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Well said. Great article. I've been a fan of the fat bike for a few years now. I don't own one yet, only because I haven't figured the right angle to work my wife on to get her to let me buy one. When I first saw the new Rocky Blizzard in print and in the shops, I was impressed. But then I saw the video and I truly thought they did a disservice to the fat bike. They made it look like a novelty. Shuttling with a snowmobile? Whats up with that. I know a few guys that have fat bikes up at Sun Peaks. The mountain is fine with fat bikes and there hasn't been any conflict with user groups. For them its about maintaining winter fitness and actually riding. 3hrs to 4hrs night rides, traversing the snowshoe trails or Cat tracks to the top of the mountain. Or just plan old getting out riding trails, in the snow.

This is the first ever local mnt bike film fest featuring local film makers, local trails and local riders for the Fraser Valley.

Two other cool things about this event is Mission Springs has brewed a special Cask of FVMBA's Trailblazer Pilsner and theres the bike draw. For a $2 ticket, you get a chance a Divinci Wilson or $3000 credit to Wentings bike shop in Mission. We will be making the draw that night. How can you beat that!

I can smell the fresh cedar from here. Looks great!

Thanks

10 of us from the Fraser Valley have signed up for this years race. A coed teams, a dad/son team, 4 person ladies team and 2 guys who used to race but are now old and out of shape. Long and short, we're all just going for the fun and enjoyment of riding bikes, drinking beer, camping and racing on the Island.

Does anyone know the course. Website doesn't say much. Is it similar to the first half of the BCBR stage? Do you go that high? Is it singlespeed or CX friendly? Just trying to figure out what bikes to bring.

Four of us are heading down to Moab this coming Tuesday night. We'll be leaving the following Friday. This will give us 8 glorious riding days. Here's a list of some of the trails I was thinking about checking out.

Captain Ahab/Amasa Back - http://www.juicytrails.com/page/8-Captain-Ahab-Amasa-Back-from-town-Moab-UT
Big Porcupine Rim loop - http://www.juicytrails.com/page/4-UPS-LPS-Porcupine-Rim-from-town-Moab-UT
Whole Enchiladas - http://vimeo.com/32878878
Dead Horse Point loop - http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/5083590/dead-horse-point-tour
Mag 7 - http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/652241/mag-7
Bartlett Wash/Sovereign - http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/157019/bartlett-wash-slickrock and http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/611953/sovereign-cedar-mountain-loop

And maybe a drive to Fruita for the Kokopelli loop - http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/290187

Is there anything else near by with in a 2-3 hour drive from Moab we should check out?

I'm heading down to Moab in September for a 10 day road trip. We're towing our travel trailer. Any recommendations on a good camping spot in town?

You seriously think they're only coming on S-Works bikes!? I hate to be the bearer of bad news but they will be available aftermarket and on many OE bikes. Yes, they'll be expensive but that doesn't mean that they won't be used on muddy or rainy days.

No, I don't think that the Big S will have exclusivity on the RS1. I was just using that as an example because of the previous picture showing an SWorks with an RS1. I'm sure it will be spec'ed on other brands and also sold as a pricy aftermarket fork. But I think you will be one of only a handful of ppl that will write this XC fork off because of the oversight of a fender mount. By the sounds of it, you wont be RS1's target market and I don't think it will hurt their sales.

Good point. Maybe more beer is needed to solve this problem of a fender that keeps mud from flying in the eyes of all the XC riders that are going to be buying a purpose built fork that most likely will only be spec'ed on bikes north of $8k. Have you priced an XC Sworks lately? You tend to leave it in the shed and opt for one of your other bikes for those muddy days that you'll need a fender.

Take a look back at my post and come back with a method for attaching a fender that will be effective. There's a reason that the Mucky Nutz Fenders are so popular.

The seemingly impossible can be possible. http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/03/14/spy-shot-prototype-enve-carbon-rigid-29er-mountain-bike-fork/

I for one am pretty excited for this. Aesthetically, that's a good looking fork. Innovation, good or bad, is what advances our sport. Inverted forks have been done before but maybe now technology has caught up to sort out issues from previous incarnations.

Certainly looks pretty cool but…… I guess the market is SoCal XC.

Sound familiar. Isn't this what everyone said 7 years ago about those big and awkward looking 29'er bikes. Good thing that market hype never caught on.