colorado, late-June, 2025, Westminster
6. Triple Bypass, July 12th, 2025, Evergreen-to-Vail
7. Tour De Steamboat, July 12th, 2025, Steamboat Springs? ON HOLD!
8. Colorado Mountain Tour, late-July, 2025, Gunnison Valley?
9. Mount Blue Hill Climb, July 19th(?), 2025, Idaho Springs? ON HOLD!
10. 719 Ride, July 20th, 2025, Colorado Springs. Registration opens, March ....
11. Courage Classic Bicycle Tour for Children's Hospital, July 19th & 20th, 2025, Copper Mountain
12. Copper Triangle, August 2nd, 2025, Copper Mountain Resort
13. Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race, August 9th, 2025, Leadville 
14. Broadmore Cycle To The Summit, August 9th, 2025, Pikes Peak (hill climb)
15. Stonewall Century Ride, August 9th, 2025, La Veta
16. Colorado's Ride, August 18th through 22nd, southwestern Colorado
17. Venus de Miles, August (23rd?), 2025, Lyons? ON HOLD!
18. Buffalo Bicycle Classic, September 7th, 2025, Boulder
19. Tour of the Moon , September 13th, 2025, Grand Junction
20.  Tour de Vineyards, September 20th, 2025, Palisade Fruit & Wine Byway (& Reeder Mesa?)
21. Mountains To Desert Classic, September 20th, 2025, finishing in Gateway 
22. The Denver Century, September 27th, 2025, Denver

• Out-of-Colorado Organized Rides

1. Cycle Zydeco, April 23rd - 27th, 2025, (every year, the week after Easter), Louisiana
2. America's Most Beautiul Bike Ride, June 1st, 2025, Stateline, Nevada, circling Lake Tahoe
3. Mickelson Trail, June 1st through 7th, Custer, South Dakota
4. Big BAM (Bike Across Missouri), June 2nd - 8th & October 6th - 12th, 2024, Missouri
5. Seattle To Portland, July 12th & 13th, 2025, Washington 
6. Cycle The Erie Canal, July 12th through 20th, Buffalo to Albany, New York
7. Tour De Wyoming, several days in July13th through 18th, Wyoming
8. RAGBRAI, July 19th - 26th, 2025, Iowa
9. Pan-Mass Challenge,  August 2nd & 3rd, 2025, Massachusetts
10. Enchanted Circle, August 9th, 2025, Taos, New Mexico area
11. Four Peaks Gran Fondo, August ?, Idaho
12. DALMAC, Labor Day weekend tour, Michigan. Registration opens February 1st. 
13. Tour de Tahoe, September 7th, 2025, South Shore Lake Tahoe, Nevada

• Out-Of-Country Ride Events

1. Vuelta a Puerto Rico, February 16 - 18, 2025
2. Love Holidays, Spain, (tba?)
3. La Epica: Gravel Grinder, Ponce, Puerto Rico, November 15 to 17, 2024 
4. Original Travel: Death Valley, (tba?)

•  Useful for locating various kinds of cycling events: 
• Gran Fondo Guide
• Boat and Bike Tours: international tours

This event is for everyone, even non-members: No registration is required!