Long Way Home Bike Festival | Welch Village 

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About the event
Welch Village Mountain Bike Park invites you to race, spectate, and experience the Long Way Home Bike Festival this summer on August, 10th, 2019. The festival's main event will feature an enduro race beginning Saturday morning and continuing until late afternoon, followed by a beer garden and live music. Fun events, including a clunker toss, adult strider bike race, and more will round out the evening.

The Race
The Long Way Home Bike Festival will hold the Twin Cities area's first ever enduro race. Racers will contest five timed downhill stages on existing and new trails.The fastest riders won't just be competing for bragging rights, there will be cash prizes offered for men's and women's podium positions.

"Welch Village is proud to bring a mountain bike enduro race event to the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. We are confident that purpose-built gravity trails & terrain will offer a great experience to riders from around the Midwest."
Peter Zotalis - President, Welch Village

Enduro racing is a relatively new discipline in mountain biking; testing every aspect of a rider's skillset by blending timed downhill stages with time-limited uphill climbs. Over the course of five stages, racers will pedal their bikes from the base area to the top of the hill within a time window before racing back down against the clock. If a rider exceeds the period of time allowed for completing the uphill climb, they receive a penalty. The day's overall winner will be the rider with the fastest cumulative downhill time, including accrued penalties. Enduro is an exciting race format that rewards that can balance the flat-out sprint of downhill racing with the endurance required of cross-country athletes.
- Registration capped at 100 riders 5 timed downhill stages.
- 4 uphill liaison stages, 1 lift assisted liaison
- Cash payouts for men's & women's categories