Shawnee Fat Tire Festival

Golconda, IL, US
Oct 19–21, 2012

Next entry deadline: Oct 14, 2012

Type: Cycling / MTB - Regional

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Don’t miss it October 19 – 21, 2012 - Shawnee National Forest – Lake Glendale Campground - Golconda, IL

Early Registration through October 14th: $65
Late Registration through October 21th: $95

The FTF Experience

Exposing the Midwest’s best kept secret in mountain biking. This is your chance to experience some of the best riding in the Midwest and ride trails that only a few mountain bikers in the world know about. Riding for all skill levels from 8’ drops and rugged downhill to rolling fast cross country to entry level first time on a mountain bike type trails.

The entry fee for the event of $65 ($90 after October 14th) includes many things beyond just entry into the event. The first is your camping fee (tent camping, real bathrooms and showers) for both Friday and Saturday night at beautiful Lake Glendale campground (www.lakeglendale.net) in the heart of the Shawnee Forest. All meals are included (if you made it to the event last year you know how good the food is, if you didn’t ask someone who was there, the food will be GREAT) and sponsors have generously donated free beer for all participants available both Friday and Saturday nights for those of legal age. Specialized will have the demo truck on site stocked with a sweet selection of their S-Works and Pro level bikes, available for real world in the dirt test rides all day Saturday. We will also be giving away schwag and prizes from our many sponsors totaling over $5,000 (remember to show them sponsors the love, don’t forget without them this would not be possible).

The riding will be amazing, the FTF Challenge will rock, and the experience will be the most fun you can legally have on a bike.

Schedule

FRIDAY
Event opens at 4:00
Open rides around Glendale
Great food and free beverages, both adult and unleaded
Psyche yourself up for the days ahead; watch riding videos on the BIG SCREEN in the woods and enjoy the campfire.
Open night rides for those with the lights and the cojones

SATURDAY
8:00-9:00 Breakfast – Fresh Fruit, Pastries, Bars
9:00 Rides at Glendale and other East side destinations (over 30 miles of trails with varying levels of difficulty from easy to ball bustin)
12:00 Lunch at the main pavilion followed by more riding, don’t forget to go check out a Specialized for demo, road and mountain will be available.
4:30 Back at the main pavilion for the Big Azz BBQ brought to you by Southern Builders, thanks Eric and Cay.
6:00 Sponsorship recognitions and cool prizes
7:00-till its done FTF Challenge

Costume Race – Bring your best costume for a MTB race around the island, prizes for creativity, originality, speed, style and many other categories
Huffy Toss – Yep you guessed, we are going to see who can chuck a crappy Huffy the furthest
Bubba Race – We provide the bubba bikes; you provide the grown up kid to pilot it to a win
Log Pull – Take a guess, you are probably right. Rope and log will be provided

SUNDAY
9:00-10:00 Breakfast – Pancakes, Eggs, Sausage, Fresh Fruit, Bring your own hangover remedies
10:00 Break down your camp site and pack it up, we are not coming back
10:30 Leave for West Side Riding or stay around for more Glendale(you choose your trail or trails, group leaders will lead the caravan to the trail and lead the rides)
The Kink out and back (10+ miles)
Technical fun riding, big drop opportunities, swimming hole at turn around (Brrrrr!!), See what a tornado can do to your trail system (2006 damage)
Cedar Lake trail (5.5 miles) to Little Cedar Loop (3.5 miles) back to Cove Hollow (3.5 miles) out and back
Fast fun riding, rolling and sometimes flowy, plenty of climbing for the mountain goats in the pack.
2:00-7:00? All finished up, get drivin’ home or dinner on your own at one of the great restaurants in so ill.

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