Fort Follies Events Calendar
See our upcoming events calendar below. These events are open to all women (regardless of the sex they were identified as at birth) and non-binary cyclists, this in includes members of the team and members of the community.
For all of all events please bring a bike in good working condition, a helmet, clothing and gear appropriate for the weather, water, snacks, tools and supplies to fix your own bike, and access to the route planned for the event.
All event attendees are required to completed our waiver.
Sendtown Short Track MTB Series
This is one of the series where Follies race for free! Break out your MTB or cyclocross bike for some fun, grassroots short track racing at the dirt pile behind New Belgium!
Weepeats
Wednesday Night Weepeats with the Follies is starting back up again on May 1st! We meet at Fresh Foods Market (what was previously Beaver's Market) at 5:45 every week. We roll out at conversation pace and typically do about an hour of hill repeats. We are usually on Bingham Hill, but occasionally switch it up.
Women's Grassroots Race Nights
Come try out 3 different race disciplines this summer! All women race for free at each event regardless of team affiliation.
May 21st, June 13th, and June 25th
Full Moon Ride
Come ride some full moon gravel with us! May 23rd at 7 pm, rolling from Beaver's/Fresh Food Market at Shields and Mountain. All cyclists welcome and feel free to bring non-Follies friends!
City Streets Criterium
Come join in on some local, grassroots racing at the City Streets Criterium! This year there is a super exciting prize purse for people who compete in at least 3 of the 4 race nights!
Foco Fondo X Fort Follies Women's Gravel Clinic
Clinic Day: Saturday, June 8 at New Belgium Brewing short track
9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Skills Clinic with Starla Teddergreen, Hannah Shell, Kristen Arnold, and Whitney Allison
12:30 - 1:30 pm - Lunch Breakout Sessions
Nutrition and Cycling as a Woman: Kristen Arnold
Mechanics: Ready for Race Day: Lauren Nagle
2:00 - 4:00 pm - Q&A Panel with Instructors + happy hour
First come, first serve for 50 participants! Register here!
Cost: $20 (If cost is an issue, please contact Janna at fortfollies@gmail.com)
Questions: fortfollies@gmail.com
Incycle Bike-a-rama
On April 26th, from 5-7, Incycle North Fort Collins will be throwing its inaugural Bike-A-Rama event. The party will feature food, bevs, music, games, a raffle, and expo.
April Full Moon Ride
Come ride some full moon gravel with us! April 25th (previously the 24th) at 6:30 pm, rolling from Beaver's/Fresh Food Market at Shields and Mountain. All cyclists welcome and feel free to bring non-Follies friends!
April Social: VeLoco Gold Sprints
Come out to R Bar with us to try out the VeLoco Gold Sprints! This is a super fun, friendly competition to see who can power a stationary bike around a track the fastest! There are always a ton of fun prizes to win! Check out VeLoco_Productions on Instagram for photos and videos of past events. Feel free to bring partners and non-Follies friends.
Intro to Road Racing Clinic
Come learn some hands-on road cycling and racing skills with USA Development Team coach Kristen Arnold. This clinic is designed to give you the boost in confidence to know that you can show up to a race, push yourself, and have a great time racing!
Click for all the info.
Galentine's Ride
💘 Join us for a Galentines ride, starting from Cups Community Coffee on Elizabeth at Taft, through CSU to downtown via Mason, then the Poudre Trail to Overland with a mid point stop at Me Oh My for snacks, then returning on Overland with a loop around City Park.
This will be an "everyone welcome" "any bike" ride, we'll all stay together to Me Oh My and if riders want to branch out from there on their own they can or ride with the group back to the start.
Sunday Feb 18 10am rollout! Route is ~15 miles at a no-drop pace.
https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/5905715476/
FoCo Fondo January Training Ride
Come ride the January FoCo Fondo Training ride with us!
We'll have a group riding the long route (47 miles) at a 15-16 mph pace, and will have either a group riding the short route at a 11-12 mph pace or a group riding the long route at that pace.
