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There is free parking for the event on Sunday, Sept. 7 in Lot 436 (just north of the Regent parking garage). This is the only lot where there will be free parking for the event. All other visitor parking zones on campus are $1 per hour on Sundays. Directions to lot 436:

• From Denver/Westminster: Take westbound Hwy 36 until it turns into 28thÌýStreet, turn left on Colorado Ave, turn left on Regent Drive.Ìý Lot 436 is immediately to your left.
• From Fort Collins/Longmont: Take Foothills Hwy 119 (south), turn right onto Colorado Ave, turn left on Regent Drive.Ìý Lot 436 is immediately to your left.
• From Golden: North on Hwy 93 until it turns into Broadway, right on Regent Drive. Lot 436 just past the covered parking garage on your right.

Click on the image below to view the location of parking lot 436 on campus:

If lot 436 fills up, overflow parking will be available on the first floor of the Regent parking garage, just south of lot 436. If you do have to park in the overflow garage, please be sure you don't drive in with your bike on the top of your car! Parking on the first level of the Regent parking garage will also be free on Sunday, Sept. 7. You don't need to purchase hourly parking as long as you park your car in lot 436 or on the first level of the Regent parking garage. If you park in a different visitor lot on campus, hourly parking permit is required (via Park Mobile).

Start Times:

7:00am - Buff Epic (100 miles), Epic 75, Gravel Epic (59 miles)

Staging will be at Benson Lawn at 6:45 a.m. Rider bibs will be checked. The peloton of riders will be escorted at 7:00 a.m. from Benson Lawn through the city to Boulder Canyon. There will be a lead vehicle and a following vehicle to keep all riders in a peloton to be led safely through Boulder to Boulder Canyon. Any rider that falls out of the peloton must follow rules of the road to get to the entrance to Boulder Canyon. All Epic riders must enter the closure on Canyon Blvd., west of 6th Street by 7:30 a.m. Boulder Canyon will be closed to westbound vehicle traffic but there will be eastbound traffic, so NEVER cross the yellow line. The Buffalo Bicycle Classic is a ride and not a race. Except in this designated closure, you must follow the Rules of the Road by stopping at all stop signs and obeying all traffic signals and law enforcement instructions.

8:00am- Century 100 and Carter Lake 70 miles

Staging will begin at 7:45 a.m. at Benson Lawn with riders released slowly for safety starting at 8:00 a.m. The Buffalo Bicycle Classic is a ride and not a race. You must follow Rules of the Road along the entire course by stopping at all stop signs and obeying all traffic signals and law enforcement instructions.

8:30am - 50 Mile Half Century, 35 Mile Mary's Loop and Gravel Buff (42.3 miles)

Staging will begin at 8:15 a.m. at Benson Lawn with riders released slowly for safety starting at 8:30 a.m. The Buffalo Bicycle Classic is a ride and not a race. You must follow Rules of the Road along the entire course by stopping at all stop signs and obeying all traffic signals and law enforcement instructions.

10:30am - Little Buff Family Ride (10 miles)

Staging will begin at 10:15 a.m. at Benson Lawn with riders released slowly for safety starting at 10:30 a.m. Riders will be led out by a lead bicycle and followed by a sweep bicycle. The Buffalo Bicycle Classic is a ride and not a race. You must follow Rules of the Road along the entire course by obeying bicycle path instructions, stopping at all stop signs and obeying all traffic signals and law enforcement instructions.Ìý

Both the start and finish area is at Benson Lawn on the CU Boulder campus. Benson Lawn is on the south side of the Benson Earth Sciences building and the west side of the Mathematics Building. The closest cross streets are Colorado Avenue and Libby Drive, near the turnaround area and gate on the south side of Folsom Field stadium.

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