The 15th Annual New Belgium Fruita Fat Tire Festival continues through Sunday. Many bike manufacturers are offering demo bikes to take for a spin.

From left, Billy Hofmann, 44, Derrick Cottrell, 46, and Litch Polich, 43, all from Breckenridge take in the view along Mary’s Loop that is part of the Kokopelli Loops trail area near the Loma and I-70 interchange. It was Cottrell’s first visit to the Grand Valley while Polich and Hofmann listed nearby Horsethief Bench Trail as their favorite trail.

Abby Hippely, a mechanic with Santa Cruz Bicycles, is affectionately known as “The Duchess of Demo.” Here she lends her mechanic skills inside the Santa Cruz van.

“Big Joe” Hendrickson from Evergreen has been with Yeti Cycles since 1993. The company is based in Golden.

From left, Nic Slemons, 5, Sophia Slemons, 10, both from Lakewood, and 5-year-old Reese Bynon from Utah cruise around the vendors area gathering stickers before heading out to the trails.

Nic DeLauder, from Aptos, Calif., has been with Fox Racing Shox for four years. He spends nine months out of the year traveling the country providing race support and setting up for festivals promoting their line of bike shocks.

The parking area at the Kokopelli Loops Trail area near the I-70 and Loma interchange saw plenty of activity.

Rustler’s Loop, part of the Kokopelli Loops trail area, is perfect for those just beginning to take up mountain biking. The trail has many biking tips dispersed along the singletrack.

From left, Ken Williams, 68, from Wheatridge, Heather Williams, 36, from Boulder and Patrick Connelly, 39, from Alamosa take a break near the trail head to Mary’s Loop.

For five-year-old Max Godspil from Nederland, this was his first venture on singletrack as the Colorado River looms in the background along Rustler’s Loop.

Horsethief bench is one of the more popular trails at the Kokopelli Loops trail area.

The entry into Horsethief Bench requires traversing a steep, rocky ledge that few can completely ride down.

Matt Larson, 29, from Minneapolis boldly makes his way down the rocky ledge entrance to Horsethief Bench.

From left, Lonnie Cooper, 53, from Wellington, Kansas, Judy, 49, and Roy, 42, Hannah from Denver, make there way along Mary’s Loop. The Hannah’s met on a mountain bike trail in Denver a few years back and took some time for riding in the Fruita area in Oct. of 2009 while on their way to Gateway where they got married

Wildflowers added a splash of color to the high desert trails west of Fruita.

For Kari Murray, 38, from Salt Lake City, having a chance to ride the trails came compliments of her husband who was back at the parking lot watching over their first child who Kari recently gave birth.