Colorado Indoor BMX News and Events

The Third Season of CIBMX is HERE!!!

2011-10-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

We never really imagined it, but thanks to the support of the cycling community, our sponsors and volunteers, the THIRD season of indoor racing is here! We can't tell you how excited we are for the coming season and again bringing indoor racing to Colorado and the surrounding states.

We currently have dates for the remainder of 2011 and will have the 2012 dates finalized very soon. Please check back often as we will update the site as soon as we know more.

The dates for the remainder of the 2011 season are as follows:

NOVEMBER 2011

Friday, Nov. 11th | Volunteers needed to help build track | Bring a shovel and broom | Times we need volunteers to follow.  

Saturday, Nov. 12th | Registration: 11am-1pm / Racing ASAP | Single Point BMX, MTB, Open racing. Race fees: $15.00 prepaid/$17.00 at the door ($1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00  Open Races $10.00  Practice Only $8.00.  

Sunday, Nov. 13th | Registration: 9am-11am / Racing ASAP | Single Point BMX, MTB,  Open racing. Race fees: $15.00 prepaid/$17.00 at the door  ($1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley)  MTB Races $10.00  Open Races $10.00  Practice Only $8.00.

DECEMBER 2011/JANUARY 2012

Friday, Dec. 30th | Volunteers needed to help build track | Bring a shovel and broom | Times we need volunteers to follow.  

Saturday, Dec. 31st | Registration: 11am-1pm / Racing ASAP | ZERO Point BMX, MTB, Open racing. Race fees: $10.00 prepaid/$12.00 at the door ($1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00  Open Races $10.00  Practice Only $8.00.  

Sunday, Jan. 1st | Registration: 9am-11am / Racing ASAP | Double Point USA BMX Scholarship race, MTB,  Open racing. Race fees: $25.00 prepaid/$27.00 at the door  ($1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley)  MTB Races $10.00  Open Races $10.00  Practice Only $8.00.

Thanks again to everyone for your help and support. None of this would be possible without you!!!

Official 2011 CIBMX Schedule Released

2010-12-19T16:28:00.000-08:00

The details for the 2011 Colorado Indoor BMX race season are finalized and ready to go. There is some VERY cool stuff here so on with the details!

First race of the 2011 season:
Friday, Dec. 31st | Volunteers needed at noon to help build track | Bring a shovel and broom.

Saturday, Jan. 1st | Registration: 11am-1pm / Racing ASAP | Single Point BMX, MTB, Open racing. Race fees: $15.00 prepaid/$17.00 at the door ( $1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00 Open Races $10.00 Practice Only $8.00.

Sunday, Jan. 2nd | Registration: 9am-11am / Racing ASAP | Double Point ABA BMX Scholarship Race, MTB, Open racing. Race fees: $25.00 prepaid/$27.00 at the door ( $1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00 Open Races $10.00 Practice Only $8.00.

Friday, Feb. 11th | Volunteers needed at noon to help build track | Bring a shovel and broom.

Saturday, Feb. 12th | Registration: 11am-1pm / Racing ASAP | Single Point BMX, MTB, Open racing. Race fees: $15.00 prepaid/$17.00 at the door ( $1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00 Open Races $10.00 Practice Only $8.00.

Sunday, Feb. 13th | Registration: 9am-11am / Racing ASAP | Double Point ABA BMX State Championship Qualifier, MTB, Open racing. Race fees: $25.00 prepaid/$27.00 at the door ( $1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00 Open Races $10.00 Practice Only $8.00.

Friday, Mar. 11th | Volunteers needed at noon to help build track | Bring a shovel and broom.

Saturday, Mar. 12th | Registration: 11am-1pm / Racing ASAP | Double Point ABA BMX Race for Life, MTB, Open racing. Race fees: $25.00 prepaid/$27.00 at the door ( $1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00 Open Races $10.00 Practice Only $8.00.

Sunday, Mar. 13th | Registration: 9am-11am / Racing ASAP | Triple Point ABA BMX Redline Cup Qualifier, MTB, Open racing. Race fees: $35.00 prepaid/$37.00 at the door ( $1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00 Open Races $10.00 Practice Only $8.00.

