Overland Mountain Bike Association

09/07/2026

Thanks so much to our Trail Stewardship Crew for putting in a big week this past week! Remember, if you love the trail work you're seeing, please support OMBA with a membership, donation, and / or volunteering your time.

Monday the crew finished up on Dadd gulch reroute 5, concluding our time with Dadd this summer and completing a 2,036 foot segment of new trail connecting the old trail 1,472 feet below the upper trailhead with a point slightly higher on the Salt Cabin Road, adding 600 feet of additional trail and bringing the trail higher to a nice vantage point!
The next couple days were spent walking through and reviewing trail work with the Forest Service, and introducing the new Trail Operations Manager to our projects from this year and last year, and riding Hewlett Gulch, Dadd Gulch, Roaring Creek, as well as a scouting ride on North Lone Pine to check out the project the crew is moving to next. Thursday, we hit the ground running, starting up work on North Lone Pine and prepping for our first reroute.

09/06/2026

Volunteers needed! In order to put on an awesome event, we need awesome people! Many positions available that will allow you to help and still enjoy the festivities. Camping, event shirt, and beverages for volunteers. Check the volunteer tab in the event website. Link in bio or at:
https://www.nocomtbfest.com/volunteer

09/05/2026

THREE DAYS.
75+ MILES
OF SINGLETRACK. ONE UNFORGETTABLE WEEKEND.
Demo the freshest bikes from top brands. Ride the Poker Ride from Inlet Bay at Horsetooth. Wander the vendor expo, grab food from local trucks, and share a beer with folks who get it.

Join a group ride, ride alongside a pro, take a skills clinic, or bring the family out. Camp on site. Whatever you want out of a weekend on bikes, this festival has it.

It's where bike brands, local and regional vendors, and the riding community all come together.

All proceeds go back into Northern Colorado trails.

Signup and info:
https://www.nocomtbfest.com/

09/02/2026

Shorter days mean cooler rides, but less light. Tonight's Wednesday Night Social MTB ride will be the last one departing at 6pm for the season. Starting next week on September 9, we'll meet at 5:30pm for a roll out by 5:45pm from the Blue Sky Trail parking lot. Helmets required. Lights suggested (just in case).

09/01/2026

Cooler evenings are back, and so are OMBA after-work Thursday Dig Days. Get your hands dirty and help our local trails starting this Thursday evening. Tools and instruction provided. Meet at the west end of Laporte Avenue.
Sign-up link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/fall-thursday-dig-days?

08/31/2026

OMBA Trail Stewardship Crew update:
We are on the final countdown of reroute 5, which will conclude our time on Dadd gulch. The hand crew was cruising through flat grassy sections last week while Cody was blazing through corners on the excavator, almost completing the connection between salt cabin road and our junction with old tread. We enjoyed hearing the calls of a red-tailed hawk and the hollow knocking of woodpeckers on burnt trees, the view from the top of lower Dadd is a treat. All that's left to do is button it up with a bit more fresh tread, and then it will be time to re-naturalize old trail and say goodbye to Dadd for the season.

08/27/2026

Three days. 75+ miles of Front Range singletrack. One seriously good weekend on bikes.

The Northern Colorado Mountain Bike Festival is coming to Inlet Bay at Horsetooth Reservoir, September 25–27.

Demo bikes and gear from Trek, Santa Cruz, Ibis, Shimano, Transition, Norco, Orbea, REEB and more brands still to be announced.

Take on the Poker Ride, join a group ride or skills clinic, check out the vendor expo, grab some food and a beer, then camp right at the festival.

Whether you’re coming to test your next bike, explore Horsetooth singletrack or spend a weekend riding with the Fort Collins mountain bike community, there’s plenty happening all three days.

September 25–27
Inlet Bay at Horsetooth Reservoir
Fort Collins, Colorado

All proceeds support trail building and maintenance in Northern Colorado.

Get your pass and plan your weekend at NoCoMTBFest.com

Three days of dirt at Inlet Bay Campground, Horsetooth Reservoir. Demo the freshest bikes, ride the Poker Ride, and share a beer with riders who get it.

08/27/2026

Getting kids on bikes is a great cause. Please help out if you are able!

Alright, bike nerds, we’re getting close to go time!

The 2026 MyCycle Fort Collins Team Challenge is sitting at $6,290, which puts us shy of one-third of the way to our goal. Donations need to be in by the build days on September 10th and 11th, so there isn’t a ton of time left to get your team, club, crew or yourself on the board.

And we’re missing donations from some of our perennial favorites.

Team totals so far:

🥇 Horsetooth Cycling: $1,250
🥈 MiiFlo Cycling Team: $645
🥉 Fort Follies: $480
Team BOB: $390
Fort Collins Cycling Club: $280
CSU: $280

Privateers are doing their part too, with nearly $3,000 in individual donations so far. That’s awesome.

But I have questions.

Where are my peeps from Poudre Sunrise Cyclists? Corndoggies? Q***r Plus Bikes? Viral Racing? Fort Collins Gravel People? NCGR? Breakaway Cycles? And the Rio?! Goose eggs so far...

The Team Challenge was created to get the entire Northern Colorado cycling community involved, from race teams and clubs to gravel crews, commuters and everyone in between.

And remember, this isn’t just about bragging rights. MyCycle provides brand-new bikes and helmets to local PSD kids. In 2025, MyCycle distributed 266 bikes, and since the program started in 2020, more than 1,600 bikes and helmets have gone to local second graders. The 2026 program will again include second graders at Putnam, Bauder, Irish, Laurel, Harris and Linton, along with fifth graders at Putnam.

Every contribution helps. You don’t have to fund a whole bike to make a difference.

So, Horsetooth, MiiFlo and Fort Follies are off the front, and there isn’t exactly an organized chase group.

Donate now. Build days are September 10th and 11th.

More info on YGR. Link in comments.

Love,

YGR

08/25/2026

5:45pm meet at the Blue Sky Trailhead for a 6:00pm roll out. All levels welcome. Helmet required.

08/24/2026

Overland Trail Stewardship Crew Dadd Gulch update:
Last week, after re-naturalizing old 3/4 of a mile of old trail replaced by the almost mile long reroute 3, the crew installed drainage and fixed up a couple of features on the way up the trail to Reroute 5 where we quickly hit the ground running, finishing over 130 feet of rock work, building 2 large corners, and finishing up work behind the Excavator, making for quite the productive week. On Thursday Cody continued trucking on the excavator while the hand crew helped out the Forest Service by installing signage on the Hewlett reroute from last season. The wind and afternoon clouds this week kept the crew from burning up and multiple dogs joining as morale boosters kept the crew happy as can be this week.