2012 Farmer’s 3 Hour Fat Bike Race
2 person teams and solo racers took on the Farmer’s 3 Hour Fat Bike Race this past Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Conditions could not have been better! Several inches of snow on the ground, flurries in the air, no wind and temps hovering around 20.
Danielle Musto took the win in the Women’s Solo class and Dan Jansen won the Men’s Solo. In the Duo class Priority Health Pugs Division won coming in just ahead of the Founder’s Alger Racing team. For complete results and more information on this super fun race check outfarmteamracing.com.
During the race and in the pits the phrases I heard most were “what a blast!” and “this is SO much fun.” It killed me not to be out there having fun in the snow with these folks but it was just as fun to take pics and video. I have never seen racers having such a good time as I did at this “fat bike” race. I took over 400 photos and hope to have them up on the web soon for racers to download*. Stay tuned for more on this race in the pages of XXC Magazine. For now here is some video I shot over the course of the day (at least until my batteries died!) Enjoy…
*CLICK HERE for the very non pro shot photos from this Saturday’s race. Feel free to download for your personal use. I didn’t do any processing to these public pics. Some pics are destined for the pages of XXC Magazine next month after I tweak them to my liking, so I left a couple out. There’s no charge for the pics, but if you want to buy a copy of the mag or something in the future, or just tell some friends about the mag and website I won’t stop you!
Super fun race and the snowy scene was gorgeous! My first race on a Fat Bike, and I’ll be back for more. Can’t wait for the next race!
That was a great race. I will be there next year. Weather was perfect.
Looks like you guys had a gorgeous day! Wish I was out there.
Wow, you sure had some beauty weather for snow bike racing!
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