"Ride as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride." --Eddy Merckx "Ride as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride." --Eddy Merckx
Team CSP-SBI in Action
Category: Cycling adventures
Cycling for conservation & access
Conserving our lands and waters is essential to protecting humans and wildlife and stabilizing our climate, so I’m following the direction from leading scientists and introducing this resolution to set a national goal of conserving 30 percent of America’s land…
Racing “The Crippler” in Colorado Springs
This ride report by Team CSP-SBI cycling ambassador Dave Theobald After participating in a number of organized gravel rides this summer, I decided, on a lark, to race while the weather was still warm (September 30th). The event I chose…
Catching the spirit of the Iron Horse
"the biking circle and community is great". --Howard Grotts, 2018 Iron Horse Men's Champion Durango, Colorado is a beautiful Western town. This year's 47th Annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic celebrated Durango's cycling heritage, and expanded the fun by weaving in…
Team CSP-SBI kits available
Southwest Bike Initiative invites you to join our team of cycling ambassadors, Team CSP-SBI, on this bike to work month 2018! Clothing is available through Wednesday May 22 on our online store. Take a look and enjoy the ride! Sizing…
Artful living in the East Mountains
This year I realized how much I rely on riding, for my socializing even. Half the people I know are the people I wave at and say hi to on my bicycle. I miss being out there." Brud Grossman, "The…
2017, a year in cycling
2017, a year in cycling by cycling ambassador Stephen Wolfe My wife Kyoko and I started out 2017 with a cycling adventure as part of our planned trip to New Zealand, a place neither of us had been. We spent…
A pint of the black stuff
A pint of the black stuff, by cycling ambassador Michael Ort 80.5 km distance 3:59:43 trip time 20.14 kph average speed 65 kph maximum speed 1400 m climbing 520 masl maximum elevation My bike computer had these data on it, plus…
Cycling makes a better life
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." --Leo Tolstoy Although changing ourselves may be the hardest thing, a lot of people are putting their imaginations to work through cycling. The positive effects of cycling…
A Ride
story and photos by Team CSP-SBI's Michael Ort ----------------- I wake up with an ear worm: “Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel”. No idea where it came from, but it’s there. By 6:45, I’ve had my tea…
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