2006 Midwest Mountain Bike Festival
featuring the Kona Bicycles Advocacy Summit
Latest News : 04 / 03 / 06
.:. The Midwest Mountain Bike Festival is this week starting Friday April 7 and rolls on till Sunday. The best weekend ever is soon upon us.
.:. The schedule has been posted along with an overview of the biking activities. Check it out! The stars and planets are approaching final alignment. We will see you in 4 days!
Latest News : 03 / 27 / 06
.:. Mesa Cycles has donated a Specialized Hardrock SS for inclusion in the raffle.
.:. Surly is coming down for the festival and will be giving away a Lime 1x1 frame. You've been warned. Check their blog. They will be bringing Pugsleys for you to demo.
Latest News : 03 / 21 / 06
.:. News from Light & Motion. The big news about the 25 light demo kit is that they are HID ARC light systems with both helmet and bar mounts. Ease of installation, The premier light system, and bright as hell. What more could you possibly want?
Latest News : 03 / 17 / 06
.:. Updated new news: The overall Events winner will receive a 19" Fuji Diamond RC 3" full-suspension frame donated by Touring Cyclist and Fuji. The Karate Monkey frame will be a raffle prize.
.:. Added a printable Adobe Acrobat flyer about the Festival. Print it out and pass it out to your friends, post it at the bike shop, etc.
.:. Uploaded a printable Adobe Acrobat tri-fold brochure about the Festival. Print it out and pass it out to your friends.
.:. Added a press release section on the Contact page for you to print out and distribute to everyone you've ever met.
Latest News : 03 / 16 / 06
.:. Added Adobe Acrobat PDF maps of Lost Valley and Matson parks. They are brand new maps with up-to-date GPS marked trails.
Latest News : 03 / 14 / 06
.:. More crazy updates here, they just keep rolling in like stereos at a pawnshop ...
.:. In addition to the informational Friday sessions there will be a huge Friday night ride that will burn your synapses for years to come. Not to be missed. Legendary status.
.:. Mesa Cycles is sponsoring the Entertainment Pavilion. This will be the hub of music, food, beer, raffles and event announcements.
.:. Orbea has stepped up to the plate and will be representing at the MMBF with their own booth! They will be bringing 29er and full-suspension demos and possibly some schwag.
Latest News : 03 / 09 / 06
.:. This just in: The news ticker is about to melt as there continues to be a flood of great Festival announcements.
.:. The Festival will be featuring even more bands this year! A few more may still be in the lineup so stay tuned. Here are the confirmed music makers:
<> The Monads (punk bluegrass rockabilly)
<> Red Ass Jones and the Gold Bondsmen (drunken traditional)
<> Maid*Rite (country folk rock)
<> Dub Kitchen (dub smoke reggae)
<> The Choir (balls-out rock and roll)
.:. Bobcat of St. Louis is a huge sponsor this year! They will be displaying a Bobcat MT-55 with all implement attachments and demoing it along with Stika Construction, another MMBF sponsor. Another demo will be of a 5.5 horsepower four wheel drive "wheelbarrow" with a 500 lb capacity that is useful when it comes to rock armouring. They will also be providing portable stadium lighting and power generators to keep the Festival running smooth and the PA system on 11.
.:. Additional info about the raffle here and here
.:. Additional info about the "points" events and night time-trial is here
.:. The Wentzille VFW is coming to the Festival! They're going to offering lunch and dinner on Saturday. Lunch will be burgers, brats and dogs. Some terrific sidedishes, too. For dinner, they are going to be putting a big ole pig on a rotisserie. There will be delicious sidedishes as well. So you could say the Wentzille VFW is going whole hog this year for the Festival.
.:. The Fit for Women Bike Demo Tour will be attending. Come learn from Olympian and World Champion Mountain Biker, Chrissy Redden (de Jonge). Their goal is to promote cycling to women in the form of education, proper bike fit, fun and the demo tour.
.:. Also, the Trek Ride the Best Demo Tour is coming to the MMBF. They will be bringing a complete selection of mountain and road bikes for everyone to demo.
.:. Big Shark, an MMBF sponsor, is offering up a Surly Karate Monkey Frame! This is another great raffle opportunity to win big.
.:. Specialized and Light & Motion are sponsoring the Midwest Mountain Bike Festival Night Time-Trial. There will be awesome schwag up for grabs at this event so you DO NOT want to skip this night event. L&M will have 25 light kits on hand for you to demo at the night TT.
