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Tulsa 9-year-old says he's ready for 540 miles
[media-credit name="Allison Sherry, The Denver Post" align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit]Olin and Mike Ferguson traveled from Oklahoma for the tour. When one thinks mountainous states,...
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OK, OK, there was a little bravado about today. Pshhh, 40 miles? That’s nothing. Over the National Monument? Spectacular beauty! Dramatic cliffs! A tough climb? Not really. The first 20 miles and the...
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A bike jersey will have to do
[media-credit name="Allison Sherry, The Denver Post" align="alignnone" width="224"][/media-credit]Doug Simons, co-owner of Enstrom's Candy in Grand Junction, had to sub in for a real flag during the...
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A celebration after 6,800 feet
[media-credit name="Allison Sherry, The Denver Post" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit] Celebrations were alive atop the Grand Mesa on Monday after riders pedaled 6,800 feet to the summit...
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We're jealous of…
[media-credit name="Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post" align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit]Riders cycle toward Palisade, Colo., from Grand Junction for the second day of the Ride the Rockies on...
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A Denver man suffered a brain contusion and a broken jaw Monday outside of Cedaredge, south of the Grand Mesa, after his bike fork inexplicably cracked and broke. The site of the crash wasn’t an...
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Tequila tops Coal Bank Pass …
[media-credit name="Allison Sherry, The Denver Post" align="alignright" width="325"][/media-credit]Alex Childs, a 28-year-old engineer from Boulder, takes a squirt of tequila atop Coal Bank Pass....
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Egg tacos got us through
[media-credit name="Allison Sherry, The Denver Post" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit]Rob Shaw cooks breakfast tacos. Rob Shaw has traversed from Kyle, Texas, to Ride the Rockies for the...
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We all wonder whether we're cut out for this
[media-credit name="Courtesy of Allison Sherry" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit]Denver Post reporter and Ride the Rockies blogger Allison Sherry warming on the asphalt atop Molas Pass....
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Sagging … blisters are to blame
[media-credit name="Allison Sherry, The Denver Post" align="alignnone" width="300"][/media-credit]I shared a sag for a few miles with fellow riders tuckered out on Day Five of Ride the Rockies. From...
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