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Most common Group Cycling Rides
- Gateway Park Find on map
Very fast and at times dangerous and often lawless group ride that usually attracts the top names of the area if not from the country. The route usually heads north to Carter Lake. The ride can have up to 50+ riders and at times are subject to traffic tickets.
- Wednesday Women only Hard Ride
Meet at the Bustop in north Boulder at 5:30, bring your lungs and your legs because this ones going to hurt. Website - Venus de Miles Club Ride
Twice a month mostly woman only ride that starts at Full Cycle in Boulder. Check out the club's Facebook page for more details. - NCAR ride Find on map
Meet 11:45 weekdays at 47th and mitchell lane. Ride ranges from tempo to intense at times. Ride returns a little after 1pm
More info see http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/boulderNCARride/
- FasCat Coaching - Cat 3/4 Group Ride Find on map
From Frank Overton: We are hoping to make it a regular thing and a better resource for cat 3, 4 & collegiate cyclists that something like the P1/2 Bus Stop. It will be a coach led ride and open to everyone. We’ll “race” to the tops of the climbs, go hard and work on strategy BUT we’ll regroup at the tops, chat and then ride down together before “racing” back up the next climb. And we’ll change up the routes week to week for variety. But we’ll try to use the climbs for intensity. Ride is Tuesdays at 5:30PM.
- Boulder Networking Ride Find on map
Fun, Wednesday early morning (6:30am) ride which always heads north to Jamestown or Hygenie or somewhere in between. The ride is usually mild but near the end or entry to Jamestown for some the pace really picks up. Ride returns to Amante where a sponsors purchases coffee and pastries for all the riders. Ride stops in Oct due to light limitations. Learn more
- Wednesday Worlds ride Cyclocross only and fall only ride which meets at 7am at Amante in North Boulder and usually heads to the Elks lodge for 1 hr of intense cyclocross training. Given the shortness of the course there really isn't "being dropped" so all are welcome to join regardless of skill or fitness.
- Pearl Izumi, Louisville Colorado. Find on mapMeet at the Peal Izumi head quarters around 12:15 nearly every weekday with 10-ish other riders for a moderate pace covering routes around Louisville and into Boulder.
- Bustop Ride Tuesdays and Thursday at 5:00 pm. Find on map, this ride historically has problems and does not practice Conscious Cycling
Once we have gathered enough information a new page on our site will be created to allow you to stay up to date on rides you could do.
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FasCat Coaching - Cat 3/4 Group Ride- Day and Time?
What day and time for Frank's ride?
Frank Overton's Group Ride
I have talked to Frank a couple times and it is suppose to leave at 5:30 on Tuesdays from his new location near Boulder Cycle Sport.
Riding N/E of Denver - good stuff!
Hi, I've been riding north east of Denver lately, man, what a treasure! LOTS of roads, lots of DIRT roads, very light traffic. I'm convinced some of those small rural county roads go to Kansas. Are any of you riding out this way...in particular east of Ft. Lupton. It's taking me some time to "map out" as the terrain is so vast. When I look at the popular mapping sites, they don't give much useful info. Any feedback appreciated! Thanks.
East...it's the new Belgium
I love the rides East of town! Some rollers, a fair amount of wind, great views of the mountains, and a bit of Roubaix-like pavement / dirt / gravel thrown in for fun. The best route we have found out of Denver is roughly 45 miles round-trip from the Stapleton area. It's not exactly scenic on the way out and back but the lack of traffic from Picadilly makes it worthwhile. The route is as follows:
- take MLK out of Denver all the way through Stapleton
- left on to Havanna (where MLK ends)
- right on Smith. Take Smith way out...
- left on Piadilly
- quick right on 26th...this is where the pavement starts to get "interesting"
- left on Hudson...pavement is nice and rough now
- right on 56th.
- right on Imboden
- right on Colfax
- right on Hudson
- left on 26th
- left on Picadilly
- right on Smith
If you want the hard stuff (read: dirt / gravel): instead of turning right on 56th (above), continue on Hudson up to 72nd, right on 72nd, then right again at Imboden, then pick up the directions above
East
I have never ridden that far east. I used to board my dogs at a kennel in Dacono and remember driving down some deserted dirt roads that would be awesome for riding.
Fort Collins ride
http://yourgroupride.com/road/group-rides/the-oval
Saturdays 10am at the CSU Oval
Loops!
Loops is a Tuesday night bike ride through out central Denver. The ride covers approximately 15 to 20 miles and makes 3 to 4 stops along the way. Riders are encouraged to ride at their own pace and meet at the stops that are posted on this blog the day of the ride. The ride meets every Tuesday night at Crema Coffee House (29th & Larimer) Come out and ride with us, make friends, and have a good time.
This week: Loops #79
Some more info
Loops begins at Crema at 7 pm during the winter and 8 pm in the spring/summer time when it stays light out longer. The map is posted on the blog www.xrocksthespot.com, for those who can't meet up at 7 but want to join later.
Info
Thanks for the information. I added your ride to our map.
Note about that picture. I
Note about that picture. I may be mistaken, but I believe that that picture is from an SI diary. It is the bustop ride exting Boulder. The girl up front wanted to make the olympic team in 2008 in a sport and she decided that she would do it in cycling. SI was to do a series on her attempt and I only read a couple of the entries. Note, this was about 12 months before trials. She moved to Nederland to train at altitude but often came down to Boulder to ride with groups. She knew that they were going to take this picture and this is the ONLY time that she was near the front.....or even with the group. There was another girl on the ride that night, one that is a regular and quite capable of staying with the main field.
I found the SI girl to be overly confident, naive and the series was short lived.
Here are some..
I don't have all the details but maybe someone can fill in the gaps
- Obvious one, Gateway ride, 10am Sat Sun at Gateway park Boulder... ride is mild to OMG speed, usually mild in Jan and builds up to OMG by March. Route is usually Carter Lake
- Pearl Izumi noon ride (mon-Fri) at 12:30 at Pearl headquarters
- NCAR ride another noon ride on weekdays, mystery location
- Amante ride weekdays (there are about 5 rides that seem to start over the noon hour from Amante north, could anyone add details to them)
- downtown Denver ride starting at noon on weekdays... location is a mystery
Weekly Rides
Wednesday morning ride from Amante NoBo, usually leaves at 6 or 6:15, out to Fruit Loops, or swing through Hygiene, or up to Jamestown. Moderate outbound then picks up steam with a full throttle finish back to Amante. Someone else may submit better details.