New Belgium Brewery Event Report

Early evening sun casts a warm, golden glow throughout the Brewhouse at New Belgium Brewery. Gleaming stainless steel kettles emerge from the floor. Blue and white carbon-fiber bikes lean casually against tables. Young men dressed in dark blue t-shirts with ‘Team Legacy Energy’ embossed across their chests seem nervous with excitement.

This is their big night. A night where they meet the community and the community meets them. A night when they are 'officially' introduced as a new cog on the freewheel that is the cycling community of Fort Collins. With roughly 70 people in attendance, the evening went off without a single shard of glass lodged in someone's tire. Community supporters, bike enthusiasts, family members with young children, and the team ate delicious food and discussed the hope that is Team Legacy Energy - a newly formed amateur team with lofty goals of one day turning professional.

A proud team director, Andy Clark, grabs the microphone and begins. Brad Cole. Phil Mann. Jarred Berger. Paul Esposti. Patrick McGlynn. Will Hickey. Dan Workman. Rolf Eisinger (not in attendance).

These are the names of the young riders thirsting to bring victory to Team Legacy Energy and the cycling community that is Fort Collins, Colorado. Fast young men dedicated to grinding it out up mountain roads, cruising at top speed along country flats, and sprinting with every ounce of energy left after 100 miles of racing to cross the finish line with arms raised in victory.