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updated 01.09.04 9:14 PM

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Boulder women!! Plan rides with other local women on our forum! Also check out the SingleTrack Sistahs, a Boulder group for women mountain bikers, leading group rides on a weekly basis beginning in June. No rides in the winter.

shop: For the best selection of Cannondale mountain bikes in our area, go to Golden Bear Bikes in Broomfield! These guys will bend over backwards to help you get the right bike in the right size! They stock the Cannondale Jekyll femenine, as well as a full run of Scalpels, and for the Downhill Divas- the Gemini! As well as a great selection of road bikes!Golden Bear also offer the Fit Kit services.

Golden Bear Bikes

BROOMFIELD LOCATION, 11965 Main Street, 303-469-7273

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Cutting Edge Sports

in Boulder, Lafayette and Broomfield! A Cannondale dealer and a great bunch of folks!

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go to Big Ring bikes. great prices and an awesome selection of Cannondale Bicycles, Carnac shoes and other great stuff.. great selection for the female shopper, including small sizes in Cannondale road and mountain bikes!

Big Ring Bikes
2401 Ford Street
Golden, CO  80401
303.216.2000
1.877.ride.big

!other cannondale dealers.

ride: 1. Walker Ranch. Take Flagstaff road about 5 miles, when you start winding down, look for the trailhead parking on your left. Difficult trail, lots of climbing!!! 7.5 miles long. 1 hour and 15 minutes.. roughly the same either way. Loop.

2. Hall Ranch. Take 7 out of Lyons, Hall about 1 mi out of Lyons. Ride is out and back with a loop at the end. Total ride is about 10 miles. The initial climb is steep and technical. Good for intermediates and above. 1.5 hours to 2 hours depending on fitness.

3. Heil Ranch. Take 36 north out of Boulder, hang a left on Left Hand Canyon road and Heil will be on your right. A good climb, but easy technically.

4. Betasso Preserve. A great place for beginners. Very short trail with plenty of hikers. Not at all technical and very little climbing. Please follow directional signs. Mountain bikers have to go the proper direction.

race:

Colorado racing!

Boulder Short Track series- results and info. The series is over for 2004- come back in '05!

eat in Longmont:

Tim's Thai! Yes, there is good Thai, in Longmont!!! Tim's Thai has great Spring Rolls and curries. But you haven't had Tim's Thai until you've had Tim's ice cream!!! The all-time best flavor is Strawberry-Basil, with fresh Basil leaves. The Thai Coffee is also good, but the flavor list is long, including Coconut, Avacado, Chipotle-Chocolate,Orange and so on. The downside to Tim's? Only open for dinner, and closed on Sundays. Even God has to take a day off, so I guess it's ok!
2939 17th Ave, Longmont, Co 303.772.8680 (Moving mid September 2004)

Deja Brew Airport and Nelson Roads, Longmont, CO Locally owned coffee shop, can't go wrong! Great coffee- especially espresso drinks, cookies and light meals available. Internet access. What else do you need from a coffee shop??? 303.485.6778 -----

Proto's Pizza Great REAL pizza! Thin crust, like it's supposed to be! Gourmet flavors... a little pricey, but hey, you get what you pay for! 4 locations, Denver, Boulder, Lafayette and Longmont! Address: 600 South Airport Road Building B Telephone: 303-485-5000 Hours: Monday - Thursday 11- 9 Friday and Saturday 11 - 9:30 Sunday 3 - 9

eat in Boulder:

boulder is big on local business, but i have to recommend chipotle, a burrito chain. their enormous burritos filled with only fresh made daily goodies are the best in the world, hands down. forget your dry white toast and 4 fried chickens and get yourself a burrito, baby! this is very fresh food.

chipotle, pearl street boulder, or in longmont on 119 by starbucks and papa john's. also on Pearl Street near University Cycles. Chipotle now uses all natural chicken and beef! check out the web site!

Himalaya, located in boulder on 14th near pearl and the boulder theater. also on 119 in longmont near the gart's sports. lunch buffet of indian/tibetan/nepalese food. extremely high quality food! i recommend the smashed/curried eggplant and the tandoori chicken. as always get the chai (indian tea) for dessert. awesome service! 303.442.3230.

The Med Excellent Mediterranean food! on Walnut Street in Boulder. Tapas, yum! and pizza and pasta! Great meat dishes- something for everyone. A very popular and busy restaurant, open for lunch and dinnner. Salads are excellent too! 1002 Walnut Street Boulder, Colorado 80302 Phone 303-444-5335 Fax 303-444-6451 Downtown parking validated Web site

stuff to do:

1. the freak show on the Pearl Street Mall is always fun. look for a houdini type, a guy with a chain contraption, plenty of panhandlers, hippie kids who wanna be street bums and window shopping for the wealthy. no dogs allowed on the Mall, so don't even try it, they will ticket you!

2. Boulder Theater, it's always something cool there, check local listings.

3. Leanin' Tree Museum in the Gunbarrel neighborhood. You know, the cards with cowboy art and western scenes... very cool! Take 119/Diagnoal Hwy towards Longmont, on your right in Gunbarrel.

4. IMBA, Pearl Izumi and many other companies are here!

group road riding:

many many rides. check out the Pro Peloton shop ride and the McGuckin hardware ride.