Gnat Likes....

It's official, the 2nd Annual Fargo Adventure Ride is happening again this year.   This year's route will be an epic adventure that includes pavement, gravel, sand, dirt path, single track and possibly mud.   But there is more.  We are making a riding weekend out of it.  Here is the rough outline of the riding. 

Thursday, June 17th - Arrive to Lebanon Hills Campground and set up camp.   An evening lap or two at Lebanon Hill Mountain Bike trail is the ride option for Thursday.   It's a half mile from the campground.  For those not familiar with Lebanon Hills, the trail system has about 10 miles of flowy, twisty and fast midwest single track.   One of the 2009 participants of the Fargo ride called Leb bermalicious!   

Friday, June 18th - Gnat's Adventure Ride - We will be doing a rural route heading south east of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area.   The route will be roughly 60 miles. I shortened it because we are heading to Cable, Wisconsin shortly after the ride to ride a whole bunch more.  I will do a seperate post on the route along with what to expect but as I said in the first post, it will include all surfaces.  I'm sorry I put this back on a Friday, but I'm hoping due to giving folks a lot of time to prepare that more folks will come.  Also, it IS NOT a race.  If you want to make it one I suggest you find a race to go to instead.  This is going to be an amazingly fun route with really good people.  Enjoy it.  Look around.   Take pictures.   Laugh. 

Saturday, June 19th - An event will be announced soon regarding this portion.  I will update after the announcement.  I will simply tell you that we will be camping and riding in the Cable, Wisconsin area and all are welcome.  It is a fun based RIDING gathering of like minded individuals.   

Sunday, June 20th - Same as June 19th, but today will be a bit shorter ride as will drive back to the city.   

So....Just in case you are not sure you want to do this, I suggest you take a quick look at this short slide show.  It's juat a few pics.   

In my opinion, this will be the best weekend of riding, fun and adventure in all of 2010.   Don't miss it.

OK...Now onto details.

1)  This is a voluntary ride and you are participating at your own risk.   It is like a group ride.   It is not a race and we will be using public roads (both paved and gravel) and obeying all traffic laws.   

2)  Camping - The campground will not accept reservations yet.   It's winter here.  I will do a post an announcement when the campground is ready along with information on what cluster and camping area to try to reserve.   I will also post up a few hotel options if you are so inclined to go that route. 

3)  Photos - I would like to do a portrait of all the participants.   We'll see how this goes.

4)  Route - I will post route information later.  I've got about 40-45 of the miles finished already.   It's going to be sweet.   I'll also include ride start time, where to park cars, etc.   

5)  Bikes - Any and all are welcome.  Yes, it's a Fargo ride because the Fargo is ideally suited for this route, but you will have fun and be able to complete the ride with whatever you've got....with exception of a road bike.  You will have a miserable time if you ride your road bike with skinny tires but I've been proven wrong before and your bike choice is ultimately up to you.