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05-06-2011, 11:09 AM #1
Fruita Fat Tire Festival (April 2011)
A group of us went down and check out this festival this year. Fruita is an awesome destination for mountain biking, and the festival atmosphere added to that without making the trails overly crowded (I was a bit surprised at this....). A bunch of our guys took out free demos and had free repairs done by various vendors.
Day 1: 18 Road Trailhead. I don't have a lot of pictures from this day.
Prime Cut, Zippity Do Dah, Kessel Run (x2), Joe's Ridge, Chutes & Ladders (~24 total miles)
High on Zippity
From a previous trip
Climbing Chutes & Ladders
Nice Trail at the end of Chutes & Ladders
Day 2: Western Rim Trail - Horsethief Bench & Rustlers Loop
35 miles total.
Descending on Western Rim
Nice trail for the most part (with a lot of whoops)
Western Rim
Horsethief Bench
Horsethief Drop-in. The vast majority of mere mortals walk this section
beautiful singletrack throughout this ride.
Day 3: The Ribbon - Holy Cross + a repeat of Horsethief (~17 total miles)
The ribbon is a shuttle ride and is fabulous. Fairly technical in places, but great fun.
Seemingly endless slickrock slab descent to start things off
Everybody but one walked this section
Horsethief Version -02
from a previous trip:
It was an awesome weekend all around. A bit cooler perhaps than ideal, but good times were had by all. 76 total miles for the trip and my legs are beat. For those bikers that have not been to Fruita, GO! You will not regret it. It is a more beginner friendly area (in my opinion) than Moab, but it also has lots of technical trails to offer. MTNBKR had his go pro and likely took more pictures. He is editing the video now and it should be ready soon.
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05-06-2011 11:09 AM # ADS
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05-06-2011, 11:47 AM #2
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05-06-2011, 01:31 PM #3
There is a sweet video of a guy clearing that section on the Yeti Site. Awesome stuff. I've got to get up there!
http://www.yeticycles.com/#/video/new/2009MoabFruita/beefcake. BEEFCAKE!
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05-06-2011, 03:57 PM #4
Awesome, I need to get to Fruita sometime, maybe this summer?
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05-08-2011, 05:46 PM #5
The movie:
Gene
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05-10-2011, 07:59 AM #6
sweet video and pics, the trails look awesome I need to make it a priority to get down there soon.
Two wheels are better than four, keep the rubber side down.
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05-10-2011, 09:28 AM #7
Cool video. That horsethief dropin looks gnarly. Who's the animal on the red bike?
By the way, I forget what camera you're using, is it the GoPro in 960 r4 mode?
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05-10-2011, 09:39 AM #8
Great trip report
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05-10-2011, 10:19 AM #9
I was going to embed custom Google maps, but I can't get them to display the full route as it wants to split the route into 4-5 pages on google maps. I know this has come up before, but does anybody have any advice??
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05-10-2011, 10:25 AM #10
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05-10-2011, 11:28 AM #11
Ahh yes....MUST do this trip. Our local club went too but I couldnt get the time off(dammit). Lets GO!
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05-10-2011, 11:33 AM #12
Epic report and ride.
I think we may have just found our next BogleyFest destination.
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05-10-2011, 11:36 AM #13
Fun trip, great pics and video
Looks like a barrel of fun. Be sure to invite me next year.
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05-10-2011, 12:44 PM #14
Awesome video man. The vid is what sold it to me. Boy did that guy hit the ejector button.
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05-10-2011, 01:05 PM #15Chere'
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05-10-2011, 01:09 PM #16
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05-10-2011, 01:49 PM #17
I use the r4 mode on my GoPro Hero because of the increased vertical capture. When I get more used to it it would be nice to use the wide mode. But then it would be nice to set my point and shoot to wide mode so those pictures integrate nicely. But then just move up to wide 60 fps on the Hero, capture stills, and forget about my point and shoot. Too many variables
Google Maps is too restrictive for those of us who do epic rides
Here is an annotated Google Earth file (and a preview jpg) showing our tracks for the weekend.Gene
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05-10-2011, 02:01 PM #18
If you grab the Bogley URL for the KMZ attachment, paste it into the search box in Google Maps, then use the "Link" button to grab that URL, you can come back to Bogley and paste it between the MAP tags and it should show it all:
I'm seriously thinking about getting over to Fruita before it gets too hot.
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05-10-2011, 02:06 PM #19
when does it get to hot in Fruita? Soon? looks like it would be worth a weekend trip to hit some sweet trails, I am with whoever sid the video sold them....Some great work on that video it is great.
Two wheels are better than four, keep the rubber side down.
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05-10-2011, 03:32 PM #20
Udink, excellent map posting advice!
Gene
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