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Donate to the SVBC Trail Building Fund! We need your Volunteer labor hours or your CASH!

Give Back to Your Trails and Help the SVBC Build your Dream Trails The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition NEEDS YOUR HELP!  We need to raise $25,000 towards our 20% responsibility of our $125,000 government grant.  Your time is worth exactly $22 dollars per hour towards our goal.  Please help us by either donating money or…
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September 20, 2012 0

One Night Down. Five to Go! Rain or Shine

Despite the many naysayers around town who predicted a very messy and muddy Rumble at Ramblewood last night, the course was perfect. A little slick in a few turns but great traction with the fresh cut grass and twisty course. We began burning in a line that will make the course much faster for the…
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September 19, 2012 0

Jeremiah Bishop’s Alpine Loop Gran Fondo 2012

Another successful year of Jeremiah Bishop’s Alpine Loop Gran Fondo. Jeremiah Bishop and his family are all members of the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition and have been great supporters of the years. Last year the Bishop Family Charitable Foundation donated nearly $3,000 to the SVBC after the event. This year they teamed up with New…
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September 16, 2012 0

Beer for Bucks and with Bands!

Check out more photos from the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo This weekend (Saturday, September 15) will bring the second year of Jeremiah Bishop’s Alpine Loop Gran Fondo. Last year, the Bishop Family Foundation was very generous in their gift to the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition, giving $2,700 to the SVBC with the goal of helping…
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September 12, 2012 0

Harrisonburg City Council Candidates Forum

Download the poster to help spread the word Groups Seeking Council Questions Candidate Forums Kick Off Monday Posted: September 11, 2012By PRESTON KNIGHT HARRISONBURG — Residents are invited to submit questions to the groups planning a pair of City Council candidate forums that begin Monday. The Northend Greenway, Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition, Downtown Dining Alliance and Harrisonburg-Rockingham Green Network are the…
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September 11, 2012 0

30th Annual Shenandoah Valley Century

Please take our Survey and help us improve the Century experience for everyone in the years to come 30 years of the best century in the Valley with some of the best weather the Century has ever seen. What an incredible ride on scenic roads and amazing food at the aid stations/finish. A big thanks…
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September 10, 2012 0

The Blue Ridge Cup is DEAD!

You heard it here first. The Blue Ridge Cup is DEAD. From the ashes rises the Friendly City Grand Prix. The Friendly City Grand Prix will hold all events in Harrisonburg! You heard it right. No more driving over the mountain to fight the Foof. No more driving deep into the breadbasket of the Confederacy…
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September 6, 2012 0

Camp Todd Trail Work Weekend

On August 25th and 26th roughly Twenty five Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition members and friends headed to the far edge of the George Washington National Forest to work on a portion of the Wild Oak Trail; a National Recreation Trail, and a gem for outdoor recreation of all types.  Breaking from our usual form of recreation (biking), we decided…
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September 6, 2012 0

Massanutten Trail Work Thursdays keep rolling strong!

Each Thursday SVBC trail work crews have been leaving the Western Slope parking at 5pm and heading up to the the new IMBA trail at Massanutten. This is a great chance to earn your Western Slope Pass, remember only 8 hours of trail work or $50 earns you a calendar year pass to these SVBC built…
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August 28, 2012 0

Bridgewater Cross Country Team Lends a Hand on the Tillman West Trail

On Thursday August 23 the Bridgewater Cross Country team came out in force to help the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition work on the Tillman West Trail on Narrowback Mountain. 30 student athletes helped the SVBC move rocks, armor wet spots, and generally perform the finish work that the trail needed. We still have some work…
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August 24, 2012 0