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2024 Mayors’ International Bike Ride celebrates the borderlands in Yuma County

Last weekend’s 8th Annual Mayor’s International Bike Ride celebrated the borderlands, according to mayors and participants from across Yuma County.

Saturday morning’s race started at the Yuma Civic Center, with cyclists of all experience levels lining up to take off at 8 a.m.

The route took them through the Cocopa Corner store on Highway 95, Somerton City Hall in Gadsden, Arizona, and San Luis, Arizona, before crossing the border into Mexico’s San Luis Rio Colorado state.

Event sponsor B’s Bicycles of Yuma followed the riders and helped those with flat tires, broken chains, and other bicycle issues.

Most riders arrived in San Luis, Arizona, with a small group finishing the race at San Luis RC

The event was attended by three mayors: Doug Nichols of Yuma, Jerry Anaya of Somerton, and Cesar Iván Sandoval Gamez, the new mayor of San Luis Rio Colorado; , San Luis and Welton City Council members and Yuma County Supervisor Martin Porteous were in attendance.

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Stay tuned to KAWC for more information on the 2024 Mayors International Bike Ride.

The map shows the course of the 2024 Mayor’s International Bike Ride from Yuma to San Luis Rio Colorado.
Brent Fetters of Yuma rides a tall bicycle at the start of the 2024 Mayor's International Bike Ride in Yuma.

Brent Fetters of Yuma rides a tall bicycle at the start of the 2024 Mayor’s International Bike Ride in Yuma.
Councilors from the City of Yuma, Yuma County, Somerton, San Luis, and Welton were elected at Somerton City Hall during the 2024 Mayor's International Bike Ride.

Councilors from the City of Yuma, Yuma County, Somerton, San Luis, and Welton were elected at Somerton City Hall during the 2024 Mayor’s International Bike Ride.
Maribel Lopez, co-founder of the Yuma women's BMX group Gorditas BMX, transits in San Luis, Ariz., for the 2024 Meyers International Bike Ride.

Maribel Lopez, co-founder of Gorditas BMX, a women’s BMX group from Yuma, transits in San Luis, Ariz., for the 2024 Meyers International Bike Ride.
Cesar Ivan Sandoval Gamez, the new mayor of San Luis Rio Colorado City, during the 2024 Mayors International Bike Ride.

Cesar Iván Sandoval Gamez, new mayor of San Luis Rio Colorado, during the 2024 Mayors International Bike Ride.
Cyclists wait at the San Luis port of entry after the 2024 Mayor's International Bike Ride.

Cyclists wait at the San Luis port of entry after the 2024 Mayor’s International Bike Ride.