[Tom Church]

Come on out and join the Westchester Mountain Bike Association for the 11th Annual Fat Tire festival at Blue Mountain in Peekskill, NY on June 4th from 10am-5pm!! Blue Mountain is approx 1000 acres of killer singletrack and dirt roads. There will be group rides throughout the day for riders of all ages and skill levels. There will be games and tons of give aways including bikes and swag. Tons of local bike shops will be set up with demos as well as manufacturer trucks with demos.

Music, Food, Bikes and prizes!! Check out www.wmba.org for more info and directions (car and train!).

Tom

 

[stosh]

This may be the time I make it down there!

 

[Tom Church]

You should man!!! The trails at this place will blow your mind!

Tom

 

[stosh]

I'll have to let Beth and Rob know, see if they want to come too.

 

[dogwonder]

Dang...I've been wanting to try that place out but am in VT for that weekend...

 

[Tom Church]

Here’s the update for this year’s Festival. Of our eight bike shops sponsors five have confirmed that they will be at the Festival. Yorktown, Briarcliff, Danny’s, Hickory & Tweed and Tarrytown will all be on hand to promote their brands and work demos for the crowd. Julio’s, Down & Sierra can’t make it due to business reasons (very busy time of year).

Demos will be more plentiful this year than ever. Cannondale, Specialized and Jamis will all have their factory demo vehicles at the festival. In addition, Hickory & Tweed will be demoing their new brand, BMC. Fuji is a new line for Yorktown, and a sponsor of the event so I’m sure there will be Fuji demos. Danny’s will be bringing plenty of Trek demos and Tarrytown will have Kona demos. We’re pumped for our new sponsor Briarcliff Bikeworks. Lou will be bringing all sorts of demos from the high end brands that he sells including Ellsworth (yes, the Epiphany), Seven, Santa Cruz and Intense.

Hickory and Tweed has donated a C’dale Rush to give away in the poker rally. Briarcliff has donated a Klein Palomino frame (Maverick design) and Sierra has donated a Santa Cruz Chameleon frame to be raffled off. Yorktown has worked with Fuji to donate a hardtail and Down is also close to confirming an IronHorse bike for the raffle. Damn that’s a lot of bikes. Tons of other prizes donated by our sponsors, including an iPod Nano donated by Corporate Wellness, will be up for raffle as well.

The Red Bull girls will be there!!!

The band Callous will be there again this year as well as a return outing for the funkadelic sounds of our own DJ Tommy Church.

Mr. Softee has promised a longer stay this year and we’ve been putting the heat on the food guy to improve the quality of our food service this year.

We’re are now working on the schedules for group rides and the events which should be pretty similar to last year. In case you are not aware...WE ALWAYS NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS TO LEAD RIDES AT ALL LEVELS. If you’re at all inclined please, please volunteer for this. The more riders we can put out on the trails the better. We need two volunteers for each group, a leader and a sweeper so even if its to sweep a beginner ride, we can use your help. You don’t even need to know the trails to sweep.

 

[dogwonder]

Dang man, that sounds like all kinds of fun, you need to change the weekend so I can go! Seriously though, if I were in town I'd be there in a heart beat...Enjoy...

 

[Tom Church]

bizzump...

 

[robdamanii]

I think Beth and I will make it (met you in the Vassar parking lot that one night with Kathy).

 

[Tame Ape]

Doesn't look like I'll be joining you guys. Its time for an international family reunion as my sibs are coming home from Taiwan and the UK.

Have good time and take lotsa pictures!

 

[stosh]

If Tommy Chuch is DJ'ing I'm going!!!!

 

[bluebug32]

Looks like Rob and I will be stopping by (hopefully with Stosh and Aubrey in tow). What time does most of the action/rides happen?

 

[stosh]

Looks like Rob and I will be stopping by (hopefully with Stosh and Aubrey in tow). What time does most of the action/rides happen?

Wait, we're gonna get some action?

 

[stosh]

Is Kenda going to be there?

I need some tires....

 

[bluebug32]

Where do we park?

Any monkies going?

 

[Tom Church]

Admission is Free and you will see where to park once you get into the park.

Stosh, I am not really DJing...to busy working but my friends are DJing rock/punk/metal and such.

First group ride is 11am, Poker rally ride is at 1pm (shorter than the other rides) and the final and probably longest group ride is at 3pm. There will be a TON of prizes including at least a Cannondale Rush for the poker run!!

Tom

 

[Tom Church]

Not sure if Kenda is coming but there will be TONS of bike shops with plenty of tires...

Tom

 

[Tame Ape]

Poker rally ride is at 1pm (shorter than the other rides) and the final and probably longest group ride is at 3pm. There will be a TON of prizes including at least a Cannondale Rush for the poker run!!

Whats it cost to do the poker rally? I could use a new dually...

 

[Tom Church]

I don't remember offhand but it's not much compared to what you could win!

We're also giving away a Klein Palomino frame!

Tom

 

[dogwonder]

Any reports from the field? How was the festival?

 

[Tame Ape]

Any reports from the field? How was the festival?

Did you go? There was a good turnout in the end. I scored a ride out with a friend out from NYC (I can take Metro-North too) and he hurt his knee pretty badly. That sucked. I think he was the only casualty of the day.

I was going to do the Poker Run, but it was $25 for the base model Rush and not really worth it in my mind.

Conditions were greasy and slick and there was no traction on roots and downed wood.

I love Blue.

 

[robdamanii]

Who was the monkey there hanging out and helping out the band? I saw the RM sticker on the back of a Nissan Xterra.

 

[stosh]

Who was the monkey there hanging out and helping out the band? I saw the RM sticker on the back of a Nissan Xterra.

I'm pretty sure that's Tom Church.

 

[dogwonder]

Did you go? There was a good turnout in the end. I scored a ride out with a friend out from NYC (I can take Metro-North too) and he hurt his knee pretty badly. That sucked. I think he was the only casualty of the day.

I was going to do the Poker Run, but it was $25 for the base model Rush and not really worth it in my mind.

Conditions were greasy and slick and there was no traction on roots and downed wood.

I love Blue.

I would have liked to have gone but was in Burlington...don't worry, the weather sucked there too.

Sorry to hear about the casualty...what's the prognosis? I've had both my ACL's reconstructed so I'm familiar with bad knee injuries.

 

[jbogner]

FTF was great this year. Loved the weather- constantly threatening, but never raining, and nice and cool. Turnout was a little low because of the threat of rain, but there was still a good crowd, and the vibe couldn't have been better. Trails were a little greasy, but the only really bad spots were the carriage roads.

If you saw Tom's Xterra, I'm sure you saw our table in front of it...

JB

 

[Tom Church]

Yep that was my Xterra! Had a great time!!

 

[bluebug32]

I had a great time! Trails were a little tricky, but I'd like to go back (esp. when it's dry)