[JohnE]

Rockofullrs Sea Otter thread and some ads in a print mag have me thinking about MTB fests and stuff. Havent been to one in years (I think since I lived in Alaska...) and have been thinking about attending one. Problem is, I am kind of crowd averse, both at events and on the trail. So recommend me a cool one, if such a thing exists...and in the best Monkey style, I fully appreciate your idiotic, dated and crass commentary...

 

[SkaredShtles]

Sorry, man. Such a thing does NOT exist.

Unless you consider the P2P a festival. Which it kinda is.

 

[canadmos]

NC Fest. Christmas 2017.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Or just wander Pisgah solo and stop to talk to the two other people you run into in seven hours of gravel n'gnar. Now that's a proper mountain bike festival for the crowd adverse. Don't forget the snacks and a map.

 

[Serial Midget]

Montana Monkey Fest because other people suck.

 

[Full Trucker]

I've heard Dirt Fest is rad, never been.

Wydaho Rendezvous is pretty nifty, not super overcrowded compared to a standard Front Range Saturday.

Montana Monkeyfest seems like a worthy time.

I always (except a couple of years) go to Yeti Tribe Gathering... mostly for the riding and the beer and the fun times. And the beer. And because a lot of my friends go. And the planned stupidity. And the beer.

Cannot comment on Fruita Fat Tire Fest but it also happens. I think I'd just as well go to Mike the Headless Chicken Festival and ride bikes without so many people.

FIBArk (while not a bikey thing) is pretty rad.

Unless you consider the P2P a festival. Which it kinda is.

Your ideas intrigue me and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter...

 

[Full Trucker]

Holy shit... The Smithereens are playing the Mike the Headless Chicken Festival.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Well there is Namblafest here in the Northeast June 16-18. You are sure to meet a handful of fellow monkeys, myself included (score!). 100 miles of trails so you shouldn't see too much crowding.

http://www.nembafest.com/

 

[rockofullr]

I mean.....

Isn't the whole "festival" thing defined by a lot of people getting together to do whatever the festival is about?

 

[Yossarian]

Well there is Namblafest here in the Northeast/

 

[jonKranked]

I've heard Dirt Fest is rad, never been.

from what i've heard, dirt first is now an overcrowded cluster.

 

[I Are Baboon]

 

[Yossarian]

If you meant Nambla, then thats what you meant.

 

[Adventurous]

I am a crowd averse, introvert who has a hard time making friends or socializing freely. The thought of going to a fest is like my worst nightmare. Not that I wouldn't enjoy the activities, but that's a pretty big hurdle to get over.

 

[jdcamb]

The problem with festivals is that they never let me participate in the Womens skills clinics. Equal rights my ass.....

 

[JohnE]

I am going to a Moots thing in Steamboat Springs in June...they limit the amount of attendees so it should be fairly cool for us crowd averse types. Also going to check out new areas to lay tracks...