The first edition of the Vintage MTB Festival will take place in the Belgian Ardennes on the saturday 14 and sunday 15 August 2021 in Martué (Florenville, Belgium), with a large camping site along the Semois river, with an impressive network of trails in the Natural Reserve "Les Epioux".

Happy New Year 2021!

Source: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=421533&start=10

Location

A vast Camp site of 4 hectares along the Semois river, owned by the Ferme Equestre.

Martué is located at the entrance of the Natural Reserve "Les Epioux", at the beginning of the Belgian Ardennes.

Activities

• Pre-2000 mountain bikes (open to other non-vintage bikers as well)
• Camping, belgian beers and fun
• Along the Semois river, Natural Reserve "Les Epioux"
• Marked trails of different distances
• Grouped rando on the Saturday and Sunday
• Market and exchange of Vintage bike parts
• Repack Race remake
• Easy loops for testing bikes
• Exposition by the MTB Museum Arnhem
• Quiz Jeopardy tombola
• Projection of Vintage MTB movies
• 14 august Fireworks

Quote

"If you talk to anybody who’s restoring old bikes or collecting old bikes, 95 percent of them tell you that’s exactly why you do it: because they want the bikes they couldn’t have as kids."

— Mike Wilk interview in CyclingTips "The refurb man: Building and riding mountain bikes from the good old days"

Registration

Register your interest on the Facebook event page. We are preparing a proper registration form, together with a fixed fee for both days (including a BBQ for the Saturday evening, and farm Breakfast for the Sunday, and a T-shirt).

Schedule

Friday 13 August 2021

• 10h00-20h00: Build up of the site, volunteers needed, camping already possible

Saturday 14 August 2021

• 09h00-14h00: Vintage expo and Spare Parts market
• 14h00-18h00: Vintage randoride (group start on 5/20/30/50km loops)
• 18h00-20h00: Barbecue
• 20h00-21h00: Vintage Jeopardy Quizz
• 21h00-22h00: Vintage MTB movies
• 22h00-00h00: Fireworks

Sunday 15 August 2021

• 08h00-09h00: Breakfast
• 10h00-16h00: Vintage randoride with a Repack Race segment (group start on new 5/20/30/50km loops)
• 16h00-18h00: More beers and closure
• 18h00-20h00: Unmount