There’s a local organization who wants to purchase a new bike rack, but buying just one bike rack is expensive. Has your work place, business, school, organization, or church found yourself in these same shoes? Or perhaps you don’t even know where to buy a bike rack? Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) is facilitating a bulk…
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The George Washington National Forest remains a hot topic in local news, from fracking to pipelines, it seems that our forest has been on the front page quite often the past two years. Now that we finally have a new Forest Management plan that delicately handles the fracking issue, we can get on with actual…
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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been a hot topic of discussion up and down the valley for the past year. The proposed route runs through our George Washington National Forest, where many SVBC members are intimately familiar. The pipeline may or may not be a necessary product of our developing world but either way, the…
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As JMU welcomes another new freshman class for the 2015 fall semester, the entire class will hear a new kind of message from the university (see video above). We all know that biking and walking is omnipresent on college campuses and only seems to be growing in the city of Harrisonburg and on JMU’s campus.…
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You could be really really motivated and get out to help with our trails in the George Washington National Forest 2 days in a row. First, Saturday the 22 starts the SVBC regular Saturday trail work in the George Washington National Forest. Then you can come out and help brush back the Chestnut portion of…
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Harrisonburg and Rockingham County uses the “National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project” methods to count bicyclists and pedestrians once per year throughout our area. Although this effort is led by city and county staff, it would not be possible without the many community volunteers (including SVBC members!) who help during the month of September to…
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Continuing a tradition that has spanned two decades, the SVBC will again kickoff Saturday trail work on in the George Washington National Forest this fall on August 22. We will begin the season with working on the Lynn Trail to get it dialed for the Shenandoah Mountain 100. Then we will move onto trails that…
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Every October, the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition hosts its annual mountain bike festival. As the major fundraiser for the club, the festival is run 100% by local volunteers. We’re just getting started on planning our rides for this year’s festival on October 9-11, and we could use your help as a ride leader! Are you…
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Learn how to be more confident on your bike and how to ride to school safely! August 19 from 6-8pm for 3rd-6th graders Bluestone Bike and Run 1570 S. Main St. Harrisonburg Facebook event: http://on.fb.me/1EbJyyp August 23 from 3-5pm for 5-8th graders Westover Park (near skate park) 301 S Dogwood Dr, Harrisonburg Facebook event: http://on.fb.me/1JOLeEs …
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How excited are you to live in the “Bike Capital?” or better yet how excited are you to let everyone know about Harrisonburg, VA and the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition? Well we have a treat for you. An all new and for the first time in nearly a decade, SVBC logo t-shirt for sale with…
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