About 336 cyclists pounced on the pedals Sunday morning in the first Assault on the Peak bike ride to the summit of 14,115-foot Pikes Peak. The riders rolled away from Manitou Springs at 7:30 a.m., beginning a ride that gains 7,815 feet elevation.
The route will take the riders through Manitou Springs to Hwy. 24 where they will ascend to Crystola and the start of the 19-mile Pikes Peak Highway.
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