The 2024 Bentonville Bike Festival Blew Us Away!

The 2024 Bentonville Bike Festival had a special guest this year. A freakin' tornado. We still had a rad time meeting our fellow mountain bikers and seeing buddies we hadn't seen for a while.
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00:00 Testing out the legs
03:11 Some fashion for ya.
03:28 Already behind schedule.
04:59 It begins.
07:48 Thursday - Eric Porter and the kids.
20:45 Friday - Group rides!
23:54 Saturday - More group rides and friends.
26:27 Sunday. It goes bad.
30:32 Monday. Los Angeles here we come!
#mtb #bikes #outdoors

[@nofrontbrakes]

Vlooooooooog-style is so fun! I have no problem watching a 30 minute video full of fun real moments rather than 8 minutes of packed intense info.

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks Eric! Good to hear man.

[@just6979]

So those pedals actually _do_ have a marking on them. It's not a printed or etched "L" & "R", but there is a line on the left pedal, going around that portion of the spindle between the pedal body and the threads, while the right pedal is smooth in that spot. Line for Left, it's actually super common. A helpful tip to go along with another helpful tip!

[@mtb_alan]

Nice. That's good to know. The nice thing about looking at the threads is that it's always gonna be the same on every pedal.

[@harryls1283]

Dude, I really like the camaraderie between mountain bikers, it is really cool. 🤙

[@mtb_alan]

It can be pretty rad!

[@amgoatee3700]

Thanks for the tip on pedals Alan, I always struggle with that 🤭

[@mtb_alan]

No worries!

[@RapidoRafi-MTB]

It was awesome riding with you man

[@mtb_alan]

Heck yeah! Good meeting you in person. See in Big Bear!

[@LevoSteve-O]

had a blast on the group ride 🤘

[@mtb_alan]

Heck yeah! Thanks for coming!

[@brettberger-KM6MCI]

Hey Alan thanks for the video and sharing your trip. Sorry it didn’t turn out quite the way you wanted, but glad you all were ok and made it thru the storm. 😎

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks!

[@MusicGirthManCake]

Bikefest was so good. Can't wait for the next one!

[@mtb_alan]

It was good until Sunday morning. 😆

[@nathanwheelock3813]

I met you Saturday evening around 5-ish. I was the guy with the Druid. Talked with you and Heather. Planned to ride with you Sunday morning :(. We survived the storm and stayed until Tuesday night (no power too:P). Was my first time in Bentonville so I had to ride whatever trails I could find....which was the skills park, All American jumpline and at the Castle, Uwabami and Wildfire. All else was destroyed. Nice to meet you and hope to meet you again! With no tornadoes lol

[@mtb_alan]

Good meeting you too. Glad you came through the storm unharmed.

[@son_of_a_bob4761]

Awesome video

[@mtb_alan]

Yew! Thanks! 🙏🏾

[@syntrax-og]

3:28 #fabulous

[@caleb5169]

I went to skypark with my buddy's who are xc racers and omg we did 30 miles and my legs are done.

[@mtb_alan]

Nice! It's so easy to do a ton of miles there.

[@jimmccallmotomccall5071]

Good seeing you at Coler bro!

[@mtb_alan]

Yo! Good times!

[@BIGGRIC_MTB23]

Another awesome vid , after watching you for 3 years I just realized you had dark skin 😂

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks. Are you being serious or are you poking fun at me embracing the color of my skin?

[@turok123]

Great vid! Like always 👊🏼

[@mtb_alan]

Thanks!

[@BIGGRIC_MTB23]

@@mtb_alan I’m serious , always a great production and content , to be honest I really never look at skin color , no room for racism in mtb , recently watching videos on Tinker Juarez who just turned 60(as I have) dude has been a hero of mine for 40 years , he still rides 30 to 70 miles a day and winning races , its the heart that counts brother

[@mtb_alan]

@@BIGGRIC_MTB23 Fosho.

[@nofiltermtb4899]

i think im gunna start opening my videos with "Hey, i'm H, I'm have really white skin" LMFAO!

[@mtb_alan]

And what would be your mission?

[@nofiltermtb4899]

@@mtb_alan I don't think your mission statement matters after you say something like that bud.

[@nofiltermtb4899]

@@mtb_alan that may be why this video has less than 200 likes and over 4.4 views man.

[@sherm7456]

I have watched your videos for about 3 years now. Maybe even longer than that. In this video you describe your the skin color. Why does that matter? You are an amazing rider and that is the only thing I care about and the content is first class.

[@mtb_alan]

Because it doesn't matter to you doesn't mean it doesn't matter to others.

[@spokenwar914]

nice scar next to your right eye. just seeing it made me queezie…

[@mtb_alan]

Ha! The Earth's kiss.

[@syntrax-og]

why are the edges of the video wobbly? video bug? it's very dizzying.

[@mtb_alan]

It's because of your beverages.

[@brianpeterson6872]

Good thing you weren't flying Spirit... They would have charged you for the bags under your eyes...

[@mtb_alan]

😆

[@markmacklin1]

Dude, this might be hard to hear, but I think you should ditch the e-bike. Or at the very least ride it way less often. It's not doing your fitness any good - and I find that once you start riding one, its hard to go back to a 'regular' mountain bike. I am by no means anti-ebike. I just think that they should only be used in certain situations and/or by certain types of riders. And you're a young healthy guy.

[@mtb_alan]

You're right. It's hard to hear....over all the fkn fun we're all having. 😂

[@nofrontbrakes]

@mtb_alan I just got an ebike and it's super fun. But I'm a cripple and you're a young healthy guy 😉

[@mtb_alan]

😂