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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Ramblewood Park recently underwent a planning cycle and now has a brand spanking new master plan. The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition is committed to expanding the off road bicycling opportunities in the city of Harrisonburg and is working closely with Harrisonburg Parks and Recreation to design and build these trails. Unlike Hillandale, Ramblewood has elevation…
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June and July have not been easy months for our trails. The recent round of storm to sweep through our area, ring lead by the Derecho on June 29th, have left a lot of our trails in rough shape. The storms snapped the dead trees, uprooted the weak trees and shook every loose…
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The Start of the Congressional Bike Ride to wrap up the Summit If you are interested in any aspect of cycling advocacy then you need to make sure you attend the National Bike Summit. If you ride any type or style of bicycle on a regular or irregular basis, you should attend the National Bike…
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Classroom portion of IMBA Trail Building School at the Lucy Simms Center Harrisonburg hosted a successful IMBA Trail Care Crew visit this past weekend. Steven and Morgan Lommele came to the Burg and brought with them over two years of accumulated knowledge from traveling around the country and working with a broad spectrum of mountain bike…
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Daily News Record Article 12/30 HARRISONBURG — Local bicycle advocates hope community support and interest begins rolling in as they attempt to advance the Harrisonburg metropolitan area’s bike and pedestrian development in 2012. Two upcoming events organized by the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition are planned to solicit feedback on the issue. The first, an informational session…
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Narrowboack Reroute – 2011 SVBCoalition Fall MTB Fest from Scott Wootten on Vimeo.Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition hosts the 15th annual Virginia Mountain Bike Festival. As part of the Recreational Trails Program, funded by the Virginia Gas Tax, the SVBC undertakes a major trailbuilding project on Narrowback Mountain. View from the Tillman West Trail looking back…
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Saturday Hillandale Trail Work Saturdays start this Saturday 11/12, 9am-12pm. New trails and major improvements to the pump track are on tap this winter. Interested in helping as a crew leader? Contact Thomas Jenkins: tj@shenandoahbicycle.com
It is with great dismay that we watch the budget battles in Congress target bicycle funding. Vercose to our hearts in the Federal Program known as the Recreational Trails Program or RTP. Last fall, the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition successfully administered a $100,000 grant to improve the trails in the North River District of the…
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SVBC will be leading trail work hopefully on two spots on Saturday June 26th. Meet at Mr J’s on Route 42 South at 8:15 or at the Wolfe Ridge Trail Head on Tillman Road at 9am. -Bring bikes to ride in for the Wolfe Ridge Trail Section-Second crew will drive to Little Bald Knob to…
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