Fort Follies Events Calendar
See our upcoming events calendar below. These events are open to all women (regardless of the sex they were identified as at birth) and non-binary cyclists who feel most comfortable in fem spaces; this in includes members of the team and members of the community.
All events that appear on this webpage are open to the public and do not require team registration to attend! If you are a registered team member, log in to the Members page through our website to see both our private and public events.
For all of all events please bring a bike in good working condition, a helmet, clothing and gear appropriate for the weather, water, snacks, tools and supplies to fix your own bike, and access to the route planned for the event.
All event attendees are required to completed our waiver.
Check out our detailed ride expectations here.
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Public Events (may be Follies hosted or other community events)
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We have officially made our rides not coed unless specifically stated. We know many people have lovely partners and friends that would be perfectly friendly and supportive people to ride with, but we don't want to assume everyone who shows up on our rides, or are leading our rides, are comfortable with a coed group ride. Our first priority is to make a special space for WTFNB (women, trans femme, and non-binary) riders in our community, and we feel this is the easiest way to consistently achieve that. Thanks for your understanding.
Collab rides with the Queer+ Bikes group, who are open to cis, trans men, are our most common coed rides.
Bike to the Ballot Box
Ride to the Ballot Box
Sunday 10/25 9a
Start and end at the Fort Collins Food Coop
Follies and femmes community members welcome!
Route
11.42 mi 220 ft
Casual/Beginner Ride
Halloween Ride with Queer+ Bikes
Join us for the second annual Halloween Lights Collab ride with Queer + Bikes. We'll start at the Lee Martinez Park Parking Lot and head out for a 15-ish mile ride where we check out houses and lawns all decked out for Halloween. We'll start with a loop that returns to Lee Martinez after about an hour for those who want less commitment. This will be a slow ride and we will be stopping a lot to fully enjoy the displays. Wear a costume, or don't, but definitely dress for the weather.
Route is TBD after we've had a chance to see where the best stops really are, we'll post it a couple of days before the ride.
Sunday Funday Gravel Ride
Meet at New Belgium at 9am for a gravel ride with Savannah
Route
🟦 Intermediate Gravel
12-15mph, 26 miles, less than 1k elevation gain
Follies and femmes community members welcome!
Elderberries 50+ Social and ride
Saturday Oct 17 Meetup 8:15am / Ride at 9am
Arboretum Coffee
Route
Ride is all paved, on Parks and Natural Area trails, country roads, and city streets.
Open to 50+ year old femme non-follies.
Bring a bike, helmet, water, and snacks for 2 hour ride.
Non-Follies Femme Friends are invited as well.
Sunday Funday Road Ride
Sunday Funday paved ride! Incycle South to Boyd Lake. Meet at 9am!
No drop, 13-14 mph pace, 25 miles. Green level miles, blue level pace.
Follies and femmes community members welcome
Route
Final Weepeats
** As of 9/29, the weather for our final Weepeats does not look rideable. We will meet at Stodgy at 5:30 for a casual end of season get together! Non-Follies femmes friends are welcome to join.
Final 2026 Weepeats on September 30th! There may be people riding earlier once we are in October, but those will not be regularly scheduled rides. Check Slack!
Sunday Funday: Road Rides
Sunday Funday Road Ride + Owl Canyon Coffee
Sunday, September 27 | 8:30 am
Meet at New Belgium
🟩 Moderate+ with Jade, 🟦 Intermediate+ with Emma
Ride with Emma and Jade out to Owl Canyon Coffee! Both groups will start from New Belgium at the same time, and both will have a coffee stop in Wellington. Jade’s group will ride at 13-14mph and is considered Moderate+ due to some roads with limited shoulders and stretches with higher speed traffic. Emma’s group will ride at a 16-17mph pace and is perfect for anyone wanting to try a bit faster group ride!
Green+ Route (updated as of 9/20)
MTB Day Trip: West Magnolia Trails
Saturday, September 26 |
Meet at Spring Canyon Dog Park to carpool at 7:00 am
Intermediate MTB
Kat will be leading an intermediate MTB ride outside of Nederland. 7.5 mi 838 ft with options for more or less. Bring your MTB, helmet, water, snacks, tools, and spares for a 2 hour ride. More info on the area here.
Carpool Signup
Wyoming Adventure Weekend: Follies x Rebe Explores
RebeExplores x Fort Follies Camping & Adventure Ride - Sponsored by TrainingPeaks!
Gravurito Gravel Ride
Gravduro
Sunday, September 13 | 9:00 am
Meet at New Belgium Intermediate Gravel Ride
Check out the newest event put on by FoCo Fondo! Come ride the Gravdurito route with Kat and Savannah at a 12-14 mph pace (no drop).
