…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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The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition was very happy to lead a casual and fun around town bike ride today in conjunction with the Friendly City Food Co-op. We rode around town, came back and ate several varieties of local melon. You can’t ask for much more than that! One family on the ride had TWO…
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Friendly City Grand Prix from Shenandoah Bicycle on Vimeo. Last year was the Grand debut of the Friendly City Cyclo-Cross Series. A fun community event to replace the Blue Ridge Cup but take out the driving over the mountain and up the valley. The Friendly City Grand Prix holds all events in Harrisonburg. Now you can come out…
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Original date was rained-out, so we have rescheduled, wahoo! Join the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition and the Friendly City Food Co-op for a family friendly casual bike ride around town, focusing on safety and awareness. Children under 18 please bring a guardian and EVERYONE please bring a helmet. This will be in the same vein…
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Tour & Taste is a fundraiser for the Valley AIDS Network. All money raised goes directly into supporting their mission. Event Website can be found here: http://www.valleyaidsnetwork.org/tourandtaste.php Tour: There will be three options for the Tour & Taste bike ride. Riders will choose a 15-mile, 25-mile, or 50-mile ride. Each ride will start and finish at…
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The DR100 does it again! We first wrote about the DR100 charity ride here, and we’ve written about the innovative driver’s education program at local high schools that incorporates bicycles here and here. Now, thanks to the hard work of the DR100, Rockingham County Schools will receive another $10,000 to purchase bikes for high school…
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Please join us for the second annual Harrisonburg-Rockingham Bicycle & Pedestrian Count! We need volunteers to help us count bikers and walkers at 20 locations in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Count Dates & Times: Tues. September 10, 10:30am-12:30pm Tues. September 10, 5pm-7pm Sat. September 14, 12noon-2pm Sun. September 15, 9am-11am Volunteers should plan for…
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The Page Valley Road Race, a “classic” on the regional calendar now in its sixth year, will return on August 3 and is the senior championship road race for both VACA and MABRA. This is a traditional mass-start race, where participants in different categories take off from the start in separate large “waves” of cyclists and will…
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The 22nd Annual Shenandoah Bicycle Festival will be held on Saturday, the 27th of July, 2013. Ride options included 25 miles (9am start), 50 miles (8am start) and a 100-mile (7am start)“Century Ride” over the rolling roads of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. The rides start and finish at Our Community Place at 17 E. Johnson Street in Harrisonburg, Virginia; right where…
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