# @focofondo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C6MNi_Dxjo_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16777568-focofondo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/56e926c377.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-04-25T16:15:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** FoCo Fondo (@focofondo) — https://gondola.cc/focofondo

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The athletes who applied to the non-binary and gender expansive scholarship program really hit the nail on the head: it’s about more than the race, it’s about the community we create - an intentional effort that we’ve been working towards as a leadership team. We asked folks to tell us why cycling is important to them, and this is what they had to say:

👉 “It is part of my identity. It is pure liberation and joy. It is medicine and healing.”

👉 “It is a place where I can find friends and family and share in joyful movement with them. It is a place where I can both learn and teach, grow and share. It’s good for my mind, body and soul and something I want any and everyone to experience and feel.”

👉 “I feel the most free to be myself, the most like the me that I want to be when I am on my bike.”

👉 “What started as a way to overcome my personal struggles, soon became a way to connect with people and bridge the gaps that divide us. I have fallen so deeply in love with the power of the bicycle and its ability to consistently prove that we are capable of much more than we think we are, both physically and mentally.” 

As we close in on 12 weeks until the FoCo Fondo weekend, we are preparing the logistics to welcome five non-binary and gender expansive athletes through our bikesports scholarship program and an additional two athletes supported by queerplusbikes, and fattire supporting housing all around with stamina.racing.collective. Folks are coming from as far away as Philadelphia (hey duhhhellie!) and Albuquerque (looking at you ekventures and thevanessabowen). We’ve also got a few local folks who are Front Rangers coming up from Denver and Golden.

Wherever you’re coming from, and however you plan to participate in the Fondo this year, we hope you remember: cycling is about more than racing, it’s accessing your true and authentic self and connecting with others.

#focofondo #doityouwont #nonbinary #genderexpansive #bikesarefun #fattire #diversifyoutdoors #gravelbikes

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genderexpansive, bikesarefun, fattire, nonbinary, gravelbikes, diversifyoutdoors, focofondo, doityouwont

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