I wanted to take a second to pass along some info about our partnership with REI & the James River Park System for National Public Lands Day this Saturday.
Please join Richmond-MORE and REI on Saturday September 24th at 9am in the Reedy Creek parking lot. Last year we rerouted a section of the Buttermilk trail. This involved cutting in about 300 feet of new trail and reclaiming about 250 feet of trail. This year we'll be doing some lighter duty work that includes the staining and painting of some bridges along the Buttermilk Trail as well as a small repair along a set of stone steps on Buttermilk as well.
VORS series racers don't forget that you can earn series points for trail work!
REI asks that you please register for this event via their website located here. It only takes a second to sign up.
We hope to see you there in support of National Public Lands Day.
Thank You,
Richmond MORE
PS. In case of rain or unforeseen events, please check for cancellations on our website. Any cancellation notice will be posted by 8:00am on Saturday in our News section. Our website is at:www.richmond-more.org.
Here are the quick and dirty details:
Where: Meet in the Reedy Creek parking lot just off Riverside Drive near 42nd street.
When: Saturday, September 24th 2011 – From 9:00am to 1:00pm
Bring: Water, work gloves, and sturdy shoes, and a small snack. Lunch will be provided for you.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
News to peruse
Hey Richmond MORE members here are some things that may interest you.
The Bike Code via Blue Ridge Outdoors
Dry Trails <-> Wet Trails = What you need to know
Richmond’s New Bike, Pedestrian and Trails Coordinator
Don’t forget the Anthem Moonlight ride this Saturday. We still need 5 more volunteers to help pour some tasty beer. If you can help out please email Greg “greg@proforma-gis.com” and let him know so that he can get a head count.
Also please join Cycles Ed this weekend for some Scout Camp Trail work if you can lend a hand. Sat. Aug 13th 10am. Email Cycles Ed for more info.
Have a great weekend of riding.
The Bike Code via Blue Ridge Outdoors
Dry Trails <-> Wet Trails = What you need to know
Richmond’s New Bike, Pedestrian and Trails Coordinator
Don’t forget the Anthem Moonlight ride this Saturday. We still need 5 more volunteers to help pour some tasty beer. If you can help out please email Greg “greg@proforma-gis.com” and let him know so that he can get a head count.
Also please join Cycles Ed this weekend for some Scout Camp Trail work if you can lend a hand. Sat. Aug 13th 10am. Email Cycles Ed for more info.
Have a great weekend of riding.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Mid Atlantic Regional IMBA Summit – That’s a Wrap
Several RaMORE club members and board members joined Nathan Burrell and the James River Park crew in Harrisonburg, Virginia recently to attend the IMBA Mid-Atlantic Regional Summit. Mountain bike clubs from all over the Mid-Atlantic showed up to represent their local communities of riders, trail builders and trail users.
Friday night we met up at the Court House Square and were treated to a viewing of Pedal Driven after some obligatory welcome and weekend introduction speeches. If you haven’t already seen Pedal Driven I highly recommend checking it out. It provides a very well written and entertaining insight into some of the serious problems regarding land access and relationships that we as mountain bikers are facing all over the country. Unfortunately, most riders are unaware that these problems even exist. The video does a great job of mixing trail advocacy in with some killer mountain biking footage. Think; an informative version of a New World Disorder flick and viola you have Pedal Driven.
Saturday morning Harrisonburg’s own city trails called the Hillendale Park Trails provided us a nice morning spin with adequate amounts of rocks and tight turns to wake up the senses before meeting at the Conference Center for breakfast and a day full of classroom meetings. The meetings and educational seminars covered several insightful topics that included: TCC Advocate training, Youth in Mountain Biking, a Land Manager Round Table that featured our very own Nathan Burrell
speaking as a land manager on behalf of the success of the JRPS inner city trails, Diversity Builds Strength: Women and Mountain Biking, Trail Successes and Challenges Around the Mid Atlantic, TCC Club Care, Capacity Building 101, and finally a VA State Breakout Session. All of the sessions were full of great information that we hope will help us build you a bigger better mountain bike club.