.:. We are hammering out the details for Saturday's events and raffle schwag. You aren't going to want to skip the night time-trial, there are some serious prizes to be had. Not necessarily for the top 3 spots, either.
.:. To date we have 4 diverse bands scheduled to play Saturday afternoon and into the night.
.:. Steelhead Bicycles has donated a custom SS frame certificate valued at $1500.00 for the raffle giveaway!!
.:. The IMBA Trail Care Crew will be attending the Festival. Stay tuned for more info.
Formerly known as the “Midwest Singletrack Summit”, the Midwest Mountain Bike Festival is an annual event that draws mountain bikers, trail builders, and trail building advocates from 14 states throughout the Midwest.
The purpose of the Festival is to provide a weekend for mountain bike trail enthusiasts and advocates. Both in terms of knowledge development from the classes and seminars at the Advocacy Summit on Friday, and fun at the Saturday Festival, through to Sunday's 43-mile epic ride to test your endurance.
When is it?
April 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2006.
Where is it?
Klondike Park in St. Charles County, Missouri. Just 20 minutes west of St. Louis. Klondike park is a St. Charles County Park, and home to some of the most challenging singletrack in the St. Louis area. In addition, within a short bike-ride up the Katy Trail (a rail-trail conversion), there are 2 other trail systems: Matson Hill Park, and Lost Valley. Together these yield over 17 miles of singletrack connected by 8 miles of Katy Trail.
Camping is available on-site, as well as a few camper-cabins. Nearby, the towns of Augusta, and Defiance offer several Bed and Breakfast’s, and just over 15 minutes away are several hotels. A full list of lodging options will be available at www.gorctrails.com.
GORC – An IMBA-affiliate organization building trail and helping parks manage trail in and around the St.Louis Metropolitan area since 1997. GORC is the host for the 2006 MMBF.
St. Charles County Parks – Committed to Mountain Bike Trails and other natural recreation opportunities, SCCP is pursuing a mission to become the mountain bike ‘Mecca’ for the Midwest.
Weekend Events
This year's MMBF will feature a points competition, whose winner will receive a very special prize. Your entry into the competition is automatic based upon registering for the MMBF - it’s that simple.
Beginning on Friday, there will be points available for almost all aspects of the weekend. Every time you participate in an event, you'll receive points. These events will include, but are not limited to:
- The Advocacy Summit
- Hill Climb Time Trial
- Huffy Toss
- Slow Race
- Guided Rides.
We also plan on having many more ways you can earn points throughout the weekend. Some of these will be up to our judges, such as:
- Oldest Bike
- Ugliest Bike
- Best Costume
- Longest Distance Traveled
This is only a sample of what we'll be awarding points for. So, plan on participating because the winner will not necessarily be the one who wins the big events.
We will award the prize to the winner on Saturday late afternoon during the raffle.
Friday – The Kona Bicycles Advocacy Summit: Friday is all about trails and advocacy. We’ll have informative seminars for trail stewards, club leaders, trail crew leaders, and trail designers. We’ll also have the International Mountain Bicycling Association for a special presentation of IMBA and all of their national and international programs.
Saturday The Festival – Saturday is the fun day. All day long we’ll have a festival atmosphere, with food, demos from several major bike companies, and organized rides on all of the trails, a huge raffle, and music provided by some local bands. Also Saturday night will feature night rides on local trails.
Sunday – Sunday’s big event is the organized epic ride. We’ll cover 3 different trail systems, every kind of surface you can ride a bike on, and over 40 miles of riding. We’ll have aid stations along the way to fuel-up, as well as some optional stops at local watering holes for refreshments. The more the merrier. Shorter ride options can be done as well. There will be turn-offs.
We’re expecting up to 400 attendees from around the Midwest. Last year was our ‘building’ year in St. Charles County. This year, we have no major regional conflicting events, and our date has been set since the close of last year’s event.
This weekend draws on mountain bicyclists, trail builders, and advocates from all over the Midwest MN, WI, IA, IL,IN, KS, KY, AR, etc...
Register Now
Online Registration is now closed but we will be taking registrations at the event so come on by and sign up.
You may also register on the day of the event. If you would prefer not to register online, please download our registration form in Adobe Acrobat format. Fill it out and mail it back to us with your check.