by Bill Plock | Jan 19, 2022
One July day in 1988, a group of avid cyclists decided that it would be fun and challenging to ride from Evergreen to Vail, Colorado. And so it was. Thirty-two years later and thousands of more friends beside them, the Triple Bypass is an epic bucket-list ride that...
by Bill Plock | Oct 25, 2021 | Community
By Kate Agathon Can you imagine a race without volunteers? If you can’t, you’re right. Races simply wouldn’t happen without them. Getting up at o’dark thirty and sometimes traveling great distances, volunteers are the heart of any...
by Bill Plock | Aug 23, 2021 | Featured, Ride Review
By Bill Plock August 23, 2021–What makes the Triple Bypass ride so epic? Other rides like the Copper Triangle traverse three mountain passes? Rides like the Steamboat Gravel are longer, gorgeous, and well is on gravel after all. Each is epic, an overused word...
by Bill Plock | Apr 29, 2021 | Featured
BASE Performance located in Boulder has been substantially growing roots outside of the triathlon community where it started years ago. BASE has been a partner with IRONMAN for years and on courses all over North America. They have been working more and more with...
by Bill Plock | Feb 8, 2021 | Community
By Bill Plock If you have ever met Jen Barbour, the Executive Director of Team Evergreen, who puts on the annual Triple Bypass, you have felt her passion for cycling and equal compassion for people. In an organization who exists to raise money for local charities...
by Bill Plock | Jul 11, 2020 | Community, Featured
This weekend would’ve marked the 32nd annual Triple Bypass ride. Thousands of riders would have bravely ridden over 3 gorgeous mountain passes –Juniper, Loveland and Vail for a total of 120 miles and over 10,000’ of climbing. This epic ride started with a group of...
by Bill Plock | May 19, 2020 | Featured
Sigh… We tried. We really did. We’ve lost a lot of sleep deciding the best way forward for the 2020 Triple Bypass. Though Team Evergreen would love to host you on our epic ride through the Colorado Rockies, after careful consideration of how COVID...
by Bill Plock | May 7, 2020 | Featured
From Event Organizers We’ve been working closely with state and city officials on where things stand with COVID-19 and our event. While we had hoped that July 11-12th would go on as planned, the Town of Avon has officially pulled our permit for hosting our finish on...
by Bill Plock | Feb 3, 2020 | Community
EVERGREEN, COLO, February, 4th 2020 — Two legendary Colorado-based cycling events (The Triple Bypass Ride and the Bob Cook Memorial / Mt. Evans Hill Climb) will have “partner status” with the Gran Fondo National Series for the 2020 season. Both events will now...
by Bill Plock | Jan 6, 2020 | Community, Featured
By Bill Plock In 1920 Velodrome racing was a very popular sport ranking up there with horse racing, boxing, baseball and rowing as one of America’s top spectator sports. The Tour De France was almost 20 years old and bikes had evolved into a shape that...