This is a free pilot event. All roads and trails are open. Please follow the rules of the road and trails. Gravduro will not be timed start to finish. Strava is utilized for the segment and finish times. The riders with the lowest cumulative segment times wins. More info on Gravduro here.
Rist Canyon Mountain Festival
Join the Follies for a ride up Rist Canyon to the 2026 Rist Canyon Mountain Festival
Leave Fort Collins Food Coop at 9am, ride together to the festival to check out live music, food trucks, and FREE ICE CREAM. We'll return when we are all done having fun or you can roll back to town whenever you want.
🟦 Intermediate Road (mostly due to long climb and faster descent speeds)
27.88 mi 2,300 ft 13mph pace (slower climbing/faster coming down)
Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3527375410641080626
Open to Femme non-Follies. Helmet, water, snacks, and spares/tools required.
Sunday Funday Road Ride
Sunday, September 6 | 9 am
Meet at FoCo Food Coop
Blue level Road Ride led by Jade
14mph ride to Masonville. Follies and femmes community members welcome!
Elderberries 50+ Meetup and Ride
Elderberries September Meetup and Ride
Saturday September 5 Meetup 8:15am / Ride at 9am
Route: Strava RidewithGPS
Moderate Road
Meet at the NEW Trickster Bakery 1075 Pennock Place, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Pace 10-12mph no drop
Trickster Bakery to Spring Creek Trail/Cathy Fromme returning on Mason Trail.
Route is on city streets, bike paths, and Natural Area trails.
Open to 50+ year-old femme non-follies.
Bring a bike, helmet, water, and snacks for 2 hour ride.
GRITS
Our new gravel interval(ish) ride twice a month! The GrITS (Gravel Interval Training Series) ride will have four gravel sections on the route and we’ll ride those as a hard effort and spin easy for some active recovery on the pavement in between.
Tour de France Femmes Ride and Watch Party
Come celebrate the Tour de France Femmes with the Fort Follies! We will have a community road ride for Follies and femme riders, followed by a watch party of the final stage of the Tour for the whole community. Feel free to bring friends, partners, and family to watch the Finale of the the 2026 Tour de France Femmes!
8:30 am road ride starting from Road 34 (Follies and femme friends)
There will be two ride options this year:
⬛ Advanced Road 35 miles, 16+mph pace, led by Janna - ROUTE
OR
🟩 Moderate Road - 25 miles, 10-13mph pace, led by Jenn P. - ROUTE
11:30 am gather for watch party at Road 34 bar (Open to everyone!)
We are bringing back the Rist Challenge this year! We have a challenge for all femme riders to complete - log a ride going all of the way up Rist Canyon! You have the duration of the tour (8/1 until 8/9 at noon) to log a ride going from the base to the summit of Rist Canyon. We will have prizes for the fastest, slowest, and the rider who ends up in the dead middle! If we have an even number of riders completing the challenge, we will give the award to the middle rider that was slower. Add your ride to this spreadsheet. You must be at the watch party to win your prize.
Drafting Clinic
Come learn the basics of drafting! This is a step up in level from our Intro to Group Riding class. We will be learning about riding in tighter formation at faster speeds. Please sign up here.
Meet at the Oval with your bike. We will be spending a lot of time on our bikes practicing skills.
This will be replacing Weepeats for this week! You don’t need to consider yourself a ‘fast’ rider to benefit from this class. However, we do recommend that you have at least a little experience riding in close proximity to other riders.
Open to all femmes community members.
Memorial Day Hygiene Ride
Monday, May 25 | 8:30 am
Spring Canyon Dog Park
We’re going back to Hygiene for the third year in a row! This is a level black road ride, 15+ mph pace with one regroup at Mehaffey Park in Loveland, plus a delicious lunch stop at the Mountain Fountain in Hygiene.
13-15mph group led by Jill Meadows! "I would love to offer a “middle of the pack” option for the Memorial Day ride to Hygiene! This is one of my all-time FAVORITE routes, and would love to have more pace options so more sisters can join on this ride."
Route
Women's Ride with FoCo Fondo
Women’s Training Ride: Sunday, May 24, 9am meet at New Belgium.
This is the second part of the Fort Follies x FoCo Fondo Women’s weekend! You don’t need to have attended the Saturday clinic to come on the community rides, nor do you need to sign up. All femmes community members are welcome!
Be sure to have the route on your cycling computer or phone. Here is How to download a route on Strava without Strava Premium.
