Specialized wins Fat Birkie in Men’s and Women’s classes.

With the meltdown seemingly on across Minnesota and Wisconsin the ultimate fat bike event took place this weekend in Cable, WI – home of the American Birkebeiner ski race and the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival. In it’s first year as the United States National Championship Race, the Fat Bike Birkie covered 47K of the Birike trail system.

For the men, Ned Overend cruised to a final time of 1:52:50 and the men’s title aboard his Fatboy, and Jenna Rinehart of Mankato, Minnesota took the women’s title, also on a Fatboy! Way to go Jenna and Ned! Rebecca Rusch took 4th in the women’s category.

Congratulations to all the riders and the new National Fat Bike Champions!