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Ride the Rockies starts today in Colorado

The Des Moines Register owns the granddaddy of all cross-state bicycle tours. The Iowa tour, RAGBRAI, has come to be known for its partying as well as the generosity of the host towns.

The Denver Post has its own, slightly less famous, Ride the Rockies, known for its breath-taking scenery as well as the leg-bursting climbs. …

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Ride the Rockies bike tour route

Denver Post bike ride through Colorado

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Day 36 – Lonely Route 96

Lonely Route 96 between Eads and Ordway in eastern Coloardo

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Day 36 – Sunrise at park in Tribune

Up with the sun for long day biking from Tribune, Kansas, to Ordway, Colo.

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Biking Bis results for Lance Armstrong poll

Will Lance Armstrong break the Tour de France record he set last year and win a 7th Tour de France championship this summer?
Three-fourths of you think he will. That's according to the poll that's been running for about two weeks at Biking Bis.
Interestingly, the voting heavily favored Armstrong the first few days, but dropped to about 66% at …

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Day 35 – Long shadows heading West

Miles of straight road ahead after leaving Utica in the  morning.

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Day 35 – Leaving Utica

Early morning departure from Utica, Kansas. Grain elevators, railroad tracks, station.

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Day 34 – Old postcard of McCracken

Compare to picture from '84. Looks like the building at left is the one with the mural on it now.

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Day 34 – Typical Kansas

Tall grass, field, oil well, big sky

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Day 34 – Mural in McCracken

Main Street, McCracken, Kansas

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