There will be “lanterne rouge” support, bringing up the rear on the shorter route to ensure everyone makes it back okay for some hangs at New Belgium!
All details for the Women’s Wekend can be found here.
Cocktails for a Cause
Every month Ace Gillett’s will feature a local non-profit. On the first Thursday of each month, we will kick-off the cause of the month by donating 10% of our profits directly to the featured non-profit. Ace Gillett’s will also have a signature cocktail of the month curated by our bartenders in partnership with the non-profit. For every signature cocktail purchased throughout the month, Ace Gillett’s will donate $2.00 to the featured non-profit.
Sunday Funday Road Rides
We're kicking of our Sunday Funday rides of 2026 with two road groups! Both groups will be meeting at Incycle South at 10 am. Incycle is graciously providing donuts and coffee starting at 9:30!
Green group: 19 miles, 573 ft. Led by Lisa, 10-13 mph
Blue group: 42 miles, 1500 ft. Led by Emma, 15 mph
Check out green and blue ride descriptions in our ride guide.
Follies and femmes community members are welcome!
Int'l Women's MTB Day w/ OMBA
Ride, connect, and celebrate women shredding the trails together in a fun, laid-back MTB day!
Celebrate International Women’s Mountain Biking Day with OMBA and Fort Follies!
May Full Moon Gravel Ride
Friday May 1st, 7 pm Fresh Foods/Now the Fort Collins Food Coop!
Meet at the Fresh Foods parking lot.
We will be riding 22 miles that includes gravel. The ride will be no drop, at a 12-14 mph pace.
Front and rear lights are required, and reflective clothing is suggested! All femme community members welcome.
Ride level: Blue / Intermediate Gravel
First Night of Weepeats!
Come out for the first official Wednesday Night Weepeats of the season!
We will meet at Fresh Foods at Mountain and Shields to go ride some repeats on the iconic Bingham Hill! This is a totally paved ride but any bike is welcome!
Intro to Group Riding
Meet at the Oval
Plan on 5:30 - 7:00 pm for skills, questions and discussion, and a short ride. Open to Follies and femmes community members.
Please sign up with Eventbrite so we know you're coming, as well as letting us know ahead of time what questions or skills you may want to discuss.
April Full Moon Gravel Ride
Wednesday April 1st, 6:30 pm Fresh Foods/Now the Fort Collins Food Coop!
Meet at the Fresh Foods parking lot.
We will be riding 22 miles that includes gravel. The ride will be no drop, at a 12-14 mph pace.
Front and rear lights are required, and reflective clothing is suggested! All femme community members welcome.
Ride level: Intermediate Gravel
Food Cruise: Pi Ride
We weren’t available on 3/14, but come on a social Pi ride on March 28th. Savannah will be leading a food cruise to get pizza and dessert pie.
We will start at Retreat Bakery Bar for a little treat (pie, pastry, brownie, etc.). From there, we will ride to Slyce Pizza for some (pizza) pie. After that, we will head to Sunny Sky Pies for some pie and then make our way back to Retreat Bakery Bar. A lot of this will be on bike trails, but there will be some travel on roads with bike lanes.
Time: Meet at Retreat at 10:30am
Parking: If you drive to the ride, please park towards the back of the lot so customers for the other businesses can park closer to the entrances.
Dietary Restrictions: All 3 locations offer GF and DF options!
Pace: 10-12mph
Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3458239875598639502
Ride Level: Casual
FoCo Fondo Training Ride: Femme Groups
Join us for the first in person FoCo Fondo training ride! We will have a femme group riding each course.
Meet at New Belgium and be ready to roll at 10 am!
Kat and Jade will be leading a 13-15 mph group on the long route (58 miles). Jill will be leading a 13 mph group on the short route (27 miles).
Find all the details here! Please make sure to fill out both the Fort Follies and FoCo Fondo waiver.
MTB Beginner Skills Clinic (Free!)
Come join us for a free, beginner-friendly mountain bike skills clinic with Kat Steele! Kat is a certified Level 1 MTB coach. More details to come!
Gravel for Brunch
Gravel for Brunch: We'll ride out to the "bacon strip" together and do a lap, regrouping for the ride home.
March 7 @ 10am
Meet at the City Park Pavilion by the tennis courts
Route https://www.strava.com/routes/3461792347390834778
Intermediate Gravel
12-15mph, 1335 elevation
Join the Fort Follies
The Fort Follies are a group that seeks to empower women in the Fort Collins area to be active and impactful members of our cycling community through riding, racing, and philanthropy. We strongly believe in a positive, supportive, and inclusive team, suited for women of all abilities and disciplines.