THIS JUST IN! 📣 Join The Cycle Effect community to watch our founders accept the Toyota Everyday Heroes Award and talk about the power of mentorship and mountain biking on the national stage!

The Cycle Effect founders, Tam and Brett Donelson, are accepting the award at the ESPNW Women + Sports Summit in Ojai, California. It’s an incredible honor for Tam and Brett, and a HUGE milestone for The Cycle Effect to be recognized at this level.

YOU can join the watch party! Register now to watch the livestream with us, beginning at approximately 8pm MST on Monday, October 28: https://espnwsummit.com/register/virtual

We couldn’t be prouder to share this moment with all of you. Thank you for being part of The Cycle Effect!

It’s a “race,” but it’s mostly a wild and silly costume contest for community members to have fun and raise money for The Cycle Effect! As part of SBT GRVL, the HLL CLMB is open to anyone who wants to compete. With a le mans start and a truly grueling hill climb at Howelson Hill, it’s an absolute blast to participate in or spectate.

The best part is that we’re an advocacy partner with SBT GRVL, and proceeds from this event benefit The Cycle Effect.

Spots for HLL CLMBRS are limited to 200, and last year sold out. Register now and we’ll see you in Steamboat Springs!

Photos by Thomas Braun

Solstice Registration

Thanks to The Desert Dose for creating a very cool solstice event to benefit The Cycle Effect in Mesa County! Here are the details, per The Desert Dose website:

You're officially invited to celebrate the Summer Solstice with us by saying Yes to our Flow & Ride Event.

We are holding this community fundraiser event to gather women together to celebrate the solstice and raise awareness and funds for The Cycle Effect, with a minimum $25 donation.

WHY THE CYCLE EFFECT?

We're thrilled to empower young women at The Cycle Effect through mentorship and mountain biking in Mesa County. The Cycle Effect prioritizes serving young women who identify as Latina and/or BIPOC, are low-income and/or have risk factors. Mesa County's participants currently average 11 risk factors each! The Cycle Effect eliminates barriers to access by providing every participant with transportation, a mountain bike, helmet, bilingual programming and highly subsidized programming with scholarship available. 

Pretty awesome, eh? We think so too. 

SUNRISE EVENT SCHEDULE

5:15 Arrival & Welcome

5:30 Intention Setting and Short Meditation with Lynnea at DarcMoon

5:45 Sun Salutations with Melissa at Thunderbird Yoga

5:45 Group Rides w The Desert Dose

7:15 Raffle Prizes

​All of us will join together for a whole group intention setting and short meditation led by Lynnea with DarcMoon. Next, each participant join us for Yoga or a Group Ride and reconvene afterwards to celebrate with raffle prizes. 

Head to The Barley to celebrate bike season and support The Cycle Effect! Enjoy beer, giveaway prizes, and share an evening with the cycling community to ring in our favorite time of the year.