Richmond MORE News

Dominion RiverRock

bpuhak — 2012-05-15T13:06:57Z

This weekend, May 18-20, 2012 is Dominion RiverRock on the James River.

Dominion Riverrock presented by Subaru is the East Coast's premier outdoor lifestyle festival, bringing athletes, spectators, musicians, and even dogs to Brown’s Island and Historic Tredegar for a three-day festival against the backdrop of downtown Richmond’s urban riverfront. The festival features a variety of outdoor sports including trail running, kayaking, biking, bouldering, stand up paddleboarding, slacklining and dog jumping. The event was designed to promote Richmond’s unique riverfront, downtown trails and whitewater rapids to outdoor enthusiasts. As a result of the creation of Dominion Riverrock, there is a stronger appreciation for the value of outdoor recreation throughout the entire Richmond region. All events and concerts are FREE to spectators!

Here's the schedule of bike events:

Friday

6pm - 8pm Native Freestyle Bikes (Best Trick)

Saturday

1pm Thule Urban Assault MTB Race

6pm - 7pm Native Freestyle Bikes (Slopestyle)

Sunday

2pm Dirt Crit - Short Track MTB Race

4pm Native Freestyle Bikes (Slopestyle Finals)

Richmond-MORE will have a booth there and we're still looking for some volunteers to help man the booth. Please contact us if you can lend a hand for an hour or two.

Belle Isle Skills Area Work - May 12th

bpuhak — 2012-05-10T13:53:28Z

Last work day with Ben Blitch from Apline Trails.

We had originally planned to work both Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend, but Sunday is Mother's Day and we'd really like to let Nathan spend the day with his mother rather than work on the trails. So we're asking everyone to come out on Saturday and help finish up the work on the Belle Isle Skills area.

Last weekend we got a lot of work done on the beginner pump track, rock gardens and rock drops. Nathan, Ben and the Trail Crew have been working hard all week on log rides and the advanced pump track, but there's still a lot of work to do before everything is rideable. Please come out and lend a hand and help us finish up the newest addition to the great trails on the James River.

When: 9am Saturday, May 12, 2012

Where: Belle Isle Skills Area

Bring: Water, Gloves and a snack

Strength In Numbers at the Byrd

bpuhak — 2012-05-08T00:30:30Z

Premiere of "Strength In Numbers" cycling film at the Byrd Theater on Thursday, May 17th

It's a huge deal that Richmond is getting the movie only two weeks after its release so we really want the bike community to show up and support it! It would be awesome if we packed the entire Byrd Theater.

Here are the details.....

What: Premiere of "Strength In Numbers"

Where: Byrd Theater - Carytown

When: Thursday, May 17. Doors Open at 7:00/Movie Begins at 7:30

Cost: FREE!

Trailer: http://www.pinkbike.com/video/250208/

Trail Work - May 5th & 6th, 2012

bpuhak — 2012-05-03T19:55:36Z

Work on the Belle Island Skills Area is in full swing. Ben from Alpine Trails along with Nathan and the City Trail Care Crew have been out all week working hard staging materials and working with mechanized equipment.

Saturday & Sunday's volunteer numbers (people coming out to help) will make a huge difference in the completion of the Skills Area. So this weeks turn out is crucial. But if all goes well, Ben said he will have people riding the beg pump track by Sunday.

This is Ben's 41st pump track. How sweet is that?! Plenty of experience under that belt. And we are getting a pump track built by him at a point in his career where he can add in all kinds of little added bonuses from his previous build experiences...which is exactly what he's gonna do. Especially with the intermediate pump track.

Please, please, please make time to come out and lend a hand this weekend. We'll be working Saturday AND Sunday starting at 9am. Meet on Belle Island. Due to events and Brown's Island, it may be easier to park at Reedy Creek or Forest Hill Park and bike down the service road to Belle Island. If for some reason you can't make it (you're sick with the flu or out of town for work), we'll also be working next weekend the 12th and 13th. It's going to be hot so bring some water and a snack. Glove will help as will plenty of energy and excitement.

Bike Park Maintenance 101

On Saturday evening, May 5th at 6:30pm, Ben will be teaching a class on Bike Park Maintenance. This will be a valuable class on how to keep out new bicycle playground in great shape for years to come.
The class will take place at:

Infinity Financial Partners

2819 N. Parham Road, Suite 130

Richmond, VA 23294

Food & drink will be provided. To sign up, please email Clark: C.Jones0679@comcast.net

Bike Month - May 2012

bpuhak — 2012-05-03T19:53:18Z

May is nationally recognized as Bike Month, and National Bike to Work Day is May 18th this year.

