The USA Pro Challenge is arguably America’s favorite bike race …. well, hands down a Colorado favorite, but watched and loved all over the country. The last stage and finish in Downtown Denver saw Tejay van Garderen (USA) of BMC Racing Team take the...
One recent Colorado afternoon, everyone was elated that the rain had held off for the race. The temperature was dropping quickly as the sun set behind the mountains and racers, spectators and their families with colorful puffy jackets milled around, chatting and...
by Shannon Galpin Mountain2Mountain We got some amazing photos from Kabul this week. These girls are learning to ride bikes in Kabul. They are not part of the national cycling team, or even aware of it at the time they sent us the photos. These girls simply started...
By Shannon Galpin Mountain2Mountain “It’s time to stop referring to Afghan women as weak, as helpless. Its time to refer to Afghan women as strong, catalysts for change. How can we expect Afghan women to fight if we continue to label them as victims?” I said these...
The first time I saw Tony was on the Barney Flow trail. He was flying through the air on his bike. I didn’t know it at the time, but he was actually ‘checking his work’ with a couple of friends. Tony Overlock, Lead Trails Technician for the Breckenridge Open Space...
Emma Pooley, women’s pro cyclist & one of the three women who pushed race organizers to create a women’s race at Le Tour de France, said it all “Rome wasn’t built in a day”. She was rationalizing the Amaury Sports...
