Fat Bike Events: Build Community / Advance Advocacy

We take it for granted sometimes. You get on your Mountain Bike and go for a ride. Simple. Well it wasn’t always that way. In the late 80′s / early 90′s Mountain Bikers gathered for grass routes events that brought the tribe together and showed land managers that this new user group was important and needed to be recognized. Over time the sport grew and these “races” lost their vibe and became athletic hammer fest events. Old school MTBers look back longingly at those early days and say… man, those were the days!

Well here we are again, a new sport, a new set of access issues, same great vibe! Fat biking has emerged from obscurity and is now being paid attention to by the population at large. But access issues persist and the need for community building, grass routes events is greater than ever. Over the next two weekends the Greater Teton Region will be hosting two amazing examples of events created for the rider. not the event promoter. No matter if you are a racer or not, an advanced rider or a someone new to Fat Biking, come out and show your support for cycling, for community building, and for the Fat tire revolution!

Below are the event details and please email back directly if you have any questions at all.

Cheers,
Scott<at>FitzgeraldsBicycles.com

JayP’s Fat Pursuit

Togwotee Winter Classic

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Loading up at the bike shop.

Togwotee Winter Classic this Saturday!

Greetings Fat Bike Racers & Potential Fat Bike Racers,

Another Fat Bike Race Announced!

Race starts at about 4:45pm on February 11 in the Rope Tow area.

Registration is from 3:45pm to 4:30pm before the race at the start. $5 entry fee.

Three classes: one lap, two laps, the third will be made up of teams of two making one lap each.

There will be snow bike demos on the day of the race.

1st Annual West ‘n Back - This is how it happened…

Local cycling adventure king ping, Jay Petervary, said to me one day this Fall, “Do you really understand?” To which I instinctively responded, “Of course I do. And how dare you ask that?” Sure, I had no idea what he was referring to, but I’m not about to answer no to a question like that from a guy like him. (more…)

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There has been lots of talk about Fat Biking at Grand Targhee and this video shows you why. Thanks for pushing the envelope Andy and the whole crew at Grand Targhee!

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Here is another great Grand Targhee Fat Bike video that highlights the Fat Bike Race on January 15th thanks to Dave Byers.

2012 Grand Targhee Snow Bike Race from Dave Byers on Vimeo.