Volunteers are needed for the upcoming Mountain View Elementary School Bike Rodeo, Friday, October 25 from 1-2:30pm. Volunteers will help guide children through the obstacle course, help kids who have never ridden a bike or aren’t very confident, serve snacks, fit helmets or talk about bike safety. No experience necessary! Call/email Becky at (540) 564-7388 or rsjohnst@sentara.com. Thank you!…
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JMU BIKE PED MASTER PLAN – PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETING Do you ride a bike on campus, or would like to? Do you think there are improvements that can be made to make our campus more pedestrian friendly? As part of development of the University’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, JMU would like to hear from…
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Want to help advise the City on Bike/Ped Issues? Want to get more involved with planning bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure for the City? Here is an opportunity! APPLY TO BE A SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER! The City of Harrisonburg is now taking applications for two seats on the five member Bicycle & Pedestrian Subcommittee. Information about the…
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The “SVBC Time Trial Series” was initiated more than two decades ago. I was not yet plugged into the local cycling scene before the long-running event went on hiatus, but I have heard a few local regulars remember the early days with fondness. I understand that riders would congregate every week in Montezuma, where Les Welch…
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WALK or BIKE TO SCHOOL WEEK at a handful of our area schools! Interested in volunteering? Please don’t show up unless you have contacted Becky Johnston (RSJOHNST@sentara.com) and let her know that you want to help. Friday, October 4th, 7:20-7:45am- Thomas Harrison Middle School (THMS has started an exciting new “FirstFriday Fitness” event. Please consider coming as…
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For almost two decades SVBC has celebrated the fall with the Shenandoah Mountain Bike Festival! The Festival is a weekend of camping, riding, trail work and hanging out at the Stokesville Campground. You can come for the day or participate for the whole weekend. This year’s festival is October 11-13th. Registration is now open! We…
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Due to an irreconcilable conflict with Monday Night Football, we were left with no other option. We apologize for the late notice but we must reschedule our September 9 social for the following Monday, September 16. We plan to continue following our traditional routine of holding our social on the second Monday of each month…
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Just like every fall for the past 18 years SVBC will be leading trail work each Saturday in the National Forest. We need volunteers like YOU to help! If you use any of the trails in the National Forest this is a great way to give back! Details… Leave From: MR J’s Bagels on Route 42…
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…a testament to the encouragement of SVBC to all bicyclists, all skill levels Written by June Hosaflook, event organizer extraordinaire! To Thanh Dang and the members of SVBC, many, many thanks for the ways you encourage biking to all ages and skill levels! Thanh’s course, Confident City Cycling, was just what I needed to gain…
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Many of you have been asking about fellow SVBC member, Michael Neupauer or known by most of you as “Neups.” Neups was hit from behind by a car, while on his bicycle on August 15 near Fulks Run on Brocks Gap Road. Neups would love to hear from you, feel free to email him (neups@verizon.net).…
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