Saturday - 10:00 am at Vics - 2~3 hour Swift road ride - Rabbit Mtn, then water break in Lyons, either back on Fruit Loops or over Old Stage.
Sunday - 8:00 am at Vics - Long Endurance Ride - 70+ mile range. Route to be determined when we gather...maybe long out east, maybe uphill.
Monday - 8:00 am at Vics - Pancake Ride - Will there be a 4th of July ride to the annual Jamestown pancake breakfast? Yes there will be. This is always a very, very mellow ride. Bring your BF, bring your GF. Bring your kids. Pancakes around 9:30 or so.
Swift Cycling Club and Team
Boulder, Colorado
New Riders are welcome, email SwiftCycling@Gmail.com ...
Please send in a Release before coming out.
Helmet and a good attitude are required. Leave the big ego behind.
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Sunday Big Swift Ride - Big Thompson Loop
Sunday, 6/26, at 8:00 at Vics
Big Thompson Loop - 91 Miles (Might be a few more miles if we get sandwiches in Estes Park)
Head North past Carter Lake, Up Big Thompson, Right at Drake through Devils Gulch (steep section!) to Estes Park. Back down Hwy. 36 to Lyons, to Boulder.
Steady pace - Try to keep stops short. - Aiming for 6 ~ 6.5 Hours out there.
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/38444480/
91 Miles -5331 ft Start Elev
Big Thompson Loop - 91 Miles (Might be a few more miles if we get sandwiches in Estes Park)
Head North past Carter Lake, Up Big Thompson, Right at Drake through Devils Gulch (steep section!) to Estes Park. Back down Hwy. 36 to Lyons, to Boulder.
Steady pace - Try to keep stops short. - Aiming for 6 ~ 6.5 Hours out there.
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/38444480/
91 Miles -5331 ft Start Elev
8074.0 ft Max Elev
4416.0 ft Gain
Tuesday Night Mountain Climb - 5:30 PM - Flagstaff
Tuesday Night Hill Climb for 6/21 - Flagstaff Mountain
Meet at - Vecchio's Bicicletteria - at 5:30 1833 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO
We'll head out to Folsom, through campus and then up Columbine Ave (Parallels Baseline) to the back of Chautauqua, then up Flaggstaff to the Overlook. (If you want to go to the top, go for it.)
Stephen
Meet at - Vecchio's Bicicletteria - at 5:30 1833 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO
We'll head out to Folsom, through campus and then up Columbine Ave (Parallels Baseline) to the back of Chautauqua, then up Flaggstaff to the Overlook. (If you want to go to the top, go for it.)
Stephen
Saturday - Not So Swift Mountain Bike Ride
Saturday - Not So Swift Mountain Bike Ride
Carpool up to Ned and ride West Mag. Social pace. (I'm racing Rock the River on Sunday.)
Email me if interested. Leave around 8:30 or so for Ned.
Stephen
Carpool up to Ned and ride West Mag. Social pace. (I'm racing Rock the River on Sunday.)
Email me if interested. Leave around 8:30 or so for Ned.
Stephen
Thursday (6/16) - Jamestown after work ride...
Great turnout today for the Swift Tuesday Hill Climb. I'm sure a new record for a mid-week ride.
I plan to show our new Georgia friend Paul the ride up to Jamestown
on Thursday. Planning on a very mellow social pace.
Meet at Vic's Coffee at 5:30.
(3305 30th street for Paul)
Al
I plan to show our new Georgia friend Paul the ride up to Jamestown
on Thursday. Planning on a very mellow social pace.
Meet at Vic's Coffee at 5:30.
(3305 30th street for Paul)
Al
Tuesday Hill Climb Ride
Four mile canyon, poormans, then down Sunshine.
Meet at 5:30 at ebign fine park. Ride up dirt bike path to 4mile, go up to and back down to poormans...
Re-groups along the way.
Swift Sunday Rides (6/12)
Swift Ride - Sunday ride 9:00 AM Vics.
Hygiene + Rabbit Mountain + Fruit Loops. About 3 hours.
Can add in Old Stage on the way home.
Leader ~~ Al
Hygiene + Rabbit Mountain + Fruit Loops. About 3 hours.
Can add in Old Stage on the way home.
Leader ~~ Al
Not-So-Swift Ride Sunday ride 9:00 AM Vics.
I'll start with the group and ride the not-so-swift pace when things speed up. Love to have some not-so-swift companions! Note that with this route, it'll be easy to reconnect with the faster group.
Leader ~~Jeff
I'll start with the group and ride the not-so-swift pace when things speed up. Love to have some not-so-swift companions! Note that with this route, it'll be easy to reconnect with the faster group.