Now we all know that all work and no play just isn’t the mountain biker way. After the classroom sessions finished up we all made a beeline for the wonderful Massanutten Western Slope. The plan was a Super D race down the rocky and fast Massanutten Trails. The local mountain bike club (Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition) has put in countless hours of trail work over the past few years to make the Western Slope trails some of the sweetest trails in the area. At the base of the mountain we all chamoised up, helped ourselves to a few of the tasty drinks provided by Troges then begin the climb up the side of the mountain headed to the top. The Super D would start from the mountain top but there was some awesome single track to check out on the way up. SVBC member and SBC owner Thomas Jenkins was kind enough to lead a casual paced ride up the mountain and offer insight to the trail and its construction along the way. Having Rich Edwards of IMBA Trail Solutions (who has also contributed many hours to the design and construction of the Massanutten trails) along for the ride was icing on the cake.
Atop Massanutten mountain riders nervously lined up for the start of the Super D.
Some were on hardtails while most were on full suspension bikes.
Some were wrapped in body armor while others chose lycra.
Regardless of our bike or clothing choices when the race director called you up to the line and said “GO!” the common theme heard all way down the mountain was “Man this trail is sick!”
At the finish line Troges and Qudoba awaited hungry racers.
The “social” kept on rolling well into darkness with good times and stories being shared by all.
Sunday morning hosted several organized group rides for all levels of riders. Not everyone survived the entire weekend and make it to the Sunday rides but those who did were treated to some of the George Washington National Forrest’s finest singletrack.
We at Richmond MORE would like to thank all of our members and friends who made the trip over to Harrisonburg. We would also like to thank everyone involved in making this weekend happen. Yeah Frank Maguire that’s you! Also IMBA, The IMBA Trail Care Crew, SBC, SVBC the town of Harrisonburg and everyone else involved.
Friday night we met up at the Court House Square and were treated to a viewing of Pedal Driven after some obligatory welcome and weekend introduction speeches. If you haven’t already seen Pedal Driven I highly recommend checking it out. It provides a very well written and entertaining insight into some of the serious problems regarding land access and relationships that we as mountain bikers are facing all over the country. Unfortunately, most riders are unaware that these problems even exist. The video does a great job of mixing trail advocacy in with some killer mountain biking footage. Think; an informative version of a New World Disorder flick and viola you have Pedal Driven.
Saturday morning Harrisonburg’s own city trails called the Hillendale Park Trails provided us a nice morning spin with adequate amounts of rocks and tight turns to wake up the senses before meeting at the Conference Center for breakfast and a day full of classroom meetings. The meetings and educational seminars covered several insightful topics that included: TCC Advocate training, Youth in Mountain Biking, a Land Manager Round Table that featured our very own Nathan Burrell
speaking as a land manager on behalf of the success of the JRPS inner city trails, Diversity Builds Strength: Women and Mountain Biking, Trail Successes and Challenges Around the Mid Atlantic, TCC Club Care, Capacity Building 101, and finally a VA State Breakout Session. All of the sessions were full of great information that we hope will help us build you a bigger better mountain bike club.
Now we all know that all work and no play just isn’t the mountain biker way. After the classroom sessions finished up we all made a beeline for the wonderful Massanutten Western Slope. The plan was a Super D race down the rocky and fast Massanutten Trails. The local mountain bike club (Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition) has put in countless hours of trail work over the past few years to make the Western Slope trails some of the sweetest trails in the area. At the base of the mountain we all chamoised up, helped ourselves to a few of the tasty drinks provided by Troges then begin the climb up the side of the mountain headed to the top. The Super D would start from the mountain top but there was some awesome single track to check out on the way up. SVBC member and SBC owner Thomas Jenkins was kind enough to lead a casual paced ride up the mountain and offer insight to the trail and its construction along the way. Having Rich Edwards of IMBA Trail Solutions (who has also contributed many hours to the design and construction of the Massanutten trails) along for the ride was icing on the cake.
Atop Massanutten mountain riders nervously lined up for the start of the Super D.
Some were on hardtails while most were on full suspension bikes.
Some were wrapped in body armor while others chose lycra.
Regardless of our bike or clothing choices when the race director called you up to the line and said “GO!” the common theme heard all way down the mountain was “Man this trail is sick!”
At the finish line Troges and Qudoba awaited hungry racers.
The “social” kept on rolling well into darkness with good times and stories being shared by all.
Sunday morning hosted several organized group rides for all levels of riders. Not everyone survived the entire weekend and make it to the Sunday rides but those who did were treated to some of the George Washington National Forrest’s finest singletrack.