1st Race of the 2010-2011 Indoor Season

2010-11-11T19:39:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe, but the first race of the indoor season is less than 48 hours away! The track is already being built and with the weekend forecast calling for snow, an indoor race couldn't come at a better time. If you haven't already done so, we strongly encourage to pre-register for the race as it really helps with race-day registration. We're pumped to see everyone this weekend and can't wait to race! Here's a sneak peak of the track:

Alex Sabados Memorial at CIBMX

2010-03-25T17:17:00.000-07:00

For those that haven't heard yet, the Colorado BMX community was rocked this week by the death of Alex Sabados. After a long battle with brain cancer, Alex finally succumbed to the disease that he fought so bravely. In an effort to honor Alex and assist the Sabados family with the incredible medical bills they have incurred in their fight, Colorado Indoor BMX has purchased 200 Alex Sabados benefit wristbands (similar to the Live Strong wristbands) on behalf of the entire BMX community. Every racer that races this weekend will be given a wristband to wear during the race as a way to honor a truly amazing kid. There will be wristbands available for purchase for non-racers and those that wish to help the Sabados family. Additionally, we will hold a silent memorial lap for all racers and Alex's BMX team manager, PJ Dipentino, will offer words of remembrance before our main event on Saturday. Finally, for those that wish to attend the official services for Alex on Saturday morning, we will hold our race as long as possible to help make attendance a reality for those racers.

It is important to note that these gestures should be seen as contributions of the entire BMX community and not Colorado Indoor BMX. We have said it before, but the community made this track a reality through their support and we will honor and support one of our own together. Also, while this is a difficult and challenging time for many, we feel that it is important for everyone to come out and have as positive an experience as possible. We feel this way as we know in our hearts that if Alex were able, he would love nothing more than to be out on the track with his friends, family and teammates. We will honor his memory and spirit by doing just that.

Official memorial information:

Official Memorial Ceremony will be held at St. Johns the Baptist Church in Longmont at 10am Saturday March 26.

Flowers can be sent to the Church (address:323 Collyer St, Longmont, CO, 80501) or the Sabados family home (address:6795 Villa Ln, Berthoud CO 80513).

A foundation account in Alex’s name has also been set up through Norbel Credit Union in Longmont. The bank address is 1260 S Hover Rd, Longmont, CO, 80501.

Only a few days away!

2010-02-09T19:54:00.000-08:00

Unbelievably, we are only a few days away from the February races and it looks to be an amazing weekend. We were so pleased and thankful for the great turnout from our first race and we are really looking forward to this weekend's races. We learned a few things from the first races and have decided to make a couple of adjustments to things based on what we learned. The most significant change will be running open practices by age group. We feel that this will be much safer for everyone and should open things up a bit as riders will be practicing with those closer in age and skill. Don't worry, we will be running plenty of practices and everyone will have tons of track time.

We will again be holding a potluck dinner after Saturday nights race and this potluck theme is "anything goes". Got a great recipe for Swedish meatballs? Bring em' on out. We will keep the track open after the races and during the dinner for additional practice time as well.

Sunday's race is the first double-point Colorado State Championship qualifier of the 2010 season. For those that are going after that State Champ number plate, this is your chance to get a points jump on the competition. We will begin building the track at 2pm on Friday afternoon and would love some able volunteers to help out. Volunteers, please bring your own rake and shovels if at all possible. As an incentive, we will be bringing pizza for all the hard working folks that help out. See you Friday!

As always, it is really helpful if racers pre-register. You can easily pre-register through this simple form. If you have a friend, family member, co-worker, etc. that has ever thought about checking out BMX racing, the indoor series is a great place to start. We will again be offering new racers a free one day ABA membership (normally $45.00) to give them the opportunity to experience our great sport. This race series is also a great chance for those crazy MTBers to get out and race in a different format. MTB riders are always welcome at CIBMX!

Finally, we couldn't end this message without recognizing all the great sponsors that have helped make this races series a successful reality. Please to a second to visit the sponsor page and support those that have supported all of us by keeping them in mind the next time you need one of their services. Thanks again to all for the AMAZING support!

Here are some details about this weekend's races:

Saturday, Feb 13, 2010

Single Point BMX, MTB, Open racing. Saturday Registration: 11-1 / Racing ASAP Single Point Races $15.00 prepaid/$17.00 at the door ( $1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00 Open Races $10.00 Practice Only $8.00

Sunday, Feb 14, 2010

Sunday Registration: 9-11 / Racing ASAP Double Point Races $25.00 prepaid/$27.00 at the door ( $1.50 from race fee paid to City of Greeley) MTB Races $10.00 Open Races $10.00 Practice Only $8.00

Directions and a map can be found HERE

THANK YOU!!!

