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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.

A woman descending a paved hill on a mountain bike

Getting Started With Training for Cycling

How do I get started training for a cycling event? Should my training focus on high intensity work or on longer duration workouts? Daniel Matheny, Head Coach at Matheny Endurance, let’s us know.

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.

After I get to the top of this thing, I’m going to register for the 719 Ride. 😉

Happy days! 719 Ride registration is open, and registrations are rolling in. You should roll over to 719ride.com and register too. 😀
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What’s in the box? Two FREE tickets to the March 4 (tomorrow) @switchbacksfc game. Match starts at 2:00 p.m. Message us with your email address, and we will transfer the tickets to you. There is only one pair of tickets. The first to respond can have them. The tickets are in section 117, row C. Thanks for listening. 😎

Some legends are told, some turn to dust or to gold, but you will remember me, remember me for centuries. — The Course That Cannot Be Defeated
Route Without End —25 songs and 82 minutes of braggadocio to get your ire and fight up, and get you ready for our mid-summer cycling challenge.
Registration opens March 12. The link is in our bio, as is the link for the Route Without End #spotifyplaylist.
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Cycling is magical!
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Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
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Whatever your challenge is. Lean in to it. Embrace it to beat and defeat it.

Showoff!
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Piano. Piano. You have to pace yourself on this ride. If you no do that, you go BOOM! 💣 💥 🤯 😵‍
Non ci credi? Registration opens March 12 for Boom! Chicka! Pow!
We ride Saturday, July 15. Mark your calendario with both dates. 🗓
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