Saw this today in the The Flume

HUNDO PLANNING UNDER WAY

Mike Potter - Staff Writer

John Gerritsen, an organizer for the Bailey Hundo, said plans are coming together for the second 100-plus mile bike race that starts and ends in the Bailey area. Here, Gerritsen speaks to the Platte Canyon Area Chamber of Commerce on June 8, 2010, in advance of the inaugural race. (Photo by Tom Locke/The Flume)
Bailey Hundo planning under way

Preparations are well under way for the second Bailey Hundo, a 100-plus mile mountain bike race that will start and end in the Bailey area, said John Gerritsen, one of the organizers.

He said there will be more racers on a slightly redesigned route in the June 18 event, but there will be a limit to the number allowed to race.

"The U.S. Forest Service is only allowing us 250 riders, and not a single person more," he said.

He said Hundo organizers have turned away racers hoping to participate. In the inaugural race, 154 racers started and 139 finished.

The Hundo came about because of a partnership between four Colorado state senators - Chris Romer (now a Denver mayoral candidate), Greg Brophy, Mike Kopp, and Mark Scheffel - the Bailey community, Park County, and many Colorado cyclists.

The first Hundo, held last June, attracted the attention of some of the top mountain bike racers around the world.

Boulder mountain biker Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, or JHK, won first place by finishing the inaugural Hundo in 6:36.

From the Denver Post

Colorado investors Rick and Richard Schaden on Thursday announced they were investing $10 million into the Quiznos Pro Challenge bike race scheduled to traverse Colorado's high country in August.

Read all of it at the Denver Post

From the Daily Camera

The Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees approved two possible mountain bike trails on the open space land west of the city Wednesday night, though both proposals would require cooperation from other landowners.
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The two mountain bike trail opportunities that the board approved were the ones originally recommended by Open Space and Mountain Parks staffers. One would connect Eldorado Canyon with Walker Ranch, and one would connect Boulder Canyon to Flagstaff Mountain via Chapman Drive. For either to become a reality, other landowners, including the state park, would have to agree.

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The article goes on to talk about the West TSA issue.

BUT here is where the story is really going!

The rumors first started last summer about a new velodrome that was going to be built in Erie. Well progress continues and the new velodrome is now being called the Boulder Valley Velodrome. Here is a brief description taken from the website.

Boneshaker and Board Track Racing Inc. will be building a 250-meter velodrome. The shape is a work of art designed by Peter Junek, specifically for our site. It will be similar to the track Peter built in Aguascalientes, Mexico, for the Pan-American track championships where world records were set by Sarah Hammer. It will have 12-degree straight-aways, and 42-degree banking on the turns. It is designed to accommodate the world’s fastest racers and still allow beginners to ride comfortably.

More information from the website:

Once our funding is in place, we anticipate six months of construction to complete the velodrome. If we had the money today, we would be digging a hole tomorrow. We have jumped through years of hoops to get where we are now. Every detail needed to get the building permit is done:

• Buy property: check.
• Obtain zoning change: check.
• Design & architectural drawings: check.
• Complete special-review packet: check.
• Have excavation permit: check.

No petitions, letter-writing campaigns or meetings are necessary. We received a 5-0 positive vote from the Erie Planning Commission, and a 9-0 thumbs up from the town’s Board of Trustees. We are cleared for take-off. If we, the cycling community of Colorado, want to build an Olympic-caliber velodrome in Erie, we are free to do so. Therefore, it seems realistic to set a goal of beginning construction this May.