Cycle Wyoming Assistance Grants
Thanks to funds raised by the Tour de Wyoming bicycle tour, the following events and projects have received Cycle Wyoming funding:
Event Sponsorships:
- Laramie Duathlon
- Laramie Enduro (the early years)
- Medicine Bow Rail Trail opening ceremonies
- Sponsor for the annual National Bicycle Tour Director’s Association meeting
- Attendance at the League of American Bicyclists annual meeting
- Laramie Mountain Bike Series (2011-2021)
- Two Moon 24 bicycle race (2018 – 2019)
- 7220 Racing – Laramie High School Mountain Bike Team (2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
- Medicine Bow Rail Trail 2011 trail maintenance day
- Dad Dog event sponsorship (2015 and 2016)
- Glendo State Park Trail Festival (2015, 2016)
- Wyoming Senior Olympics (2018)
- Wyoming Winter Senior Games (2019 and 2022)
- Laramie Enduro (Epic race) (2019 – 2021)
- WyoX Cheyenne Mountain High School Mountain Bike Team (2019)
Facilities:
- Medicine Bow Rail Trail: toilet at the Lincoln Gulch trailhead (2007) ($11,000).
- Medicine Bow Rail Trail: trail construction/upkeep (2016).
- Medicine Bow Rail Trail fence at trailhead (2020)
- Glendo State Park: Kiosk at trailhead (2011) ($15,000).
- Glendo State Park: Trail building (2014) ($10,000)
- Glendo State Park Trails Festival (2014 – 2016) ($1,000)
- Guernsey State Park: reconstruction of pedestrian bridges (2016 – completed in 2018)
- Dubois Association for Recreation and Trails (2015) – bike repair stations
- Laramie Bike Park donation (2016) – $5,000
- Main Street Pinedale (2017) – bike share program for $5,000
- Laramie Main Street Alliance (2017) – Downtown bike racks for $2,500
- Happy Jack Recreation Area/Pole Mountain mountain bike trail maintenance ($5,000 in 2017 and for 2019) via Wyoming Pathways
- Laramie County (in Cheyenne) bike racks at local park (2018)
- Laramie BikeNet trail counters for use on Schoolyard Trail System.
- Wyoming Pathways donation for rehabilitation of trails at the Happy Jack Recreation Area (2020 – $7,500).
- Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority – new bike rack (2020).
- Laramie Plains Civic Center – bike racks (2020)
Other:
- Assist with passage of bicycle-friendly state legislation.
- Assist with matching funds for a TEAL Grant planning grant (2011 – but not needed).
- Donation to the UW Nordic Ski Team, representing the USA in the World University Games (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018).
- Assisted with funding of grooming equipment to Laramie Bike Net to pack winter snowbike trails (2018, 2019, 2020).
- Assist with funding to Laramie Bike Net for planning of a bike park in Laramie.
- Provide funding to Laramie Bike Net for trail-building tools.
- Funding to assist with winter grooming of fat bike routes at Happy Jack Recreation Area.
- Assistance to Friends of the Medicine Bow Rail Trail non-profit for start-up costs.