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Honors the Tradition, Lore and Culture of Cycling

Fuels the 719 Ride Ethos

Celebrates Elevation and Italia

Daryl Spano descends a hill on his bike wearing a 719 Ride orange jersey

The Meaning of Orange in Cycling

Orange connotes strength, endurance and success. Within cycling, orange is historical, encouraging and attention grabbing.

Peter Sagan takes first in the 2018 Paris Roubaix

369 Quintessential Cycling Quotes

Revel in this curated list of cycling quotes pleasing to the heroic soul, the nostalgic heart and the excitable mind.

A cyclist wearing an Elephant Rock jersey while riding the 2021 719 Ride in Colorado Springs

A List of Epic Colorado Cycling Events and Century Rides

There’s a cycling event in Colorado for every type of cyclist.

Road cyclists climbing a hill in the 719 Ride

Amazing Strength: A Cycling Hymn

“Amazing Strength” is a cycling hymn with words written by The Course That Cannot Be Defeated, a relentless, unwavering route without end.

Jimmy Clere rides a fat bike up a climb in the 2022 719 Ride

Pedal the Springs Podcast + 719 Ride

What is the 719 Ride about? How did the 719 ride come to be? How was the 719 Ride route chosen? What is the appeal of the 719 Ride? What might the future may hold for the 719 Ride.

1911 Tour de France

The 1911 Tour de France was the ninth edition of the race. It consisted of 15 stages and included the race’s first foray into the high Alps.

Front of the peloton in the 2017 Tour de France

The Tour

The Tour is a fun, fast, and entertaining tale celebrating cycling and the Tour de France while acknowledging a sad part of cycling’s past. It’s Jan Ullrich finishing second in the doping marred 1998 Tour de France.

Vincenzo Nibali in the 2014 Tour de France

The Race

The Race harnesses the sensations of the best ride of your life and the thrill of the most electrifying race you’ve ever watched. It’s not a novel about cycling. It IS cycling!

A Race for Madmen

A Race for Madmen gives context and color to the legendary stories that have made it into our collective cycling consciousness. It’s like a well-executed team time trial — graceful, fluid and a beautiful thing to experience.

It’s All About the Bike

A devotional to one of humankind’s greatest inventions, It’s All About the Bike celebrates the tradition, lore and beauty of bicycles. It delivers a mature winning performance that can be appreciated for its simplicity, elegance and manner.

Fausto Coppi and Jean Robic ride up Alpe d'Huez in the 1952 Tour de France

Pedalare! Pedalare!

Pedalare! Pedalare! is light on tales of racing, heavy on the analysis of Italian society, generous with introductions to notable Italian cyclists and absorbed with The Golden Age of Italian Cycling. It performs well, deserves respect and is worth a read.

Several cyclists climb Blodgett Dr. in the 2020 719 Ride

An Essay by The Course That Cannot Be Defeated

I am untiring. I do not succumb. I am never-ending and always ready for another lap. I am a route without end. Do you have what it takes to go five laps with me?

Alpe d’Huez

Alpe d’Huez is a rewarding and animated feast of the defining and signature Tour de France moments and the stories behind them. It is a smart, imaginative, and engaging profile of “the cathedral of climbs.”

Greg Lemond in the final stage time trial of the 1989 Tour de France

Étape: 20 Great Stages From the Modern Tour de France

Étape is an engrossing celebration of the Tour de France. It reanimates memorable stages and moments, mostly from the late 1980s through 2012, and it’s a master work of cycling history and storytelling.

Geraint Thomas and Team Sky ride into Paris on the last stage of the 2018 Tour de France

The Tour According to G

For a GC contender there’s no hiding in the high mountains of the Tour de France, and The Tour According to G hides nothing from its readers. It’s forthcoming, direct, jovial and rousing. It delivers a strong winning performance from the Grand Départ to the Champs-Élysées.

The Tour is Won on the Alpe

Although The Tour is Won on the Alpe doesn’t fulfill its book-flap promise, it still puts in a strong performance, like a dedicated gregario or domestique riding in support of his team leader. It’s a performance worth a top 10 stage placement.

Thanksgiving just called to say lean heavily into the pursuit of a post-meal tryptophan haze today. Eat with gusto, yall! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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To all the turkeys who participate in our orange-focused festiveness of elevated summer frolicking, we are grateful for your support. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! The bird is the word.
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This Saturday @tepex_by_fernando is teaming up with @chef.betoreyes (Executive Chef at @milagros.cocina), @chef_chubby_one (Executive Chef @therabbithole719) to support those grieving in our community.
Between 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. @lostfriendbrewingco, these community-minded chefs will be cooking together with 100% of the proceeds being donated to help the families of the victims this past weekend.
If it’s in your heart, please share. And if you can attend, the chefs THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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Treat your eyeballs with respect today. Gaze for hours upon this beautiful visual designed by @jenscyclingart. Then elevate the decor of your home and office with this sublime addition to your life. Visit 719ride.com via the link in our bio to get yours and be the envy of your peers.
Illustrated in the tradition of vintage #cyclingposters, our third edition commemorative poster connects your #ColoradoSprings sweat and tears to the Monuments, Grand Tours and storied cycling events that invigorate our imagination and inspire our cycling efforts.
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A 2000 Lance Armstrong Foundation (@livestrong) Ride for the Roses cycling jersey that is as comfy as ever.
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Oh, wouldnt it be nice to ride this road?
Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray
It might come true
Baby, then there wouldnt be a single thing we couldnt do
Oh, wouldnt it be nice?
You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But lets talk about it
Oh, wouldnt it be nice?
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Pleasure is upon us as we are introducing to you two additional route options complementing The Course That Cannot Be Defeated in 2023 and BEYOND: the 719 Ride SE and the GoldiLITE 719
A shade kinder and gentler, five laps of the 719 Ride SE is still a feisty fireplug serving up a metric century and more than 7,300 of rictus inducing satisfaction and fun.
And the GoldiLITE 719 is our family-friendly frolic of friskiness. Four and a half miles long with less than 400 of elevation gain, this mostly flat course has three turns to its name, all of which are right turns, essentially making it a ride around the block.
This fun-loving festival of family fantastic time leaves everyone enough energy and free time for a walk in the park.
Combine the GoldiLITE with a couple laps of the 719 Ride SE or The Course That Cannot Be Defeated and put a fine finish on a day with friends or first-time event participants. The potential combinations are endless, and they all unlock The Door to Personal Excellence.
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Dear Del, Thank you for your support and help in growing the 719 Ride in 2022. You made the connections that made the event. Mille grazie.
📷: @artisticgoldcreativeconcepts
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Sign O Some Good Times
📷: @recklessly_adored
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When you do the 719 Ride, we give out free smiles. 😁
We also take photos on-course and give them to you. Yep! Give, not sold.
📷: @elevationwheelcompany
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Post-dental visit bike rides are the best! 😎 #goodoralhygiene
📷: @elevationwheelcompany
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Last one down is...the last one down. 😎
📷: @elevationwheelcompany
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#roadcycling
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