FoCo Fondo was born from curiosity, adventure, and a humble brag about the amazing bike-centric community in Fort Collins, CO, in 2015. It was dreamt up by Zack Allison and Jake Arnold with Whitney Allison holding the rope those first couple years. At the end of 2019, Zack and Whitney made the full leap to the mixed terrain lifestyle and racing scene and founded Bike Sports. 2020 brought the opportunity to bring FoCo Fondo under the Bike Sports umbrella. As with all things Bike Sports, they are committed to offering an excellent adventure with as much guidance as you wish, pushing limits, and keeping things fun…and a little weird. Pushing to new limits of participation, racing, exploration, and general enjoyment of bike events and vacations by bike, we’re proud of our community, our event, and we can’t wait to share FoCo Fondo with you in 2024.
FoCo Fondo does a lot of behind the scenes work to continue to grow cycling - learn more through our initiatives page.
Photo by Taylor Chase
Zack Allison
Founder, heavy lifter, map nerd, aid station snack tester.
Whitney Allison
Owner, organizer, the glue, wrangler of Zacks, dreamer.
Jess Cooper
Catalyst, general fixer, recovering perfectionist.
Lauren Mehl
Professional Canva artist, party planner, process geek.
Michelle Moore
Connector, storyteller, professional dog mom.
This amazing crew does it all at FoCo Fondo, along with a solid gaggle of volunteers and a motley crew of local businesses…and our families. There’s no corporate backing, there’s no offices, just us, throwing you one big badass bike party at FoCo Fondo.