Big Weekend Coming Up! Fat and Skinny Tire Fest 9

This weekend May 18th through the 20th is the 9th annual Fat and Skinny Tire Festival in Winona Lake/Warsaw, Indiana.

For super current info be sure to check out our Facebook Page and make sure you have time to come down and enjoy this all bikes shindig.  If you have not heard of our event let me take the time to tell you a little about it.  We have Mountain Bike racing on these very trails.  Saturday is the first stop in the DINO Series and Sunday we will offer for the first time a Time Trial and a Dirt Crit put on by Planet Adventure.

What does all this racing mean for the trails?  It means they are going to be marked for the races on Friday so please please please be courteous and leave the tape up.  You can pre ride the trails on Friday as they will be setup for the DINO race on Saturday.  On Saturday and Sunday the trails will be closed most of the day due to the racing.  You can go ride the trails late in the afternoon and if you have lights ride a night lap then come to the Village to enjoy some live music and cold brews from Mad Anthony's Lake City Tap House, or the Cerulean Garden.

Thats not all.... Friday night we have a critical mass ride from Trailhouse to Mad Anthonys.  We will have a couple video premiers.  One will be the video from last years bike fest.  Check out previous years videos here.  We are also proud to announce we get to premiere the new Red Bull film Strength in Numbers.  Plus we will have a BMX stunt show where we close down the main street in downtown Warsaw and just take over!

You guessed it there is more... Road Races on Saturday, Crits on Sunday, Kids Events, a Multi-length tour on Saturday, BMX stunt show again on Saturday, I could go on and one but I think you get the idea. This is the biggest weekend for bicycles in Kosciusko County, and probably in the Northern part of the state.

So don't sit at home, don't mow the yard, don't work on the honey do list.  Bring the entire family down to the Village at Winona Lake and enjoy the outdoors, bicycles, friends, food, and of course great beer.

Just a couple more notes.

1. The Bridge is out in Claypool.  If you are coming from the Southern part of the state here is a map for you to get to the fun.

View Claypool - Bridge Out in a larger map

2.  There is a new access to the Race Field

View New Entrance to Winona Lake Trails in a larger map

Race Day 4-13-12

Tomorrows Mountain Bike race has been canceled but the running race is still on. The trails will be closed on April 14th, 2012 to REGISTERED runners only. Please stay off of the trails, for more information visit Planet Adventures website.

Trees cleared on the trails

We had a great crew yesterday and cleaned up all the downed trees.

Please remember to not widen the trails.  Happy riding.

This Weeks Snow Storm

We have had reports that the heavy snow we got this week has taken down a lot of tree limbs on the trails,making it nearly impossible to ride the front side and the back side is probably the same.

Please do not ride around downed trees or tree limbs we will get out there as soon as we can to get things cleared up. Also remember if you are leaving ruts when you ride to call it a day and head back to the parking lot.

Turkey Lurkey

The 10th annual Turkey Lurkey race will be utilizing the trails on Saturday November 19th, 2011.  The trails will be closed to Mountain Bikers until 10:30am.  More information can be found on RunKRA's website.

RUN.RIDE.RIDICULOUS -- OCTOBER 22, 2011

Looking for something fun to do this Saturday.  Join Metzger Outdoors for their Nocturnal 2 Bike, Run, Ridiculous Race.  More information can be found here.

The 2nd annual Cerulean 10K Hash Fat and Flat event will be held on October 8, 2011 at 2pm.  This event is a celebration of our trails and our community, registration is now open at $15 and you can sign up inside Cerulean or in the Beer Garden.  Day of registration starts at 1pm and will be $20.  Included in your entry fee will include one beer and a food item of your choice.  You will also receive a Mug Love wrist band so you can come and go all day to enjoy the several bands that will be playing throughout the afternoon.

All sales and entry fees from this event will go directly to the trails in order to keep them maintained for us all to enjoy.

Any question you can contact Cerulean at 574-269-1226 or better yet stop in and see them.


More details to come soon we hope to see you out there!

Poverty Cycle Challenge aka 12 Hours of Winona

Saturday September 15th teams from across the state will compete in the 12 hours of Winona Mountain Bike race.  The trails will be closed most of the weekend however, Sunday you can go ride if you want but it will still be marked for the 12 hour.

Better yet there is still time to register and come join the fun for a good cause.  Registration is limited to onsite only but you can find more details here.

Trail Conditions and Other News

A group of us rode this morning and the trails are in great shape so go out and have a good time.

We have also added a re-route at the top of Puke Point to avoid the large roots.

Trail Update & Work Days

The trails are in pretty good shape going into the Fall season Yes, I said Fall season it is hard to believe that in a couple days September will be here which means the Poverty Cycle Cycle Challenge: Ride | Run | Walk will be happening on September 17th for more information and to sign up visit TrueSport.com

Additionally we have been working on trail maintenance getting it ready for Fall riding.  If you would like to help out we will continue with trail maintenance on Saturday September 3rd and Saturday September 10th.  We will meet near the trail-head or by the grey barn.

Additionally, we have added in a new Rock Garden located in Caution Trail (technical) after the initial decent into that section about 25 yards +/-  If you ride this section be aware of this new fun feature.