Here’s the skinny on the fat.

Fatbike, that is.

Fatbike RACE, that is.

Blbbrbk, 2013…combining two of our favorite things: Events and Awesomes.  (Yes, this Event will be sufficiently Awesomes to require the plural).

Let’s get the details out of the way, first:

• 3 Person Teams.  If you’ve got a team, great!  If you need a team, great!  We’re planning on having a signup/groupup for people who show up without a fatbike, or without a team.  If you’re coming in advance and want to be grouped together, drop us a line here.  If you’re planning on coming and have more than one fatbike in your group, bring them all…we may need extra bikes.  This is a fatbike community event.  Be fat…together.  Riders are encouraged to use 1 bike per team, with handoffs on each lap.  If that isn’t possible because of the size of your riders, we’ll make exceptions.
• There will be a ~3 mile prescribed route through Afton Forest Preserve.  Click here to find out where that is…  The event format is thus: ride a lap, hop off the bike and pass to teammate, teammate rides a lap.  Teammate passes bike to third teammate, who then rides a lap.  Process repeats until the first to occur of: 1) the passage of 3 hours; 2) a teammate gets consumed by one of the infamous DeKalb Yeti; or, 3) exhaustion sets in.  If you lose a teammate to a Yeti, you are DQ’d–so try to avoid them.  (In case you missed it, Afton was the home of this infamous fatbike video clip).
• Check-in starts at 9am.  If you’d like to volunteer to help, drop us a line here.  Race starts promptly at 11:00am, CST.   (January 20, 2013).
• Fatbikes only.  We are defining fatbikes thusly: a) ‘traditional fatbikes’ with 3.7″ or wider tires (Larry, Endo, Big Fat Larry, Husker Du, Nate, Bud, Lou, etc.); and, b) Knards (29+, 3″ wide).  Don’t show up with your 26×2.5 tires and think you’re gonna rock it.  No fat tires, no ride.  And don’t be cute with a ‘fat front’ or some other similar setup.  Fat in front, fat in back.  Because that’s the American way.

 

Just to be clear, while this is a part of the amazing Fat-Bike.com winter race series, this is not a points race.  It’s a fun race.  It’s a bragging points race.  It’s a nitty, gritty, rubbin’ is racin’, backwoods, straightaway hammerfest.  Or a delightful romp in the woods.  It is what you make it.  Make it awesomes.

It’s going to be a blast.  Join us, and make it moreso.  We’re encouraging people to indicate their interest in coming on the Facebook Event page.  Click one of the drop us a line here links with any questions.  Ride fat, ride often.