Two epic rides. one unforgettable weekend.
The 12th annual Northwoods bike festival!
June 6 - 8, 2025
Get ready for a cycling festival weekend that will challenge you while being fun for your entire family and friends. Food trucks, cycling expo/festival, beer tent on site, fun and games - this will be a weekend worthy of the title Epic!
FRIDAY - JUNE 6th
NEW: Guided warm-up ride! ~ Register to join coaches from the Birkie staff to preview the new Trek Trails powered by OTM.
Bib Pick-up
Cycling Expo and demos, food & drink, fun and games for all.
Saturday - June 7th
Full Singletrack ~ 37 miles
Half Singletrack ~18 miles
Mini Epic ~ Kids Race
Cycling Expo and demos, food & drink, fun and games for all.
Sunday - June 8th
Full Gravel ~ New approx. 50 mile route to be debuted.
Short Gravel ~ New approx. 25 mile route to be debuted.
Cycling Expo and demos, food & drink , fun and games for all.
Warm-up Ride!
Join us for a warm-up ride on Friday, June 6th at 1:00pm! Don’t miss out on this opportunity for an easy group ride to warm up those legs for the weekend’s events.
We’ll ride the start of the Epic Half Singletrack race and the finish of the Epic Full and Half Singletrack events. The Trek Trails powered by OTM are new- get to know them on Friday so you can have a fast and fun finish on race day! Ride limited to 25 participants, so register now!
2025 Event Swag to be announced!
The 2024 Epic Bike Fest shirt design is here! Register now to secure your spot and take home this t-shirt to commemorate your ride.
Competing in the E2 challenge? The first 200 to pick-up their bike plate at registration for both days of riding will receive a custom Epic Bike Fest water bottle in addition to their t-shirt.
Let’s do this!
Volunteer with us!
Volunteers make this event possible! We always need help at aid stations, awards, course control, parking cars, bike plate pick-up, and more. If you are interested in helping out, click HERE or contact Ronda Tworek, Director of Volunteers, at 715.634.5025, or ronda.tworek@birkie.com.
Sponsored by:
Presenting Sponsor Supporting Sponsor
Gold Circle Elite
The Birkie’s Epic Bike Fest is an exciting multiday offroad cycling festival with an incredible point to point singletrack mountain bike race from Hayward to Cable, WI, and an equally challenging gravel event. Ride one or ride them both! The ABSF is a non profit, so all proceeds go to developing trails in the Northwoods.
Since 2013, the Epic BIKE FEST has raised over $200,000 for MTB trails.
WHY SO EPIC?
Flow through CAMBA's forested singletrack and/or take on the challenge of northwoods gravel and you'll see why we named it the EPIC.
REGISTER
Register for the most exciting 2 day cycling event in the upper midwest. Both long events will offer equal prize money for men and women. Take on both days, and qualify for E2 overall prize for racers in the long/long or short/short combo. Take the challenge!
“We rode the fastest, most intuitively laid out and rewarding single track I’ve raced in 15 years.”
“The best mountain bike race in the Midwest.”
“It was awesome! The perfect amount of flow and mud to keep me entertained for 37 miles.”