October...Kernville Fat Tire festival

[bubbazanetti]

The Kernville Festival Fat Tire Festival will be held on Saturday-Sunday, October 23-24th.
The Kernville Fat Tire Festival includes a costume party, lots of group mtn bike rides, and a BIKETRIALS event. The area boast lots of sandy riverbottom type riding, some big granite rocks, and is a lot of fun. It is situated at Mountain-River Adventures campground, just outside of the town of Kernville. There is GREAT FREE camping in an established commercial campground, IF you let me know to expect you. Without the prior notice, I am unable to accomodate you for free, since we are alloted a certain number of spaces, based on what guys tell me they're coming. We have, in the past, done a lot of group riding on Saturday, with an entertaining biketrials rodeo, with bunnyhop contest, gap contest, Biketrials Sumo wrestling and other fun stuff, around 3 PM. This gathering is for the entertainment of the assembled mountain bike participants, who are returning from all day rides, and the hillclimb competition. The biketrials comp is actually on Sunday morning.

The date is Friday-Sunday, October 22-24th, 2004. There will be announcements as the weekend gets closer.

[digby]

What the hell is biketrials rodeo?

[Trialsking]

Well, if you would ever bother coming back to So Cal comps sometime, you would find out that a bike rodeo involves bikes. No really, its just a fancy way of saying "hopping on your bike while people are watching"

[Zyzzyx]

Ah, knew I could find this info here. Gonna request some time off for this, probably make it a four day weekend. Friday to get over there early and Monday to recover at home before working again.

[hophopsnap]

I will deffinatly be there. Its only a hour or so from me. :bigthumb: I think I will spend the night in a tent or something while my parents drive back then come back on Sunday.

[Turtlehead]

Good... I have one chance to actually ride a comp this year... see how extremely badly I get worked over, and try out my new bike, all in one weekend...
Oh... anyone want to buy a beat to crap old Monty stock bike or a beat to crap old Brisa mod??

[Paulsf]

I'll be there with the bay area crew. save a space or two for us.

[Trialsking]

The whole Inland Empire Crew will be there too! Oh, I guess that means just me!

[digby]

Well, if you would ever bother coming back to So Cal comps sometime, you would find out that a bike rodeo involves bikes. No really, its just a fancy way of saying "hopping on your bike while people are watching"

Do I know you? I'm alex.

yeah I dont come down to so-cal much anymore. I always seem to have something else going on the weekends that theres trials comps. That and it doesnt help that I go to school in chico, up near the top part of california. When I go with the bay area crew down there, after we get done with a 7 hour drive or so from so-cal to the bay, I still have a 3 1/2 hour drive north till I get back up to school. Since I usually have school on mondays, 10 hours of driving after a comp on sunday kinda sucks.


I'm doing this on the 23rd instead of going to kernville.

http://www.muddybuddy.com/

[Turtlehead]

Alex, that's Pete, from Riverside... you know him...
Dude... hope you're not suriously doing the muddybuddy over the kernville event... you should cruise down for the event, crash at my place friday night... we'll cause some ruckus in SB, then head over to cause even more ruckus at kernville...

[hophopsnap]

Save a spot for me Im spending the night in a tent with my bike locked to my legs, anyone want to sleep in my tent? only fee is to help put it up lol

[Trialsking]

So who is going to kernville this weekend? I will be there.

[jobottDMB]

Justin and I will be attending.

[Paulsf]

I am bringing family, girlfriend, really good english rider, and my own self. tim, you're riding stock right?

[hophopsnap]

Im going fo sho, need to practice mad stuff this week...

[Zyzzyx]

My attendance has been changed to Questionable.

My little car has developed some very strange thumps and noises. It's one thing to get a 20 mile tow home from work, another thing completely to get a 200 mile tow home. And the big ol' wagon isn't up for a road trip.

Wouldn't be surprised if I don't make it; stuff like this happens to me more often than not. Bleah.

[hophopsnap]

:D time for the southerners to drive far for a change! nah 7 hours on the road round trip isnt bad when you have your bike there with you.

[hophopsnap]

so the group riding begins and other stuff begins at 3pm?

hopefully there is no rain or my rear brake will be poo

[Trialsking]

Anyone know what the forecast is for this weekend in the Lake Isabella area?

[PedalMulishaSR]

I talked with the Mtn River people today and Fri/Sat/Sun weather looks good. I will be there Friday afternoon with my trailer. Zak and Sam will be there sometime Friday night. Signup will be in the same spot and will open Sunday morning around 8:30am. Trials will start at 10am. Sat will be for goofing off and practice until 3pm, then we'll have the bunnyhop, sumo bike wrestling etc.

See you there.

Howard

Ian...if you can make it to Simi (Sam's house) by 10:30 Friday morning, I can take you

[hophopsnap]

so its pretty much whenever ya get there saturday ya ride? sounds good. is everyone staying the night in a hotel or are yall camping? I have a poler-arctic circle sleeping bag so I willbe camping because its free and you can ride at 3am in you want to..one of my friends might be going so I proly have 1-2 spaces in tent for anyone else if they want to sleep.

[Trialsking]

I may take you up on the offer, as my wife may not go and I may not pay for a motel.

[Paulsf]

your wife's not coming? she and her sister are the best checker's on the west coast!!! a cali trials event won't be the same without them.

[Trialsking]

Yeah i know, but my wife is wussin out. I am trying to get her to go, mainly if there is another checker raffle, so I can see if I can get more free stuff!

[hophopsnap]

hey, Im thinking of leaving at noon on saturday and getting there then my parents coming back on sunday sometime to pick me up..I dono if its to cold to tent since my friend doesnt have the artic winterized sleeping bag like I would..a cheap hotel would do good I would think, maybe wherre the rest of the people are staying :bigthumb:

[Trialsking]

Well, if you didnt make reservations you may have a tough time finding a motel because all the XC guys have them. I can usually find one but its a pain in butt driving around and looking for one.

[hophopsnap]

anyone know the weather conditions? My dad said the tent could fit 3 fine but 4 would be a squeeze lol...free camping and being a bit cold would be better then wasting money on gas and finding a hotel with some cockroaches as your bed buddies

[hophopsnap]

http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/weekend.html?locid=USCA0541

looks like good weather!

Could I crash on the floor of someones hotel/motel room?



cant wait its going to be awesome, hope tons of people arrive! :x:


edit-hmm, looks like I wont be bringing the tent as big hassle and blahblahblah...so if anyone has a cold floor I will be happy to fill it :drool:

[Turtlehead]

Twas fun til I tweaked my ankle... urgh... I refuse to see a doctor...

[hophopsnap]

who where you again? like what bike and such...

[Turtlehead]

tim... zoo stock, loud and obnoxious... loud, umm... yeah

[hophopsnap]

oh yeah now I know..

[digby]

loud and he never shuts up.