Eagle Outside Festival hits town this weekend

The snow is gone (at least for now) and it’s time to celebrate what makes Eagle such a great place to live and to visit.
The Eagle Outside Festival and Rocky Mountain Bike and Outdoor Expo is coming to town this weekend with a whole slate of activities planned. First up on Saturday will be the inaugural Firebird 40 mountain bike race and rounding out the fun will be a longboard race and the bike-building Chromoly Chef competition. The action continues Sunday with the Mother of a Half Marathon and the women’s only Firebird la Femme MTB race.
Throughout the weekend, festival go-ers can take advantage of free demos offered by a slew of bike and outdoor companies.
Festival organizer Mike McCormack has reached out to the state’s biking community with the message that Eagle is the prime spot to visit this weekend.
“We’re telling people why they need to come to Eagle. It’s Colorado’s delectable, dirty, little secret, ” he said.
As of Tuesday, McCormack said more than 150 racers had registered for the event.
“As typical in Colorado, people wait until the last minute,” said McCormack. “I see us at 350 to 400 participants in the mountain bike races.”
And as of now, the event is looking at a favorable forecast. McCormack noted the weather is supposed to be mostly sunny for the weekend, and he pledged that if the skies take a turn for the worse, the event is prepared.
“If there is a chance that we will hurt the trails, we will shut it down,” he said.
Sponsors for this weekend’s action include the town of Eagle, the Dusty Boot, The AmericInn, Mountain Pedaler, GU Energy, Drift Innovations, StreetSwell Longboards, and the GreenSpeed Project. For more information about the Eagle Outside Festival and Rocky Mountain Bike and Outdoor Expo, visit http://www.eagleoutsidefestival.com.
Eagle Outside Festival Schedule of Events
Saturday, May 11
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Info desk and Firebird/Firebird la Femme registration/packet pickup open, Addison Building
7:30 a.m. – Packet pickup/on site registration for Mother of a Half Marathon, Eagle Valley Medical Center parking lot
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Rocky Mountain Bike and Outdoor Expo
9:30 a.m. – Firebird start (40-mile categories ONLY), Eagle Ranch Village
Noon – StreetSwell 10K longboard push race presented by Honey Skateboards (sign up at StreetSwell tent by 11:30)
12:30 p.m. – Firebird start (8-mile categories ONLY), Eagle Ranch Village
1:30 p.m. – Firebird start (32- and 20-mile categories ONLY), Eagle Ranch Village
Sunday, May 12
8:30 a.m. – Mother of a Half start, Eagle Valley Medical Center parking lot
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Info desk and Firebird la Femme race registration packet pickup open, Addison Building, Eagle Ranch Village
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Rocky Mountain Bike and Outdoor Expo
9:30 a.m. – Firebird la Femme start, all categories, Eagle Ranch Village
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Allison Gannett’s Rippin’ Chix Skills Camp (Beginner to intermediate. Must pre-register. $50 fee applies)
2 p.m. – Chromoly Chef competition
Rocky Mountain Bike and Outdoor Expo
Dozens of brands and reps from the bike and outdoor industries available for free demos during the Rocky Mountain Bike and Outdoor Expo this weekend.
Demo hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, and the expo will be set up around Eagle Ranch Village.
Here’s who will be here:
Santa Cruz Bicycles – bringing the new 650B Bronsons, Tallboys, Nomads, Blur XC and Blur LT’s
Pivot – something wicked this way comes … and they’ll be bringing it here.
Niner
Yeti
BH Bikes
Felt
Specialized
Ergon
Mountain Pedaler
Rocky Mountain
Street Swell longboards…and bikes!
Ibis
Ellsworth
Orbea
Kona
Vail Valley Medical Center
Wilier
Ridley
BMC
Twenty2 Cycles
Fizik/Continental
KHS Bicycles
661 – One Industries
Sheila Moon Apparel
Pissei Cycling Clothing
Intense Cycles
Oveja Negra Threadworks
Scott USA
Castelli
NiteRider
Axis Sports Medicine
Fox Apparel
Lezyne
Moontime Cyclery
Venture Sports
Fizik/Continental
Scott Running Shoes
Tumble Bubbles “water balls”

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