FORT COLLINS CYCLING CLUB PUBLIC MEETING

 Tuesday February 24th at 6:30. 

 Everyone is welcome to arrive between 5:30 and 6:30 PM for informal socializing and/or to order your dinner and eat. Dinner is available from the limited, special menu.

 C. B. & Potts Restaurant and Brewery in the Collindale Golf Course clubhouse meeting-room, 1441 E. Horsetooth Road, Fort Collins... 970-226-0148. 

 Meetings are open to non-members: please feel free to invite any friends who might be interested in joining our club.  While not mandatory, we ask attendees to register for these events well in advance, so we can give the venue some notice of expected attendance.

 Kathy Collier is to preview upcoming major events concentrating on local and regional events of 2026. (Also see the Bicycle Colorado calendar).  Some of the events fill quickly, and registration can start in December or early-January:

• Colorado Rides
  

1. Old Man Winter Bike Rally & Run, February 1st, 2026, Lyons
2. Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, May 22nd through 24th, 2026, road and gravel events, Durango 
3. Ride To End ALZ, June 6th, 2026, Fort Collins!
4. Freedom Tour Classic, June 20th, 2026, Fort Collins!
5. Bike MS Colorado, June 13th & 14th, 2026, Boulder
6. Triple Bypass, July 11th, 2026, Evergreen-to-Avon (Double Bypass: Empire-to-Avon)
7. Tour de Steamboat, August 22nd, 2026, Steamboat Springs 
8. Bob Cook Memorial Mount Blue Hill Climb, July 25th, 2026, Idaho Springs 
9. 719 Ride, (late-July?), Colorado Springs. Registration opens in March ....
10. Courage Classic Bicycle Tour for Children's Hospital, July 18th & 19th, 2026, Copper Mountain
11. Copper Triangle, 20th Anniversary, August 1st, 2026, Copper Mountain Resort
12. Broadmore Cycle To The Summit, August 8th, 2026, Pikes Peak (hill climb)
13. Stonewall Century Ride, August 8th, 2026, La Veta
14. Colorado's Ride, late-August, southwestern Colorado
15. Venus de Miles, August?, 2026?, Lyons? 
16. Buffalo Bicycle Classic, September?, 2026?, Boulder?
17. Tour of the Moon , September 12th, 2026, Grand Junction
18.  Tour de Vineyards, September 19th, 2026, Palisade Fruit & Wine Byway (& Reeder Mesa?)
19. Mountains To Desert Classic, September 26th, 2026, finishing in Gateway 
20. The Denver Century, September 26th, 2026, Denver

• United States (Not In Colorado) Organized Rides

1. Cycle Zydeco, April 8th - 12th, 2026, (the week after Easter), Louisiana
2. America's Most Beautiul Bike Ride, June 7th, 2026, Stateline, Nevada, circling Lake Tahoe
3. Mickelson Trail, June 14th through 20th, 2026, Black Hills of South Dakota
4. Big BAM (Bike Across Missouri), June 7th through 13th & October 11th - 17th, 2026, Missouri
5. Seattle To Portland, July?, Washington 
6. Cycle The Erie Canal, July?, Buffalo to Albany, New York
7. Tour De Wyoming, July12th through 17th, 2026, Wyoming
8. RAGBRAI, July 18th - 25th, 2026, Iowa
9. Pan-Mass Challenge,  August 1st & 2nd, 2026, Massachusetts
10. Enchanted Circle, August 8th, 2026, Taos, New Mexico area
11. Four Peaks Gran Fondo, August?, Idaho
12. DALMAC, Labor Day weekend tour, Michigan. Registration opens February 1st. 

•  Useful for locating various kinds of cycling events: 
• • Gran Fondo Guide
  • Boat and Bike Tours: international tour