Thanks Ben. I’ll probably just bring my 24" and 20". I’ll through with the 36er for a while as I’ll have done a metric century on it the week before! My main passion is MUni, the longer and tougher the ride the better. I know I’ll have fun riding with other riders, this will be quite a culture shock to me! See you all very soon!
Alright, I admit that I’m starting to “waffle” a little bit on coming as we seem to have been bombarded with constant rain in the SE for quite a bit lately! I’m not afraid of riding in the rain and mud, but I wonder how good example we’ll be setting if we chose to ride on trail systems that have been saturated with rain. I know that at least in my area it is very frowned upon and discouraged to ride on wet/muddy trails. It also really isn’t as fun. Don’t get me wrong I’ve spent some quality time on wet/muddy trails, but the end result was an expensive overhaul of equipment. Now I’d really just like to ride with other folks, even if it means we spend time on some of the many fire roads / gravel roads in the area. I’m sure there is plenty of epic possibilities in that vein as well? Anyhow, I’m kind of on the fence on this weekend. I just got back my KH/Schlumpf hub and had it rebuilt into my KH24, and just replaced my hydraulic brake; so I’m dying to ride! Any thoughts? Perhaps a gravel plan B route?
Thanks from Tampa
All,
We just wanted to say that Jarrett and I had a great time, wet but a great time none the less. Ben, Jeff, Jack, and Bill (and everyone else) you guys really rolled with the punches that the weather threw our way and just organized a great festival.
I was a blast to be able to ride and hang out with so many great people.
On the ride home we were already planning out how to make the trip next year and be able to stay in the area longer.
It was great meeting and riding with everyone. Anyone that got pictures please let me know when and where you get them posted.
Jason and Jarrett
hey Jason, We had a blast this weekend also, It was so fun meeting and riding with all of you. I can’t wait for next time.
Thanks again to Ben, Jeff, Jack, Bill, and everyone else for making this possible.
Ben, I’m not far away and would love to come ride. If you plan group rides let us know.
Rah-Bee 
Ditto to the above, the organizers did an awesome job! Here are the few pictures I took from my phone, plus some elevation profiles from the rides: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2185546&id=38306099&l=3c444a7149
…and I’m already training for next year, so there will be no doubt as to who the true champion is!
Ben,
Great Signature.
Way to go hitting the bragging rights fresh out of the gate 
Asheville is so fresh…
I am so thankful that I met all of you at the munifest! I am looking forward to living in Bent Creek very soon. Our Souls are filled with so much joy every time we go to Asheville Nc. I can’t wait to meet up with all of you uni riders again…
peace & joy to all of you… Jessie
Liam had a blast & hopes he didn’t cause to many UPD’s 
I’d like to second, or third, or twenty the sentiments expressed so far, thanks guys for taking the time out of your day to day (and your riding :D) to organize/sponsor/coordinate this get together. I had a blast, and it seemed like everyone else did too.
I’m a little disappointed that we weren’t able to stick around for the Sunday riding, but after the wringer you put this poor flatlander through, I don’t know if I would’ve survived it, hehe.
No pics to contribute, but I did manage to capture more of the Friday rides before my GPS filled up than I thought I did. I’ve posted them on my newish everytrail account, which should allow you to download and import into Google Earth as well as offering some stats.
My family regularly vacations west of Asheville in the Cashiers/Sapphire/Brevard area, so I’ll have to give a heads’ up next time I’m up that way again… I’d love to ride with any of the great people we met this weekend.
still wondering whether his honorary prize was for enlightening or confusening,
billnye
John M
Hey everyone!
Thanks for all the thanks! Congratulations to our new Asheville MUni Fest champions - Jeff, Ben and Rob. (Nice work on bragging Ben K). Who would have thought it would have ended in a three way tie? Still trying to fix the shirt and add names to it
If you are interested photos are uploaded to our site.
http://ashevillemunifest.webs.com/apps/photos/
I also created a photobucket share album if you want to share photos with everyone.
http://photobucket.com/ashevillemunifest2009
Thanks for sharing pics Ben K.
Come and see us again! AND you don’t need to wait a whole year either
Ben
The MUni Festival looked amazing! I am definately gonna try very hard to make it next year!
Hey Everyone!
I enjoyed hanging out and riding with all of you! The group rides were super fun, very wet, but definitely fun. Also, I do believe that my “super cool socks” are pretty much ruined… haha! Well I can’t wait till next time!!!
Hello folks… Just wanted to thank everybody who had a part in putting on the 2009 Asheville Mountain Unicycle Festival! You guys seriously rock! I did a little write-up, complete with a few pictures (mainly of myself, heck it’s my blog right?) at:
http://munisano.blogspot.com/2009/09/2009-asheville-mountain-unicycle.html
Please, everybody keep in touch, as Ben R. said we don’t have to wait until next year to ride together!
Asheville MUni Fest
Thank you Nate and Cheesy Lemon Productions for our very first MUni Fest Video. Awesome work!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhSmEp3pkvI
Enjoy.
Also please look at our website when you get a chance because I just finished uploading new pictures from Bill Palas, our photographer. Also please share pictures if you want on the photobucket place I set up.
http://ashevillemunifest.webs.com/
http://s581.photobucket.com/albums/ss256/ashevillemunifest/
Cheers,
Ben
PS - I am planning on ending this thread soon and restarting a “Asheville MUni Fest” one. Please be looking for this.
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