2017 Colorado 600 | Day three or more Report

Day 3, dawns with clear blue skies and the rain from yesterday’s brief thunder or wind storms promises to make today’s riding simply awesome. But before heading out for the day, the particular riders gathered at the morning’s learning session to explore, in-depth some of the many formal land use “processes” the fact that TPA regularly engages in to ensure motor-driven trail riding will have places to ride and recreate both these days and into the future. Dirt cyclists that have been riding even for a brief while have seen a loss of operating opportunities and pressure to close up even more. However , the TPA via its use of specialized consultants and attorneys continues to work diligently to keep places to ride open plus available. This morning riders learned some of the basics of land use advocacy and the details of the effort it takes to fight for your right to ride. Currently the TPA is focusing their attempts and resources on threats to 4 major riding areas, throughout Colorado.

With riding conditions near perfect, the guides and groups of riders shifted out for another day of epic Colorado scenery and terrific trail conditions. A former SX/MX star was noticed saying, ”great group ride today, the riding was super technical, tough and challenging”. A finisher from the 2016 Dakar Rally and 4-time ISDE finisher summarized today’s riding as “I put together the toughest 120 mile loop I really could imagine and the group just smashed it. The choice of riding around the 600 offers a terrific variety of terrain and the scenery is simply the best around”. There were plenty of tales to tell and stories to share and around the campfire tonight.

Therefore just what kinds of bikes do the participants of the CO 600 ride? A count of bikes in the car parking lot today revealed 3 Hondas, 4 Yamahas, 5 Betas plus 91 KTM’s.