Recap/Results

Thanks so much for coming everyone! 

The race raised $11,000 for the Solon Centennial Lions Club. The funds will be used to give back to the Solon community.

The temperature at the start of the race was around 30 degrees, with sun and some wind. Riders usually face unforgiving conditions with snow, ice, and mud.

See results links below.  

Big shoutout to Mike Frasier & ICORR for timing the event this year.

OVERALL RESULTS

https://www.bikereg.com/BR/a/10127/Macbride-Classic-Age-Group-Results-2024.pdf
https://www.bikereg.com/BR/a/10127/Macbride-Classic-Junior-Results-2024.pdf
https://www.bikereg.com/BR/a/10127/Macbride-Classic-Team-Results-2024.pdf

PHOTOS - Daily Iowan

VIDEO (by Nick Wichhart)
VIDEO - the start by Solon Centennial Lions Club

Cheers!

LakeMacClassic

Description

Fat Bike

Distance - 30mile/10mile

Registration for the 7th Annual Lake Macbride Fat Tire Classic is now OPEN! Join us on Saturday February 10th in Solon, IA for a Fat Bike Experience like no other! With two distance options ~30 miles or ~11 miles there is something for everyone. This event will take you on a variety of surfaces including Gravel, Singletrack, Doubletrack, Hiking Trails, and straight up Fat Bike Bushwackin'. Both distances will pass through our infamous Beer n' Bacon Station hosted by the Solon Lions Club! Free shirts for the first 100 registrants, and spots are filling up fast!

REGISTER HERE!
https://www.bikereg.com/lakemacbridefattireclassic

Route

The Lake Macbride Fat Tire Classic is a Fat Bike race like no other.  Presented by Sugar Bottom Bikes and The Solon Centennial Lions Club, the race will take you around scenic Lake Macbride on twisty pea gravel, flowing singletrack, scenic beaches, blazing fast double track, hilly and steep snowmobile trails, challenging hiking trails, and some scenic gravel roads.  The past 5 years the fast end of the race has finished at around 2 hours with the back end of the race taking as long as 5 1/2 hours for 25 mile versions of the course.  As always, for 2023 we will have a new but equally challenging course for ya'll.  Expect a lot of the same stuff you've seen in years past with some added surprises of course!

 

*Many of the trails in the race are not permitted for bikes EXCEPT on race day.  Please do not ride these routes until the day of the race.

 

Due to the nature of the weather this time of year the race will be for fat tires only (3.8") and wider.  We will be holding the event rain or shine and freeze or thaw so its important to only allow wide tires to prevent trail damage. 

Registration

Lake Macbride Fat Tire Classic Race                                     

                                     

$65 late online registration (starts Jan 2st)

$55 early online registration (ends Jan 1st)

(online Reg ends Feb. 6th @5pm)

NO day of registration

Registration Fee includes: Race Entry, Bacon & Beer Stop, Swag Bag,

and T-Shirt for 1st 100 entrants (Free shirts are all gone, sorry!)

All proceeds of this event are for charity, sorry no refunds

Start Time: 9:00 AM (subject to change +/- 1 hour)

Distance: ~30 Miles (course subject to change)

Awards/Prizes:  PRIZES for Top 5 Overall Men/Women &

Prizes for Top 5 Overall 3 Person Teams 

3 Person Team Category!  Team up with 2 of your best buds and work together to make it through the challenge that is The Lake Macbride Fat Tire Classic!  Teams will line up with mass start racers but must all finish together to be eligible for team category placing and prizes!

Lake Macbride Fat Fun Ride

$55 late online registration (starts Jan 2nd)

$45 early online registration (ends Jan 1st)

(online Reg ends Feb. 6th @5pm)

NO day of registration

Registration Fee includes: Race Entry, Bacon & Beer Stop, Swag Bag,

and T-Shirt for 1st 100 entrants (Sorry, free shirts are all gone!)

All proceeds of this event are for charity, sorry no refunds

Start Time: 11:00 AM (subject to change +/- 1 hour)

Distance: ~10 Miles 

This event is meant to be casual fun and riders will not be timed.

Packet Pick up Info

Packet Pick up for Pre-Registered Participants will be available at

Sugar Bottom Bikes Wednesday 2/7 from 2pm-6pm, Thursday 2/8 from 10am-8pm, & Friday 2/9 from 10am-6pm

Day of Event Packet Pick Up for RACERS will be at Lake Macbride Golf Course from 7:00am - 8:30am

Day of Event Packet Pick Up for RIDERS will be at Lake Macbride Golf Course from 9:30am - 10:30am

*In the event the race/ride times are changed, day of packet pick up times will change accordingly.

Contact

Nate Kullbom

nkullbom@gmail.com

319 759 3849

Jon Yetley

jon@sugarbottombikes.com

319 626 2326