"TheCyclist-Lawyer.com" SW4 team was developed for brand new road and track cyclists who have never raced before and who want to learn the fundamentals in a team environment. Team size will be limited to 20 ladies, with a waiting list created for additional women who want to join. The philosophy behind this team is that beginner female cyclists deserve a supportive and educational team where they can learn about racing, training, nutrition and tactics in a fun atmosphere.

Rides, clinics, meetings, races and more will be held primarily in the Denver and Boulder areas. The topics will range from training to nutrition to racing to pre-race strategy, both as an individual racer and also as a member of a team.

The team will be led by Megan Hottman, professional road and track cyclist, and sponsored by her law firm, Hottman Law Office. Treads Bicycle Outfitters will be the team shop and will provide a meeting location and discounts to team members. Founder Hottman says, "The goal for these women is to help them earn sufficient upgrade points in one or two seasons, to move up to SW3, and to join other locally-competitive teams. The underlying purpose in this is to keep the sport growing by bringing in new women at the beginner level, and then helping them move up. This keeps local racing exciting by keeping field sizes large, local teams fed with new riders, and also helps identify new up-and-coming talent for the professional ranks."

How to Join?

Email Megan at meghottman@hotmail.com. She’ll ask you a few questions by email to be sure you are a good fit with this group and if so, then she’ll send you instructions on how to get started.

Be a B-cycle Valentine -- 2-for-1 Annual Membership Special

This Febuary 7th & 8th Bicycle Colorado is hosting Colorado's first Bike Summit geared towards tightening the loosely knitted community we are in. This summit gives us a change to bring cyclist together with industry experts with state and local representatives with the goal of finding more ways to make cycling fun and safe for all in Colorado. This two day summit will include keynote presentations by Tim Blumenthal of Bikes Belong, John Burke, President of Trek Bicycle Corporation and Randy Neufeld of SRAM Cycling Fund. In addition to the speeches there will be break out sessions on Developing Complete Streets and the Benefits to Communities, The Power of Mountain Biking in Your Community, or Next Steps for Safe Routes to School. If you are a strong cycling advocate then this is your chance to get with local and state representatives as many will be there. I will be there both days with goals to network and focus on Safe Routes to Schools (something that is dear to me) so say hi if you are there too, I'm the bald guy with camera gear and a big smile as I will be with all of my people. Learn more about the 2011 Colorado Bike Summit

Registration here

Agenda

Bicycle Colorado is working with other legislators to get 2 new bills into progress at the state capitol.

• Open Roads Act
• Mountain Bike Safety Act

Open Roads Act Keeps Freedom to Travel

State Representative Andy Kerr announced plans to introduce the Open Roads Act as the Colorado General Assembly begins work next week. The goal of the bill is to provide Colorado citizens and visitors the ability to travel to jobs, schools, stores and attractions by bicycle or electric-assist bicycle without restriction from using public streets.

"Banning bicycle travel on every street in a community penalizes people that choose healthy, affordable, pollution-free transportation." says bill sponsor Representative Kerr.