Monday, July 6th:

9:00 AM FUN PLUS-H2-22-NW Meet Merri Bruntz (303-517-9781) at Anderson Park (44th & Field) for a ride west on the Clear Creek Trail to Easley Rd, which we will take north to the Blunn Trail. After a break on the west side of the Westwoods Golf Course, we will return through Arvada neighborhoods on 50th and 52nd avenues and through Wheat Ridge neighborhoods to the park. Bring a sack lunch for a picnic afterward.

Tuesday, July 7th

8:00 AM. FUN-H2-22-W-1100’ elev. gain “2026- BIRTHDAY-GIRL RIDE!” kicks off July 2026 Sweets Rides! REGISTER BY TEXT (303-905-8510) to leader by July 6, 5:00PM MEET 08:00. Join birthday-girl Marilyn Choske at Wheat Ridge Rec Center north parking lot near Kipling St, Wheat Ridge. Nice, no-rush, casual pace for this westbound loop to Golden and the Peaks-to-Prairies *newly extended* trail & return. Some hills up, some down! Birthday cake & iced tea at the end of ride. Limit 10 riders, including leader. The ride will not go if it is rainy or the forecast is for morning rain. Call the leader if in doubt.

9:30 AM FUN PLUS H2 20 miles NE Twin Lakes to Westminster Rec Center Meet Fred Tarbell (630-888-5290) at Twin Lakes 226-318 W 70th Ave, (1/4 mi West of Broadway and 70th) We will continue West on Clear Creek to junction, (slight right) of Little Dry Creek trail. Follow Little Dry Creek West to Lowell Blvd intersection. Turn North on Lowell Blvd on sidewalks for about 7 blocks. At Lowell Blvd and 78 Ave junction connect to US 36 Bikeway on the Left. Continue West on US 36 bikeway toward Westminster. In Westminster we exit right off US 36 Bikeway under US 36 highway and follow connecting trail to the Westminster Rec center. A break for water and restrooms at the Center with water available. We return on a different route by Bradburn Blvd to Little Dry Creek to Twin Lakes. Welcome to bring snacks or lunch items if you want to visit at Twin Lakes after the ride. 

Wednesday, July 8th:

8:00 AM LEISURE-H1-17-NW Meet Jake Jacobi (720-808-2306) at Twin Lakes, near Broadway and 70th Ave. We will ride east on Clear Creek, and North along the Platte River to Valente Lake at 104th and return. Optional lunch afterwards.

9:00 AM FUN-H1-30 SW Meet Patty Gaspar (303-618-5069) at Bout Time! 3580 S Platte River Drive A in Sheridan for a ride on the Platte River Trail to the Cherry Creek Trail to the Highline Canal then DOWN Dartmouth. This is a very pretty, pleasant ride with a gradual upstream followed by a great downhill and lunch at Bout Time! (bring $). There are no bathrooms at the start, but there is a Starbucks when you turn from Hampden into Riverpoint.

9:00 FUN PLUS, H3, 24 miles, 2000’ Meet Diane Short at the WalMart at the El Rancho exit, far west end closest to Bergen Parkway. Ride past the Bergen Park RTD and onto Mountain Meadow Rd, Snyder Gulch (old road, in disrepair, but rideable on road bike), to Pine Valley (old Squaw Pass) loop back to CO 103 to Buchanan Rec. Center for rest stop then another loop into the Bergen Park neighbor hoods. Call the leader to register: 303-271-9642 (land Line) 4 riders to RSVP for ride to go. NOT on Meet Up so doesn’t count.

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