EagleVail athlete Josiah Middaugh has won five Fat Bike Worlds titles. Fat Bike Worlds is coming home.
The 10th-annual event returns to Crested Butte Friday through Sunday, with the five-lap championship race set for Saturday.
“Don’t be intimidated by the title ‘World Championships.’ Fat Bike Worlds is a race for anyone who loves to ride bikes,” stated Dave Ochs, race organizer and executive director of the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association. “It’s a spectacle, a celebration and a winter bucket-list event — all in one. We can’t wait to celebrate fat biking in true Crested Butte style.”
The inaugural Fat Bike Worlds was organized by Ochs and held in Crested Butte in 2016. Pro cyclist Robbie Squire and Crested Butte local Amy Beisel topped the 250-athlete field that year. Crested Butte hosted until 2021, when the event traveled to Pinedale, Wyoming. In 2022 and 2023, riders gathered in New Richmond, Wisconsin before Fat Bike Worlds came to Leadville last winter.
Eagle County riders have a history of success at Fat Bike Worlds. Eagle’s Karen Jarchow won the title in Crested Butte back in 2017. EagleVail XTERRA World Champion Josiah Middaugh captured four straight Fat Bike Worlds titles (2019-2022) and took the title in the Cloud City in 2024 . Fellow Eagle County rider Haley Dumke won the women’s championship last year as 13 area cyclists took part in a field of more than 250. As of Thursday morning, zero Eagle County athletes had registered. The 10th-annual Fat Bike Worlds returns to where […]
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