Celebrate biking in Paonia! Join us for a fun weekend of early season riding while enjoying beautiful western Colorado in the spring. This family-friendly event offers both mountain and road bike rides. Take part in the scavenger hunt and other bike games. Dress up for the Grand Costume Parade. Taste delicious local beer from numerous nano-breweries. In the evening, come out for live music, visiting and general merriment. It'll be fun.
Gears and Beers Festival, Paonia, Colorado
Mar
1
2010
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Wapiti Whip
Feb
17
2010
Gears and Beers Grand Costume Parade 2010
May
22
2010
Gears and Beers Festival 2010... GAME ON!!!
May
21
2010
The weather is beautiful! Wheels are true and costumes are bursting at the seams!
Friday Events...
Noon rides leaving Paonia Town Park
3pm meet in front of Revolution Brewery for costuming and bike decorating
5pm the Grand Bike Costume Parade around Paonia
next, Hang in the Paonia Town Park for the slow race and Costume Prizes
then... on to Louie's Pizza for the evening with food and live music on the deck with Sugarfree Blasphemy!
Party on Paonia and safe travels to visitors. Roll On!
Super Hero Bart!
May
21
2010
A million thanks go out to Bart Eller for doing some emergency repair trail work on the 'gully' trail which was recently destroyed by bovine.
Motorcyclists and bikers working together to help the local trail system... cheers to Bart!
Trail and Weather Update 5-20-10
May
20
2010
The Jumbo Mountain mountain bike trail are dry, smooth and fast!!! (as if someone just ran a Zamboni over the whole system!)
Some cows recently destroyed a bit of single-track near the Pan American entrance area which has been repaired somewhat, but once you are past the beginning area... everything looks excellent.
The weather is going to be sunny and beautiful!
It'll be fun... perhaps, Weediculous!
Thanks to Hawk's Haven LLC
May
20
2010
A special thanks go out to one of the Gears and Beers Festival sponsors... Hawk's Haven LLC which is the property that is adjacent to the Jumbo Mountain BLM trail area. It is nice to coordinate together and respect private land and public land uses.
Please respect the private property if you choose to ride the Jumbo Mountain trails.
You can find out more about the Hawk's Haven at http://www.hawkshavenllc.com/
Festival Program Thanks!
May
20
2010
Huge thanks and props go out to Dave Shinn of the Free Daily Observer for creating a brilliant program for the festival. Ride maps, town maps, schedule, event descriptions, sponsor info and photos all arranged in a clever and fun-to-read brochure.
Thanks Dave for your talents! Cheers
Delta County Independent story
May
19
2010
Thanks to Kathy Browning and the local North Fork newspaper, The Delta County Independent, for a nice article promoting and describing this weekends festival events!
