SVBC will officially start off the 2013 Massanutten Trail Work Campaign Thursday April 25th. Volunteers have already been busy this spring and past winter flagging some new routes above the pond. Crews will head out from the main parking area at 5 pm on Thursdays and head up to the pond. If you can’t make…
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A big thanks to everyone who made it out to pick up trash off of Tillman Road in the George Washington National Forest. As usual, the SVBC celebrated Earth Day by cleaning up one of our favorite roads in the National Forest. Marshall Hammond organized and led the gang on their treasure hunt. Thank you…
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This weekend opportunities abound for feeding your competitive spirit. For those who couldn’t/didn’t get enough of the gravel roads and grass-roots style competition at the Harris Roubaix, check out Shenandoah Mountain Touring’s Virginia’s Rough Roubaix happening on Sunday (https://www.bikereg.com/Net/18857). For those interested in a different sort of racing experience, or those wanting to take advantage of…
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Join the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition, the Northend Greenway, the City of Harrisonburg, and your neighbors for Harrisonburg Bike Month! Bike Month is a national event that celebrates the bicycle; a unique, fun, and green form of transportation. Bike Month is a way to bring awareness to the friendly citizens of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County to the…
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Kickoff Bike Month 2013 in proper First Fridays style on May 3 in Downtown Harrisonburg! Grab your favorite costume and get on your bike for the Costume Bike Parade, a slow, safe, family friendly cruise around downtown to celebrate cycling in Harrisonburg. The parade will be leaving from Turner Pavilion at 6:30PM and finishing at…
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For the last five years, the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition has been giving back to mother earth by picking up trash in our precious George Washington National Forest on Earth Day. We’re making it six. Saturday, April 20 Meet 8:15 am at Mr. J’s/Food Lion on 42 South or 9 am at Dog Grave Yard on…
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Big thanks to everyone who’s helped bring Hillandale back to life this spring! Over the past 6 weeks, volunteers from the SVBC have spent their Thursday evenings clearing trees, marking mud holes, and re-routing trails. Our last Hillandale trail work day is this Thursday, April 18th. Please join us if you can! This winter was…
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Brand new post from our friends at Playing Outside in the Shenandoah Valley: “We set out mid-morning on Saturday and rode towards Deerfield Valley on a combo deal of pavement and dirt/gravel forest roads. We could not have asked for more pleasant weather…. We had all day to get to our camping spot, and I enjoyed…
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SVBC has a new road racing license! Harrisonburg is renowned for its mountain biking talent; between the pros who reside in the area to the many superb finishes of our local amateurs at races from Massanutten, the SM100, and into the surrounding states of the region, our riders are phenomenal. We all must wonder though…
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Thanks to Scott Wootten for capturing the day: 2013Roubaix from Adventure Seen on Vimeo. The twenty-somethingth annual Harris-Roubaix was a smashing success. Record turn-out (116 signed releases!), gorgeous day, springing spring, babbling brooks,