Group rides, kids rides, women’s rides, skills
clinics, action workouts. All riders and all abilities welcome.
Vendors, bike demos,
live
music, mountain, bike movies, BBQ, on-site camping, raffles
and prizes.
Registration opens spring 2010.
Vendors will include Onion
River Sports (Montpelier), and Five
Hills Bikes (Waterbury). So far, we have lined up demo bikes
from Specialized and Niner, and hope to get confirmation from
several other companies real soon!
Group rides will be led in Waitsfield by Dave Rowles and our friends
from Stark Mountain
Bike Works; with shuttle runs led by Knight
and Lilias Ide from Ideride – bring your big bike and armor
for that trip! Group rides will be held in Waterbury and Stowe,
led by local guides from the Stowe
Mountain Bike Club, with more
group rides in Hinesburg, led by guides from the Fellowship
of the Wheel – you’ve heard about the Preacher Trail in
Hinesburg, right? Well this is your chance to ride it, with local
gals and guys showing you the way.
We will have a womens’ skills clinic and trail ride in Waterbury
led by the Girls Move
Mountains - Dirt Divas Program, there will
be pre-ride stretches, warm-ups and workouts led by Mocean365,
and there will be kids rides on the Waterbury trails led by Wheels
Around Waterbury.
All-in-all, the 2010 festival is coming together well, and it’s
only February! Next up, we are working on more ride locations,
confirming more vendors from the bike and outdoor gear industry,
and scheduling more skills clinics and demos. We’re also
working on a band, BBQ, and Saturday night party with free schwag,
beer specials and mountain bike
movies.
Keep it on your calendar for July 17- 18, 2010, and watch this
page for more updates over the next weeks and months, ride on…..