Bike the Lights
Bike the Lights with VeLoco Productions & focobikemob
All riders welcome and music will be suitable to all ages
Schedule:
5:00p - Rally at New Belgium Brewing
6:00p - Bike the Lights, bicycle light parade! (Route will be shared before the ride - check VeLoco Productions Instagram)
7:00p - Return to New Belgium Brewing or wherever you like. You are welcome to stay afterwards for socializing and drinks but no further activities are formally scheduled for post-light-parade.
Gear Swap!
Need some new-to-you cycling clothes, shoes, or other gear?! Or hoping to offload some of YOUR gear (yes, this is your motivation to clean out those drawers & closets)? This is for you! MOST items will be FREE! Workout and outdoorsy clothing items are welcome as well. There may be some for sale by owner (there will be w tables and items labeled with price & venmo / paypal info), and of course you're always welcome to donate to Queer+ Bikes & Fort Follies if you can! Come join us on December 16 from 1-3pm on the first floor of the Opera Galleria in downtown FoCo - Say hi, learn more about our orgs, and sift through the goods! Feel free to reach out with any questions!
Community mtb ride - Dirt Darlings & vntrbirds
We are stoked to partner with @vntrbirds and @wtf.bike for a BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and Allies Pedal Party at Maxwell Open Space.
Please click for more details and for registration link.
FoCo Weekly Women's MTB Ride
Thursday at 5:30pm Meet at the Blue Sky Trailhead to ride with the rad women of Overland MTB Association and the Fort Follies. Our goal is to expand your riding circle, empower your riding skills, and have a blast riding.
Route will change weekly as determined by those who attend. If enough folks show, we may have 2-3 groups split based on fitness.
Sunday Grunch
☕ Join us for our first Grunch ride of the year! 🚲
Now that we're mostly in the off season, our Sunday rides will become a little less frequent and more gravel-oriented due to unpredictable road conditions. Find the route on our Strava club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/30813/group_events/1498560
Wednesday Night Weepeats
Wednesday Night Weepeats with the Follies is starting back up again on May 3rd! We meet at Fresh Foods Market (what was previously Beaver's Market) at Shields and Mountain at 5:45 every week. We roll out at conversation pace and typically do about an hour of hill repeats. We are usually on Bingham Hill, but occasionally switch it up.
Aug. 16th we will be riding to Whale Rock! Check calendar for additional details.
Sunday Fundays
These weekend rides are typically road or gravel that start small and build in distance and difficulty as the season progresses. Meeting time, location and ride length will vary. Check the google calendar for routes, meeting locations, and start times, which will be updated by the Friday before.
MTB Ride - Devil's Backbone w/ Boulder MTB Alliance
Join the Boulder MTB Alliance for a ride at Devil’s Backbone! Click for all of the details, including waiver.
YGR Taft Hill Time Trial - Women's Night!
The Fort Follies are hosting another Women's Night! This time for the Taft Hill Time Trial. All women race for free regardless of team membership.
If you have a number you'd like to bring from home please do. Otherwise there will be jersey numbers available at the start.
This course also now has a gravel option for those you who don't have or don't want to ride a road bike!
Check out https://yourgroupride.com/ygr-time-trials/ for all the details regarding course and parking options.
Women's Night - City Streets Criterium Series
The City Streets Crits are a low-cost, mid-week, grassroots criterium series that takes place in mid-summer. They are hosted by the First City Cycling Team and take place at the Fort Collins Street Operations Facility. They are open to all ages, abilities, and genders.
Start location:
Fort Collins Street Operations, 625 9th St, Fort Collins, CO
This week is women's night! That means the Fort Follies is covering registration for all women who would like to participate regardless of which category you would like to race.
Registration starts at 5pm. At 5:45 Sam Quijano of the Fort Follies will host a quick intro to Criterium Racing Clinic and at 6pm will be the women's category race.
All women, femme, and non binary riders are welcome regardless of gender assigned at birth.
Read more about The City Street Crit Series: https://yourgroupride.com/city-streets-criterium-series/
Community Gravel Ride w WTF Bikes
Come ride with Kat Steele of WTF Bikes (and Fort Follies!) and the Queer+ Bikes group for a chill Saturday gravel ride! This ride is no-drop, but if you're feeling speedy feel free to ride at your own pace!
Strava event and route: https://www.strava.com/clubs/30813/group_events/1447275
Tour de France Femmes Watch Party
Join us at @road34bikebar this Sunday to watch the finale of this year's @letourfemmes!
