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Here are five photos from the early days of the . All of these are part of ().
Stragglers leave Grand Junction on the way to Glenwood Springs in the inaugural year of Ride The Rockies, 1986,
Connie Carpenter with a bicycling cap in the first year of the ride.
Tim Nelson of Grand Junction carries his $2,000 custom bicycle from the Durango airport after arriving for the 1987 tour.
Joe Prockup of Meeker waits to turn his tractor around until some of the bicyclists pass on the route from Rifle to Craig during the 1995 Ride The Rockies.
Sean Schoen, 21, of Aurora kept popping wheelies on the way up Loveland Pass on the 1997 tour. “I get lots of energy,” he said.
All these photos and more are in The Denver Post’s Ride The Rockies book.