We at Richmond MORE would like to thank all of our members and friends who made the trip over to Harrisonburg. We would also like to thank everyone involved in making this weekend happen. Yeah Frank Maguire that’s you! Also IMBA, The IMBA Trail Care Crew, SBC, SVBC the town of Harrisonburg and everyone else involved.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
2011 Anthem Moonlight Ride
Good Afternoon Richmond MORE Members,
The smoke of the fireworks has settled and most of us have returned to work from what was hopefully a nice extended weekend that included a bit of riding. Before you get too wrapped up in who wrecked who in Le Tour we wanted to take a moment to let you know that the 2011 Anthem Moonlight Ride is quickly approaching and once again this year we will have the opportunity to act as some of the most important people at the event. The folks who bring you beer!
That’s right folks it turns out that cyclists and trail runners are pretty good at pouring, serving and consuming those liquid carbs and the good folks at Sports Backers have asked us to work our magic again this year. We are looking for at least 15 people to help out as beer pourers and course marshals on Saturday August 13th from about 7pm till 11:30pm.
This is some of the most fun and easiest volunteer work that you can participate in all year that doesn’t include swinging a shovel. If you can lend a hand please send an email to Greg at greg@proforma-gis.com be sure to include your name and contact information in the email and please title the subject line "Moonlight Ride Volunteer."
Also don’t forget to tell your friends and family about the Moonlight Ride. It’s a great event that we hope you and all of your friends can be a part of. For more details on the 2011 Anthem Moonlight Ride please click here.
We hope to see you there on two wheels.
Thank You,
The Richmond MORE Board
The smoke of the fireworks has settled and most of us have returned to work from what was hopefully a nice extended weekend that included a bit of riding. Before you get too wrapped up in who wrecked who in Le Tour we wanted to take a moment to let you know that the 2011 Anthem Moonlight Ride is quickly approaching and once again this year we will have the opportunity to act as some of the most important people at the event. The folks who bring you beer!
That’s right folks it turns out that cyclists and trail runners are pretty good at pouring, serving and consuming those liquid carbs and the good folks at Sports Backers have asked us to work our magic again this year. We are looking for at least 15 people to help out as beer pourers and course marshals on Saturday August 13th from about 7pm till 11:30pm.
This is some of the most fun and easiest volunteer work that you can participate in all year that doesn’t include swinging a shovel. If you can lend a hand please send an email to Greg at greg@proforma-gis.com be sure to include your name and contact information in the email and please title the subject line "Moonlight Ride Volunteer."
Also don’t forget to tell your friends and family about the Moonlight Ride. It’s a great event that we hope you and all of your friends can be a part of. For more details on the 2011 Anthem Moonlight Ride please click here.
We hope to see you there on two wheels.
Thank You,
The Richmond MORE Board
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Join Richmond-MORE and REI on National Trails Day (Saturday, June 4th) for a Trail Work Event.
Good morning RaMORE Members,
I wanted to take a second to pass along some info about our partnership with REI & the James River Park System for National Trails Day on June 4th.
Please join Richmond-MORE and REI on Saturday June 4th at 9am in the Reedy Creek parking lot. Last year we rerouted a section of the Buttermilk trail. This involved cutting in about 300 feet of new trail and reclaiming about 250 feet of trail. This year we'll be doing some work in Forest Hill Park. Lunch will be provided for all volunteers as well as a REI OXT t-shirt.***
VORS series racers don't forget that you can earn series points for trail work!
***In order to get the REI OXT shirt you will need to register to volunteer with REI at www.rei.com/stores/127 or call their customer service number 804-360-1381. You don't need to register just to come out and help out but you must register if you want a free shirt.
We hope to see you there in support of National Trails Day.
Thank You,
Richmond MORE
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In case of rain or unforeseen events, please check for cancellations on our website. Any cancellation notice will be posted by 8:00am on Saturday in our News section. Our website is at:www.richmond-more.org.
Here are the details:
Where: Meet in the Reedy Creek parking lot just off Riverside Drive near 42nd street.
When: Saturday, June 4th - 9:00am to 1:00pm
Bring: Water, work gloves, and sturdy shoes, and a small snack. Lunch will be provided for you.
I wanted to take a second to pass along some info about our partnership with REI & the James River Park System for National Trails Day on June 4th.
Please join Richmond-MORE and REI on Saturday June 4th at 9am in the Reedy Creek parking lot. Last year we rerouted a section of the Buttermilk trail. This involved cutting in about 300 feet of new trail and reclaiming about 250 feet of trail. This year we'll be doing some work in Forest Hill Park. Lunch will be provided for all volunteers as well as a REI OXT t-shirt.***
VORS series racers don't forget that you can earn series points for trail work!
