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The new event, held in Colorado’s ski country, promises thin air, amazing views, and a bumpy descent or two.

A solo cyclist ran out of water and died as temperatures reached a record high of 102 degrees in nearby Grand Junction on Saturday.

The pocket guide will feature routes, historical information, and links to digital maps of curated gravel rides in southeastern Colorado.

Tiny Trinidad, Colorado hopes to become the capital of gravel cycling. What goes into creating a gravel destination, and does Trinidad have what it takes?

Everesting is crazy. Climbing 14,000 feet? That's only half crazy. Check out the new VeloNews challenge.

Think you want to put on a gravel race? There's a lot more to consider than a cool course and a fun afterparty. We spoke to Chelsea Luttrall, founder and "one-woman show" at Colorado's The Crippler race to find out what it takes.

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Just three miles from downtown Gunnison, the trail system provides for top-notch riding ranging from smooth and fast to slow and technical

There are few towns in existence that embrace cycling to the level that Durango has. The town eats, sleeps, and breathes cycling

While most mountain bikers looking for trails flock to Fruita, trails in Grand Junction provide more thrills per mile of trail than any in Colorado.

With plans of transforming the area into a mountain bike Mecca, Salida Mountain Trails has worked tirelessly to build new trails in the area

While it doesn't have the name recognition of Fruita or Moab, little Cortez, Colorado rocks.

The chainless DH at the Crested Butte Fat Tire Fest is a decade-old tradition. Why not declare it the world championships?

Video: Check out the new $3.2M bike park in Boulder, Colorado... where else?

40-acre Valmont Bike Park features everything from slopestyle jumps to pump tracks to cross-country singletrack.

Stan's NoTubes steps up with big pro payout for all-women event.

JHK and Georgia Gould won the cross-country races at last year's Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado.

Slideshow: Moots' MootoX RSL 29er started with the same philosophy as that originally applied to the company's Vamoots RSL  road rig : Build the highest performing race bike possible without eroding the Moots quality and durability standards.

A knot of pro men are vying for the lead in the six-day, lung-busting event known as the Breck Epic in Colorado. Read some of the mental wanderings of Sarah Uhl, someone not vying for the lead but busting butt nonetheless at the Epic.

Tuesday's third stage of the Breck Epic somewhere above Breckenridge, Colorado saw a brutal day in the saddle where riders climbed over the Continental Divide twice in 44 miles, gaining over 9,400 feet. And did we mention it was cold...?

The Leadville Trail 100 will see its deepest field ever duke it out, including Dave Wien Levi Leipheimer, Todd Wells, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and a host of other names start the Colorado epic.

Leadville Trail 100 founder Ken Chlouber on Thursday announced he had sold his collection of ultra-endurance running and cycling events to Life Time Fitness.

From cross-country and dual slalom and big air, it's been a full weekend at Colorado's Winter Park Resort's Trestle Bike Park.

The Teva Mountain Games start June 3, with a elite-level MTB race set for Saturday, June 5. Check out the tasty video tidbits.

With the third-annual Growler on tap for May 30, Singletrack.com checked in with MTB Hall-of-Famer Travis Brown to see what tips he has for the 300 racers in the sold-out event.

Gunnison, Colorado's Growler mountain bike race is scheduled for its third running on May 30, the 64-mile event in 7,700-foot high Gunnison is organized by Dave Wiens, the man who has beat both Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis at the Leadville 100, a race Wiens has won six times.

Round two of the country's newest mountain bike series makes a stop in Colorado May 15-16 at the Chalk Creek Stampede.

Colorado CycleFest is a weekend of festivities that include a ride with Dave Wiens and Susan DeMattei in support of the Colorado High School Cycling League.

Now in its ninth year, the Teva Mountain Games in Colorado brings cross-country riders, roadies and freeriders together for a weekend of competition in June.

In the second installment of Singletrack.com's visit to Yeti Cycles' headquarters, Zack Vestal takes a look at what's keeping Yeti at the forefront of competitive mountain biking.

Since 1985, Yeti Cycles has been pushing the envelope for off-road race bikes. Singletrack.com stopped by the Yeti lair to see what makes this little company tick.

Team Yeti Beti will host the Beti Bike Bash on June 12. The event outside of Denver will offer women several races for all ages and abilities.

2010 American Mountain Bike Challenge announced. Series features 21 events in 16 states and serves as qualifying races for USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships in Granby, Colorado.

While details are still to come, the enduros are set for Sept. 4-5, 2010, in Leadville, Colorado — elevation 10,152.

The new Spot Brand SS or geared or belt-driven bike from the folks out of Golden, Colorado, is too cool not to leak to the rest of the world — so here it is!

While Fruita, Colorado is not as famous as its neighbor to the west — Moab, Utah — the small Colorado town is home to some of the best mountain biking in the region.

The new league is part of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), and is based on the high school mountain biking program established in California, where mountain bike racing has become a varsity high school sport.

Maybe the best part of riding in Winter Park is that once there you won't need a car to access some 600 miles of trails - yes, 600 miles.

Katie Compton has the legs. Heather Irmiger has the lungs. Mary McConneloug owns the technical skills and Georgia Gould has the speed.