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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.

Two children in Burkina Faso on bicycles

On the Occasion of World Bicycle Day

A bicycle is a key component for transformational life change. These bike-focused charities provide freedom, mobility, opportunity and joy to millions of people.

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.

This is quite simply THE BEST TIRAMISÙ IN COLORADO SPRINGS! Hands down, and no exaggeration.
Tiramisù comes in many shapes and sizes and is made many different ways. And its always delicious. Its quite simply the best dessert there is. But not all tiramisù is equally delicious.
The most delicious presentation is HEAVY on the mascarpone and light on the ladyfingers. This isnt a cake, people.
And the ladyfingers have to be SOAKED in their coffee and liquor mix.
This combination, which @marigoldcolorado executes with sublime perfection, presents a velvety and decadent mouth feel to transport you mind and soul to Il Bel Paese, despite it being a French restaurant. Mamma mia!
We cannot recommend the Marigold tiramisú highly enough. BUONISSIMO!
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A clean sweep of the first part of stage 3 by @everynaoandthen. #pikespeakapex

Stage 3 #PikesPeakApex winner @howardgrotts brings it home, followed by overall race winner @brayden.johns0n.

#PikesPeakApex race leaders at the start of stage 3 @brayden.johns0n & @sofiawaite

Stage 2 of the #PikesPeakApex gets underway from a stellar start line setup. #proudparent #supportlocalevents

Start/finish for stage one of the #pikespeakapex. A bit more involved than our start/finish. Enjoyed being involved in constructing this masterpiece today. #supportlocalevents

The 719 Ride and The Course That Cannot Be Defeated are locally known for their curative values in many common ailments. Through the process of participation and repeated ascents of Rossmere Street and Blodgett Drive, along with the additional inclines along La Corsa, the 719 Ride has been found to be a most powerful agent of metamorphosis and glorification.
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The 719 Ride has properties that render it effective in numerous ailments — weakness, slowness and uncertainty to name a few. The event has a tonic effect that greatly adds to a person’s emotional and physical wellbeing. We suggest the 719 Ride tonic as a remedy to consider. It can be ordered directly from 719ride.com and will be available to order March 11, 2024.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident. The bicycle changes lives. The bicycle is an instrument of exaltation in life. A bicycle ride lifts the spirit, emancipates the soul and cures many ills.
Furthermore, we believe:
*Cycling is a healthy and worthy pursuit with much to recommend it.
* Cycling is a point of view, a perception and an attitude towards life.
* Cycling elevates, and elevation is heroic.
* Cycling uphill is glorious. And doing so repeatedly or for extended periods is heavenly.
* An invasion of armies can be resisted, but the allure of roads that tilt up cannot be.
* Climbing is a forge.
* The best ride is one where you bite off more than you can chew, but you endure, persevere and revel in what you accomplished.
* There is beauty in fatigue.
* All effort is good effort, and success is achieved by daring greatly.
AND IN MATTERS PERTINENT TO OURSELVES, WE HOLD:
* A bicycle event should be approachable by all and challenging to all.
* An unwavering and relentless course is attractive.
* Story matters.
* The 719 Ride is a different kind of event.
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Cycle to the Summit is a mere three days away, and registration closes today! You rode with us last month. You’re READY to ride up #PikesPeak now. Go ahead and register. And use that discount code you got from us to save our thematically notable $7.19.
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Bikes upon bikes upon bikes.
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