Fat Tire Bike Week

Fat Tire Bike Week 29th Anniversary Celebration

June 24 - 28, 2009

Voted Best Festival in Bike Magazine’s third annual reader poll, this oldie-but-goodie bike festival celebrates Crested Butte as one of the birthplaces of mountain biking. Local riders lead beginner, intermediate and advanced tours on the Crested Butte area’s epic trails, and there is plenty of time to socialize at the daily FTBW Expo with live music, a pig roast, beer garden, food court and bike rodeo. Beginner rides might follow a mellow mining road while endorphin junkies power up technical single track to distant mountain passes. Bike limbos and log pulls are just part of the fun at the Bike Rodeo/Relay Races. In the Chainless Race competitors coast their chain-deprived bikes from the top of Kebler Pass at 9,980 feet into the town of Crested Butte often wearing costumes.

For more information and a complete schedule, contact the Crested Butte-Mt. Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce at (800) 545-4505 or visit FTBW.com.

Costumes are welcomed for all events!

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• Photo Gallery

Mountain Bike Hall of Fame

Those interested in the story of mountain biking can see it first-hand at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame located in the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum in downtown Crested Butte. Classic bikes, photos, mementos and media clips tell the lively story of this home-grown sport and the characters who gave it life. Visit Mountain Bike Hall of Fame online.

Crested Butte Hosts Colorado Bicycle Tour

During Fat Tire Bike Week, the population of Crested Butte will increase by more than 2,000 as the Colorado Bicycle Tour bicycle tour rolls into town from Montrose. Riders will enjoy a day of rest in Crested Butt.

Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) presents the eighth annual Wildflower Rush Cross Country and Downhill Races. CBMR will provide a marquee venue for one of the stops in the NORBA.

Wildflower Rush information is also available by calling (970) 349-2221 or visiting www.ridecb.com, click on “Adventure Scene.”