2010-01-04T22:09:00.000-08:00

Wow! What an amazing, amazing weekend! All we can say is a huge THANK YOU to everyone that made our opening weekend such a success. There were many people that did this and I don't think we can emphasize the importance of the combined contribution enough. We came to the cycling community a few months ago and did something that hadn't been done before - we asked everyone to prepay for race fees. The community responded by buying well over $1000.00 in CIB cards. We asked the community to pursue sponsors and the community responded by bringing in the key sponsors that helped make this a financial reality. We put a call out for volunteers to help build the track and we had a great, large group that came together and the track was built in one day! We had other tracks loan us equipment, we had a key volunteer from another track come out and help us with technology to get us through our first weekend. We asked other cycling communities and web sites to help us get the word out and they did without any hesitation at all. I say all this to make the point that this is the community's track and we should all be proud of what we were able to accomplish together. I know I've said it many times, but I really can't thank everyone enough! It was a GREAT day and it exceeded all of our expectations!!! We'll see everyone again in February!

CIBMX track and parking update

2010-01-01T14:10:00.001-08:00

We are making great progress on the track! Thanks to all the volunteers that have come out to help.

One quick update about parking: We had originally suggested parking on the North side of the facility, but it now looks like the West side is much better (full concrete and little snow). This track is going to be awesome! Come out and race!

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MTBers Welcome at CIBMX

2009-12-31T13:27:00.000-08:00

One thing that we are trying to do with the new indoor track is open other cycling communities up to the sport of BMX racing. Given this, we have an open invitation to the vibrant CO MTB community to come out and race with us. As a point of reference, the MTB racing format that most closely resembles BMX racing would be 4X. We will be holding MTB "Open" races as well as BMX cruiser (24" + wheel size) races that MTBers can compete in. We have arranged with the major BMX racing sanctioning body, the American Bicycle Association (ABA) to allow MTB racers to practice and race on a free, one day ABA membership (practice/race fees would be extra) which is normally $45.00. If you are a MTBer that is jonesin' for a place to ride this winter, we invite you to join us for a great race series. We know that the CO MTB scene is very active and anything that you could do to help get this message out to the MTB community would be greatly appreciated.

See you at the races!!!

New race gate is ready for this weekend!!!

2009-12-31T11:03:00.000-08:00

Over the last few weeks a great group has been working on the starting gate for the CIBMX track. Well, it is finally complete and ready to go for the races this weekend! Big thanks to Shoe, Sid, Rob, Darrell and the folks at Boulder Marine.

Carbo load at the 1st CIBMX Potluck

2009-12-29T21:13:00.001-08:00

To kick off the first race series right, CIBMX will be hosting an Italian style potluck dinner after the first race on Saturday, January 2nd. The track will provide plates, napkins and utensils and there is already a growing list of items that racers and their families will be bringing to eat. If you would like to bring something to the potluck, there is a "bringing to the potluck" discussion thread at www. thebmxdirt.com or you can use the contact form of this site to let us know what you will bring. We look forward to seeing everyone this Saturday and can't wait to kick off the 2010 race season with a bang! See you there!!!

Colorado Pro Deak Brown Confirms CIBMX Clinic Series

2009-12-24T20:16:00.000-08:00

Colorado Pro and all-around great guy, Deak Brown (and special guests) will be holding rider clinics on Saturdays, after the races. A new twist to the clinic format is that Deak plans to break the racers into two groups. A novice/intermediate group and an expert group. The novice/intermediate group will work on gates, handling the track/obstacles and racing fundamentals. The expert group will work on advanced race drills and strategies. The cost is only $20 per rider for two hours of training. Whether you're a new racer or an expert looking to step up your game, you will definitely learn something from this clinic series.

The wait is OVER!

2009-12-18T19:19:00.000-08:00

We have quit biting nails and counting dollars. Thanks to the generous support of the Colorado BMX/cycling community and some amazing sponsors, the Colorado Indoor BMX track IS a reality. While we haven't completely hit our goal of $6k, we have raised enough money to comfortably begin the series in January and February. Thank you to all that have contributed time, money and effort into realizing an indoor track for CO. It is going to be a blast and we have plans for much fun, good times and great racing. Again, we can't thank those that have helped with this enough. The old saying, "We couldn't have done it without you." has never been more true. Thanks to all for the incredible effort!!!

Sponsors coming together nicely!!!

2009-12-15T16:16:00.000-08:00

We can't provide details just yet, but the sponsors for the CIBMX track are really looking good. I have to hand it to the CO cycling community. They really stepped up and approached some key sponsors. Look for a complete sponsor list in the coming weeks. Thanks to all that have contributed!!!