Leader ~~Jeff
Saturday Morning Ride - 8:00am
Saturday Morning Ride - 8:00am at Vics
Harder 2 hour ride - Hwy. 36 - Lefthand Canyon - turn left towards Ward - Two miles to second Fire station - Back down up and over Lee Hill to Boulder.
Regroups along the way.
If you want to go up to Ward, you are welcome to...
Ciao,
Stefano'
Harder 2 hour ride - Hwy. 36 - Lefthand Canyon - turn left towards Ward - Two miles to second Fire station - Back down up and over Lee Hill to Boulder.
Regroups along the way.
If you want to go up to Ward, you are welcome to...
Ciao,
Stefano'
Indy Pass Report
Sunday - Luisa, Al & I did Independence Pass. This is the second highest continuous paved road in the US and will be featured in the USA Pro Challange(Quiznos) race in August. We set out from the "town" of Twin Lakes around 9:45. The ride pretty much starts climbing right away. Nothing to bad but it goes up and up. At about 10,000 feet we start seeing snow on the side of the road, by the top it is all snow except for the road. Lots of back country skiers still out.
The last 3 miles of the climb are steady but not too steep, the main factor is the Altitude. You just can't go too hard...
Al kept jumping ahead of us and got a lot of good pictures - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2073112028053.2128085.1252473467
17 Miles Down, 57 to go...
We bundled up and headed down to Aspen. It was pretty chilly the first 5 miles, but then warmed up quite nicely. This road is in good to pretty bad shape. You always had to be aware of bumps, dips, potholes, gravel, water, etc. Hopefully it will be worked on before the pros head down it in August. Below 10,000 feet it started warming up and we cruised into Aspen for a Sandwich with the rich folks.
37 Miles Down, 37 to go, of which 20 was uphill. The Aspen side is 1000 feet more climbing.
The first 4 miles where rolling then we started climbing on a open, hot, sunny section of road. This was the hardest part of the ride for me.
At about 10000 ft we made it back into the trees and in the snow banks, which cooled us down a bit. The climb on this side was not to steep either, just long, grinding at high altitude.
With 2 miles to the top, I had to take off from Al and Luisa, so I could hammer over the top and down to call the Kennel by 5:00. I went a little faster up and then bombed down the decent. I had to bunny hop a few holes and dips. I made it back just in time and called the kennel for a later pickup. I went to the store to get some water and fudge sickles for us. Al and Luisa, got down just in time before the fudge melted and I would have been force to eat them...
7500 ft. of Climbing, 74 Miles and 6 Hours Ride time...
Worse part was that I had to rush to get the mutts and had to stop by a gas stations to some hot dogs for dinner... At least they had some good beer...
*Yesterday I did a lap around Turquoise Lake in Leadville. A beautiful 14 mile loop at 10000ft. Thinking of doing a High Altitude Training Camp up there in mid- July. Camp and ride for a few days. Do CopperMtn Loop.
Ciao,
Stefano
(what is Stephen in French? Almost Tour time. Get your Rooster ready)
The last 3 miles of the climb are steady but not too steep, the main factor is the Altitude. You just can't go too hard...
Al kept jumping ahead of us and got a lot of good pictures - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2073112028053.2128085.1252473467
17 Miles Down, 57 to go...
We bundled up and headed down to Aspen. It was pretty chilly the first 5 miles, but then warmed up quite nicely. This road is in good to pretty bad shape. You always had to be aware of bumps, dips, potholes, gravel, water, etc. Hopefully it will be worked on before the pros head down it in August. Below 10,000 feet it started warming up and we cruised into Aspen for a Sandwich with the rich folks.
37 Miles Down, 37 to go, of which 20 was uphill. The Aspen side is 1000 feet more climbing.
The first 4 miles where rolling then we started climbing on a open, hot, sunny section of road. This was the hardest part of the ride for me.
At about 10000 ft we made it back into the trees and in the snow banks, which cooled us down a bit. The climb on this side was not to steep either, just long, grinding at high altitude.
With 2 miles to the top, I had to take off from Al and Luisa, so I could hammer over the top and down to call the Kennel by 5:00. I went a little faster up and then bombed down the decent. I had to bunny hop a few holes and dips. I made it back just in time and called the kennel for a later pickup. I went to the store to get some water and fudge sickles for us. Al and Luisa, got down just in time before the fudge melted and I would have been force to eat them...
7500 ft. of Climbing, 74 Miles and 6 Hours Ride time...
Worse part was that I had to rush to get the mutts and had to stop by a gas stations to some hot dogs for dinner... At least they had some good beer...
*Yesterday I did a lap around Turquoise Lake in Leadville. A beautiful 14 mile loop at 10000ft. Thinking of doing a High Altitude Training Camp up there in mid- July. Camp and ride for a few days. Do CopperMtn Loop.
Ciao,
Stefano
(what is Stephen in French? Almost Tour time. Get your Rooster ready)
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