Happy New Year! Fresh off a bye week, we didn’t love having the bye but it was the best choice given how this past week’s weather turned out. Hope you all had a great holiday and time with family and friends.
Now we officially ramp up and transition to S2 for 2024. We eased you into things with S1, like dipping your toe into lukewarm bath water, but now we throw some ice in the tub and turn up the volume as the FBC visits a new location this week – Brighton Recreation Area. We’re venturing west and while there’s added driving involved for some, we feel the quality of the segment will more than make up for it.
If you haven’t been to Brighton, this segment is perfect for fat bikes and the trails handle weather quite well. The area has a great vibe this time of year – dirt roads and dirt trails mixed with a little bit of solitude and peace in the woods. Be warned though, this is a longer segment and it’s point-to-point style, so you’ll want to figure out where to park and best navigate. Feel free to share your findings and tips within the FB group for this particular challenge. You can find the route and segment links on the schedule page.
Lastly, this segment is not a pure/unique Strava segment to the FBC. We try our best to build unique segments but it just doesn’t always work out that way, so when viewing the leaderboard throughout the week, filter by “this week” to get the best results when looking to compare times.
Cheers and good luck!