🍻 We'll have some giveaways from a few sponsors as well as a round of pitchers on the team 🍻
If you're interested in riding with the team this weekend, we'll have a chill Sunday Funday ride that ends at Road34 just in time for the watch party! Details on that can be on under the Sunday Funday event and on Strava.
Bacon for Breakfast
A ride for any fast-paced, early rising crazies out there. Get a quick workout in before work or school! Click for more details.
Dams at Dawn
A ride for any fast-paced, early rising crazies out there. Get a quick workout in before work or school! Click for more details.
Fort Follies x Foco Fondo Gravel Clinic
Join the Fort Follies and FoCo Fondo for a free women’s gravel clinic led by NoCo gravel pros Starla Teddergreen and Hannah Shell, with support from Fort Collins’ own Whitney Allison. We’ll cover skills such as bike body separation, cornering, descending, emergency braking and group riding with time to practice in a closed environment before heading out for a short ride. Get ready for a fun morning of skills work and a ride to help you prepare to tackle one of the FoCo Fondo routes on July 23! Plus, we’ve got a discount code to register for the FoCo Fondo for all participants! Beginner to intermediate/advanced women and non-binary cyclists welcome.
Short & Sweet Saturday ride
This will be a fast-paced, A-B speed ride. No sweep and not no-drop, so please come prepared with the route! We are keeping an eye on the weather so we will be confirming or cancelling the ride at 8am the morning of. Our Strava club is the best way to stay up to date for any last minute changes!
Sunday Funday Kickoff + Group riding Safety & Etiquette
It’s time for our group rides to kick off for this season! Before we start weepeats and Sunday funday rides, we’ll be going over basic road and group ride safety. If you are new to the team or haven’t ridden with us in over a year, please plan to attend one of road safety rides. This is the second opportunity to join us for a group ride with a focus on how to ride in a group safetly.
This will be part of our first Sunday Funday ride of the season! Meet at Zwei and go over safety basics and expectations for Follies group rides. Then we’ll head out for the Sunday Funday ride, 20-30 miles! Route will be posted here next week.
If you are unable to make either safety-focused ride, we always make sure to go over our group ride expectations any time a new rider comes to one of our events.
Road Ride - Group Riding Safety & Etiquette
It’s time for our group rides to kick off for this season! Before we start Weepeats and Sunday Funday rides, we’ll be going over basic road and group ride safety. If you are new to the team or haven’t ridden with us in over a year, please plan to attend one of road safety rides.
We’ll meet at New Belgium, go over safety basics and expectations for Follies group rides. Then we’ll get out for a short 15ish mile ride (route posted here and on Strava soon!) to put everything into practice. We’d also be happy to tack on a longer ride after the road safety ride if anyone is interested.
Ride led by Janna Dickerson
March Foco Fondo Training Ride
Join the Fort Follies at the first in person FoCo Fondo Training ride of 2023!
This is a group gravel ride with two distance options. There are typically riders of all abilities and speeds, so it's a great chance to find people to ride with! It is not no-drop, but they will have someone at the back of the pack to make sure everyone makes it through the short course safely. There is likely going to be a lot of people, so plan parking and arrival time accordingly.
The ride departs at 10am.
Check out more route details, parking, and find the required bike sports wavier on the FoCo Fondo Event page
Don't forget to join their Strava group and link your ride to be eligible for prizes!
January Virtual Foco fondo training ride
The training rides for Foco Fondo have officially started, and they are virtual/do on your own time for January and February! It seemed like a good opportunity to get some Follies together and ride gravel to start the year off!
We will be riding the short course option, though if you want to get more miles in feel free to start with the group and then peel off when the routes diverge.
https://www.focofondo.com/training-rides-events/january-virtual-training-ride
Meet at New Belgium Brewing at 10am.
Depending on attendance, this will either be no drop or we will split into two pace groups.
Hope to see some of you soon!
Join the Fort Follies
The Fort Follies are a group that seeks to empower women in the Fort Collins area to be active and impactful members of our cycling community through riding, racing, and philanthropy. We strongly believe in a positive, supportive, and inclusive team, suited for women of all abilities and disciplines.