Category: Community
Blue-Stages Team Riding 40 Laps at Marshall Mesa May 29th for Family Assistance
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 29th, 2020On Friday, May 29th, Blue-Stages riders Maxx Chance and Eric Brunner and manager Grant Holicky will each be riding 200km close to home to raise money for EFAA, the Emergency Family Assistance Association. EFAA is a longstanding Boulder, Colorado organization that provides help with basic living necessities such as food and shelter to those families who need it. The organization operates a food bank and short term/transitional housing properties, offers financial assistance, as well as provides education about poverty and homelessness. Read more
Chris Anthony, Former Pro Cyclist Turned Warren Miller Ski Star–Listen Here
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 26th, 2020Chris Anthony perhaps most known for being a professional skier in the Warren Miller movies is joining us to talk about a host of topics, but the one that might surprise you the most is that he was just as likely to have made a professional career as a cyclist. We are also going to talk about how his cycling background and how created the biggest Prim (prize) for the Colorado Classic stage in Avon last year. That prize was the biggest ever for a women’s race. Read more
Alchemy and SRAM Donate Carbon Gravel Bike for Charity
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 20th, 2020We’re now entering the prime gravel riding season in many parts of the country including Colorado, and Alchemy, SRAM, Zipp, and Bicycle Colorado partnered to bring you an exclusive chance to win big. With a maximum of 300 tickets sold, this is your best chance to score an unparalleled gravel machine. Even better than the chance at winning, each ticket purchase is a gift in support of bicycle advocacy.
Bicycle Colorado envisions a Colorado where riding a bike is always safe and convenient for everyone, where bicycling is the top choice for recreation and everyday trips, and where the benefits of bicycling are experienced and valued by all. Your ticket purchase is a vote in support of this vision and supports their advocacy and education work. Read more
Results of BRAC’s Survey and Town Hall Meeting
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 17th, 2020The Bicycle Racing Association of Colorado (BRAC) held a Zoom Town Hall Meeting last Tuesday night to review results from a member survey and provide those who tuned in an update on racing. The overall message is there is no clear path moving forward as to when we can race again. They collected 695 surveys asking members about desires to race, their concerns with safety, how their cycling behavior has changed in the last couple of months, and what types of events they were planning to ride—interesting that more than a third planned to do both a mountain or gravel events. Read more
Give your opinion of bike routes in your neighborhood!
Submitted by 303cycling on May 14th, 2020The results of the surveys will help inform what bikeway projects are advanced into design. Please take the surveys relevant to your neighborhood and interests by the end of the day on Friday, May 15th Read more
Measuring The Impact of Shared Streets in Denver During Shelter-in-Place
Submitted by 303cycling on May 13th, 2020Spin is giving Denver Streets Partnership the tools to measure how people are using the city’s shared streets during the pandemic. Read more
100-plus search for missing female biker in Colorado mountain town
Submitted by 303cycling on May 12th, 2020More than 100 people searched for a missing female biker in a Colorado mountain community on Monday, though they were not successful. Read more
Bailey Hundo 2020, Still On With a Cool Twist to Help Charities in Need
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 11th, 2020Moving Forward with the Hundo 2020.We understand that you can ride your bike any day of the week for free. However, June 20th, Father’s Day weekend has always been the day for the Bailey HUNDO!The Bailey Hundo 2020 will be a celebration, while we support our beneficiaries. We hope that you please take this to heart like our board members have.Here is the change – the Hundo ride will be done independently! Read more
Headsweats Launches Face Masks and Gives Back to Grassroots Aid Partners
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 6th, 2020Headsweats, the leader in high-performance apparel and headwear, has teamed up with Grassroots Aid Partners (GAP) to donate masks for volunteers who provide hot food to communities that have been largely affected due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more
A Pirate Looks at Forty. Make that sixty. Rob Quinn’s Look at Life.
Submitted by Bill Plock on May 6th, 2020Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late, The cannons don’t thunder, there’s nothing to plunder, I’m an over-forty victim of fate…Jimmy Buffet
I heard those lyrics in 1975. At 15 I figured anybody still trying to compare themselves to a pirate was already dead. Most 40 year old’s I knew in La Crosse, Wisconsin were well on their way to middle age. Most shelving their athletics after High School glory days, save for 10 years of competitive softball, then a catastrophic injury. Except this one dude. His name was Jim Asfoor and his family was from Syria. He was U.S Navy veteran and their family owned the junk yard and they were rich!
ditors note: Rob has been a great contributor to 303 Endurance for years in many different ways. Today, May 6th is his 60th birthday and if you haven’t read his past articles, now is a good time. This is a fun look at the perspective with which he enthusiastically shares his view of the world, particularly while riding his bike! Go Rob, Happy Birthday and thank you! Read more