2017 Training Ride Schedule

Sugarbees, get ready for an awesome training season! This year, we've added a few training rides in addition to the traditional Lookout Mountain ride. Plus we have partnered with Team Left Hand! Woohoo! Because Colorado weather can be unpredictable, please contact us to stay informed of changes and any additional details. We will email up-to-date info before each training rides and post it on our FB group as well.

Here is the ride schedule for 2017:

• CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER - Saturday, April 29th - Ride with Left Hand to NCAR

• Details Here: http://www.teamlefthand.com/event/team-colorado-429-training-ride/?instance_id=293

• Sunday, May 7th - Centennial Century **This will probably have a different starting point (AKA brewery)**

• With Deer Creek (incline) - http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/36179396/

• Without Deer Creek (flat) - http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/724602621/ 

• CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Sunday, May 21st - Lookout Mountain 

• Click here for more info.

• Saturday, May 27th - Ride with Left Hand

• Details Here: http://www.teamlefthand.com/event/team-colorado-527-training-ride/?instance_id=297

• Sunday, June 4th - Horsetooth/Fort Collins Loop Options (Here are a couple of options we are looking at)

• 36 mile - http://www.mapmyride.com/us/fort-collins-co/masonville-and-horsetooth-loop-route-29976118

• 50 mile - http://www.horsetoothcycling.com/bicycle-road-route-maps/rolling_terrain/loveland-carter-lake-masonville-loop/

• (Sunday, June 11th or 18th - Backup dates for the Centennial Century or another ride if Sugar Bees are interested)

This is a great time to invite fellow riders who aren't Sugar Bees yet! The more, the merrier! One : TAKE THE STING OUT OF MS!! Again, contact us to stay informed of ride changes and any additional details.

13th Annual Bowl-a-Thon February 5

It's time for the annual Team Sugarbee Bowl-a-thon on Sunday, February 5. Why do you think they call if Super Bowl Sunday? Well yes there is that other Super Bowl, but kickoff isn't until 3:30 so you won't miss a play by joining us earlier that day. All ages and skill levels are welcome to this worthy cause.

Proceeds will be used to augment the Sugar Bee's fund raising efforts for the 2017 Bike MS ride. The team's goal is to raise $100,000 in 2017. We have been one of the top fundraisers for many years and we're getting closer to the $2 million mark every ride!

• When: Sunday, February 5, from 9:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Where: Brunswick Zone - 9751 W. 49th Avenue in Wheatridge (east of I-70 & Kipling). 
• Cost: $15 per person for three games. This includes your shoes and one door prize ticket.
• Additional door prize tickets may be purchased before the drawings. We're lining up a bevvy of great items again this year.
• A full service snack bar and the game room will be open, too.

RSVP by January 31, to Tim or Betty at their home or cell number. If you don't have those, use our contact form and we'll make sure they get it. We need to know how many lanes to reserve. Hoping to see everyone there.

P.S. A big, big thanks to Brunswick Zone for hosting this fundraiser every year! We appreciate their support.

Registration is Open for 2017 MS Rides

Happy New Year Team Sugarbee! You'll want to save these dates for the 2017 MS Rides. Colorado riders: June 24 & 25 and Wyoming riders: August 12 & 13. You can save a bit of money if you register early.

Remember all the fun you had last year? Well you can count on even more in 2017. We're geared up to raise another $100,000+ thanks to all of you.

Emily & Andrew sharing a laugh with
Kelly 'Sugarbee' Walker at the 2016 TSB tent in Fort Collins. 

TSB #2 Friends & Family Fundraiser 2016

More accolades for Team Sugarbee during the recent MS Top Fundraiser Banquet at the Westin in downtown Denver. The Team was awarded 2nd place for Friends & Family team fundraising for the Colorado/Wyoming MS Society. Together you raised a total of $105,901 for the Bike MS event held in June 2016. 

Tim "Terrific" Walker, Jr. (Captain of Team Sugarbee), accepted the award on behalf of the Team. Also of note, Tim Walker, Jr. and Eric Walker were recognized as returning members of the Top 100 Fundraiser Club. As we learn of other TSB members who reached this goal, we'll list them here. 

Tim Walker, Jr. accepting the award for 2nd place fundraising for a Friends and Family Team

NMSS Lifetime Achievment Award for Mom & Pops Sugarbee

Congratulations to Betty & Tim Walker aka (Mom and Pops Sugarbee) who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National MS Society at the recent MS Top Fundraiser Banquet. They are being honored for their 20+ years of volunteer service as co-captains of the Team Sugarbee Volunteers at rest stops and the lunch stops for Bike MS-150 Tours since 1996. 

I know every Team Sugarbee volunteer and rider is so proud of these two and the entire Walker family for their tireless efforts.

In an email to Team Sugarbee supporters, Betty had the following words of thanks, "Thank you to all of our family and friends who have helped us work the Team Sugarbee rest stops all of these years. This award is a result of all of the work you have done to help Team Sugarbee TAKE THE STING OUT OF MS! We couldn't have done this without YOU! ALL OF OUR LOVE COMES BUZZING YOUR WAY!!!"

(L to R) Tim Walker, Sr., Betty Walker, Kelly (Sugarbee) Walker, Tim Walker, Jr. and Heidi Walker. Not pictured (but very much there in spirit): Eric Walker and Angie Walker.

Mom & Pops Sugarbee