June 26 - 27, 2010
3 p.m. - 3 p.m.

This one-of-a-kind 24-hour bike tour loops through downtown Crested Butte, meandering across the town’s bridges. Sign up solo and brave the bike seat for all 24 hours, or put together a team of your friends and tour the town in shifts as day turns to night. Tune up your townie bicycle and find a fabulous costume, because this is one townie takeover you don’t want to miss. Proceeds from the event go to the Adaptive Sports Center.

Check out images from the last few years here!

Read about Bridges of the Butte in Crested Butte Magazine and Bicycle Times Magazine.

We would like to thank our event sponsor, Resource Engineering Group, Inc., and our many generous event donors: TreeHouse PowderCoating, Santa Cruz Bicycles, Chums, Clif Bar, New Belgium Brewery, BikeLite/Jeff Scott, Izzy’s, Kickstand Magazine, Gothic Mountain Waste Solutions, Jessica Frankman, Kirsten Fraser, Teocalli Tamale, Gas Café, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Crested Butte Nordic Center, Ryce Asian Bistro, Back Alley Bike Supply, Bliss Chiropractic, Ride The Rockies, Buckaroo Beanery, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Boom-A-Rang, Bacchanale, Camp 4 Coffee, The Secret Stash and Andy Shabo/Big Al’s Bicycle Heaven.

We’d also like to thank Heath Hansens and John Banker for serving up delicious snacks and meals for riders at Heath’s Kitchen throughout the tour, Craig Maestro and Izzy’s for providing all-night coffee and snacks, and Trent Ezzell and Jake Kirby, for putting together one-of-a-kind awards out of reclaimed bike parts for a second year in a row. This event would not have been possible without the many wonderful volunteers who helped out throughout the race as course marshals, base camp volunteers and clean-up crew. We would also like to thank all of you who cheered us on, and those who set up tables outside their homes with fresh-baked cookies and cold drinks for our riders.

Finally, we thank The Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce for PR in conjunction with Fat Tire Bike Week, and the Crested Butte Marshall’s Department and The Town of Crested Butte for their support of our event.

You may make a flat donation to the ASC on behalf of a Bridges of the Butte participant through PayPal. Please click the link below and reference the rider you are pledging in the "Notes" field of the PayPal form, i.e. "Bridges of the Butte - John Doe."

Supporter our riders who are going for all 24!

24-Hour Solo Rider Pledge Page.

The Bridges of the Butte 24-Hour Townie Tour caps off Crested Butte's famous Fat Tire Bike Week.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the oldie-but-goodie bike festival, celebrating Crested Butte as a birthplace of mountain biking. There's something for raw beginners, townie enthusiasts, backcountry cruisers and serious competitors. For more information on Fat Tire Bike Week go to www.ftbw.com or call 800-545-4505.