{"id":71541,"date":"2017-02-10T17:31:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T00:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bike-swap-planned-for-cortez\/"},"modified":"2017-02-11T00:31:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T00:31:48","slug":"bike-swap-planned-for-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bike-swap-planned-for-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike swap planned for Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Courtesy photo<br><br>High Desert Devo is devoted to getting youths hooked on mountain biking. The new bike group hosts family rides like this one at Phil\u2019s World.<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

An upstart mountain biking development club for youth is planning a bike swap\/sale in Cortez this spring.<\/p>\n

Organizers with High Desert Devo are hosting the event to raise funds for local youth mountain bike racers to travel to racing events and for training camps. A time and place will be announced soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the races are on the Front Range, but we\u2019re working on getting one in this area,\u201d said Adam Lederer, of High Desert Devo, during a presentation to the Montezuma County commissioners.<\/p>\n

Those who want to sell a bike are asked to donate a portion of the sales to the bike development group. Or they can donate the bike, and all the sales would go to the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a hole in this community for recycled bikes and getting them to those that need them,\u201d said Pete Eschellier, of High Desert Devo.<\/p>\n

It was noted that the Montezuma County Sheriff\u2019s Office might have unclaimed bikes they could contribute to the swap. The group envisions training youths to fix up bikes as well.<\/p>\n

The new youth bike development group also has started a high school mountain bike team called High Desert Composite, which is open to students from Montezuma-Cortez, Mancos, Dolores and Southwest Open high schools.<\/p>\n

The team competes in the Colorado High School Cycling League and is sanctioned by the National Interscholastic Cycling Association.<\/p>\n

High Desert Devo is planning summer mountain bike classes, from beginner to advanced. Organizers have become certified mountain bike coaches, and are experienced cyclists with racing pedigrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very interested in promoting the sport of mountain biking to youths,\u201d said Eschellier said. \u201cWe have group rides with kids and their parents and plan mountain biking clinics for different age groups this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are 900 mountain bike races per year in Colorado. The race courses are often on private land because permitting for public lands is more time-consuming. Routes are usually 5-6 miles, with freshmen doing one timed lap, and upper classmen running it three or four times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe youth racing circuit is everything from serious elite riders, to those that just want to go out and have fun,\u201d Eschellier said.<\/p>\n

For more information on the new mountain bike racing development club, go to its Facebook page at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highdesertdevo\/ <\/a>or email at highdesertdevo@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

jmimiaga@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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