***In order to get the REI OXT shirt you will need to register to volunteer with REI at www.rei.com/stores/127 or call their customer service number 804-360-1381. You don't need to register just to come out and help out but you must register if you want a free shirt.
We hope to see you there in support of National Trails Day.
Thank You,
Richmond MORE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In case of rain or unforeseen events, please check for cancellations on our website. Any cancellation notice will be posted by 8:00am on Saturday in our News section. Our website is at:www.richmond-more.org.
Here are the details:
Where: Meet in the Reedy Creek parking lot just off Riverside Drive near 42nd street.
When: Saturday, June 4th - 9:00am to 1:00pm
Bring: Water, work gloves, and sturdy shoes, and a small snack. Lunch will be provided for you.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Buttermilk East Trail Work 3-12-11
My apologizes for the last minute notice regarding trail work but we think you will like what Nathan has in store for us. This Saturday 3-12-11 we will be meeting at Reedy Creek at 9am again and will have one small crew head over to the board walk section of Buttermilk to finish up some small work while a much larger crew heads along Buttermilk East (that’s leaving Reedy Creek and heading down the “other” Buttermilk trail towards the Nickel Bridge/Dog park) over towards the “Red Clay Hill.” For those of you not familiar with the “Red Clay Hill” section this is the section of trail that also has the small pedestrian staircase and wooden ramp with the bricks in the center. The guys will be working on a short re-route in that are to help reduce some erosion problems. Nathan expects that the re-route will take upwards of 3-4 Saturdays’ worth of trail work. We can shorten that time frame with more volunteers and hands in the mix.
The weather is supposed to be nice and sunny so we suggest bringing your bike along for a nice loop of the park’s trails after a trail work session.
We hope to see you there tomorrow morning,
The RaMORE Board
What: Buttermilk East Re-Route work part 1.
When: Saturday 3-12-11 starting at 9am ending..? Come out for as long as you like.
Where: Park in the Reedy Creek parking lot just off of Riverside Drive and Nathan will divide up the groups in the morning. If you like to sleep in a bit then go ahead and park at Reedy and walk West along Buttermilk East (Towards the Nickel Bridge/Dog Park) and come on over to "Red Clay Hill" to catch up with the crew.
Bring: Gloves, work boots or shoes, water or coffee (if that’s your thing), a small snack to keep the blood sugar in check and an open mind.
The weather is supposed to be nice and sunny so we suggest bringing your bike along for a nice loop of the park’s trails after a trail work session.
We hope to see you there tomorrow morning,
The RaMORE Board
What: Buttermilk East Re-Route work part 1.
When: Saturday 3-12-11 starting at 9am ending..? Come out for as long as you like.
Where: Park in the Reedy Creek parking lot just off of Riverside Drive and Nathan will divide up the groups in the morning. If you like to sleep in a bit then go ahead and park at Reedy and walk West along Buttermilk East (Towards the Nickel Bridge/Dog Park) and come on over to "Red Clay Hill" to catch up with the crew.
Bring: Gloves, work boots or shoes, water or coffee (if that’s your thing), a small snack to keep the blood sugar in check and an open mind.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
How do you volunteer?
It’s no secret that you can do many things to help out your local park, trails or advocacy club. Donating time, labor or money seem to be the most popular ways but you can be creative. How about a trash pickup? How about taking some non cyclist or runner friends or children out for their first ride or run? Introducing anyone to a healthier lifestyle without being pushy isn’t a bad thing. Introducing people to the outdoors is a really good thing. Since we are mostly bikers and trail runners that form Richmond MORE I’d like to pass along this article about two other like minded individuals that do a lot for our trails especially if you enjoy the trails around Massanutten Mountain or in the George Washington National Forest.
DCR Virginia State Parks eNews – “Check out the Park Volunteer Highlights”
Also did you know that this week is the National Bike Summit up in DC? I hope that you are following some of the news that is coming out of the summit and hope that you are as excited as we are about bicycle advocacy in Central Virginia and in the whole state as well.
DCR Virginia State Parks eNews – “Check out the Park Volunteer Highlights”
Also did you know that this week is the National Bike Summit up in DC? I hope that you are following some of the news that is coming out of the summit and hope that you are as excited as we are about bicycle advocacy in Central Virginia and in the whole state as well.
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