2024-05-01T23:32:05Z http://pikespeaksports.us/video/video/listTagged?tag=Papowski&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:pikespeaksports.us,2010-08-29:5021591:Video:28523 2010-08-29T18:47:19.523Z Tim Bergsten http://pikespeaksports.us/profile/TimBergsten

<a href="http://pikespeaksports.us/video/leroy-popowski-leads-assault"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2780483898?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Colorado Springs resident Leroy Popowski was the first to the top of 14,115-foot Pikes Peak - on a conventional race bike - in the inaugural Assault on the Peak ride on Sunday, Aug. 29. Papowski and about 335 other riders braved 75 mph winds and a windchill factor that dipped below 5 degrees....Colorado in August.Gotta LOVE it! Papowski completed the 28-mile course from Manitou…

<a href="http://pikespeaksports.us/video/leroy-popowski-leads-assault"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2780483898?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Colorado Springs resident Leroy Popowski was the first to the top of 14,115-foot Pikes Peak - on a conventional race bike - in the inaugural Assault on the Peak ride on Sunday, Aug. 29. Papowski and about 335 other riders braved 75 mph winds and a windchill factor that dipped below 5 degrees....Colorado in August.Gotta LOVE it! Papowski completed the 28-mile course from Manitou Springs to Pikes Peak's summit in about 2 hours, 17 minutes, 33 seconds. Two dudes from Boulder actually summited first on "electric assist" bikes ... nice to see folks trying any kind of environmentally friendly travel.