Members of the PBT Commission have been hard at work developing a month-long bike commuter challenge in collaboration with Ride Richmond and Ride Finders. People may sign up for the challenge and track their bike commute days, as well as sign up under their employer so that there is recognition of the employers with the highest percentage of bike commuter days for the month. Feel free to distribute to friends, colleagues, etc.

Since this is a challenge aimed at changing habits, and we are making this challenge, let’s try to put on a good face ourselves and strive to make as many trips by bike collectively as the PBT Commission. The link to register can be found at http://www.riderichmond.net/bike-month-commuter-challenge/

Belle Isle Skills Area Work Days

bpuhak — 2012-04-27T14:50:34Z

News on upcoming works days and Bike Park Maintenance 101 class.

As you may have seen while riding on Belle Isle, the starting hills are taking shape and the fencing is almost complete at the new Belle Isle Skills Area. Ben Blitch fromAlpine Trails is arriving this weekend and we'll start to see the park quickly take shape.

We have two volunteer weekends scheduled and we need EVERYONE to come out and help. Saturdays & Sundays, May 5th & 6th and May 12th & 13th we'll be having all day work days to build the pump tracks, define the lines, rock gardens, drops and trials areas. Please make an effort to come out for at least a few hours on one of the days. Work will begin at 9am. Due to events at Brown's Island those weekends, we recommend parking at Reedy Creek or Forest Hill Park and riding bikes to Belle Isle.

Bike Park Maintenance 101

Infinity Financial Partners

2819 N. Parham Road, Suite 130

Richmond, VA 23294

Food & drink will be provided. To sign up, please email Clark: C.Jones0679@comcast.net

Niner Demo Day at Teven Trails

bpuhak — 2012-04-17T19:13:25Z

Niner Bikes Demo, Beginner.Intermediate MTB Clinic, Ride & Trail Run all at Trevendale Farms outside of Charlottesville on April 22nd.

Sunday April 22, 2012 Niner Bikes in conjunction with Blue Ridge Cyclery will host a demo day at Teven Trails at the Tevendale Farm.

The demo will start at 10am.

At 1pm I will be conducting a beginner/intermediate MTB clinic at the Farm.

At the conclusion of the clinic there will be a ride and a short trail run with everything wrapping up by 4pm or so.

Please rsvp to Scott Scudamore mtbmore@gmail.com. Any questions call 703-717-1714

The National Bike Challenge

bpuhak — 2012-04-16T18:35:53Z

The National Bike Challenge is an opportunity to challenge yourself to ride more often. Record your rides, and add up the miles you've ridden, the calories you've burned, and the gas money you've saved. You can connect with other riders in the challenge, or embrace the spirit of competition by winning points for your employer, your community, or your state. You also become eligible for prize drawings after you've logged just three days on your bike.

You'll be part of a team of more than fifty thousand riders logging over ten million miles, demonstrating the power of the bicycle to build healthy people, healthy communities, and a healthy planet.

Participation is free, and open to anyone in the United States, or who is employed by a participating U.S.-based company.

Everybody wins when we get people riding more, but hundreds of participants will win gear in our monthly prize drawings, including:

Early Bird Prizes: Join before May 1, and you could be 1 of 12 winners of a National Bike Challenge Commuter Kits, including a National Bike Summit tote bags, a Planet Bike taillight and bell set, a Bikes Belong water bottle, League of American Bicyclist socks, and more.

Monthly Prize Drawings: With just three days of riding, you become eligible for monthly drawings, and as you ride more, the prizes get better. Bronze level prizes include hats, water bottles, and multi-tools. Log more miles, and you could win a helmet, jersey, or event a bike. The Grand Prizes, drawn from the riders a the top tier, are bike trips in Napa or Moab.

Take Home a Trophy: There are National Challenge plaques for the businesses, individuals, communities, states, and teams that rack up the most points. Compete against Facebook, Trek, Specialized, Mars, and other businesses of all sizes.

Join now, start logging your miles, and become eligible for earlybird prizes!

April Club Meeting and Social

bpuhak — 2012-04-11T18:26:57Z

Richmond-MORE's April Club Meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 18th at Piccola's Restaurant. Piccola's is located at Main and Harrison near VCU. Please join us at 6pm for the social and 6:30pm of the club meeting.

Trail Work - April 14, 2012

bpuhak — 2012-04-11T18:07:10Z

Work continues on the Belle Isle Skills Area

This week we'll continue work on the intermediate pump track site. We'll continue our work on site clearing, establish root protection zones for the trees that the pump track will weave through and install silt fencing to keep the construction dirt out of the James River.

As a reminder, we'll be working on the Skills Area every Saturday through May. We hope to see you out there.

What: Belle Isle Skills Area

When: 9am Saturday, April 14, 2012

Where: Belle Island under the Lee Bridge (park at Tredegar or Reedy Creek)

Bring: Gloves, Water, Snack

2012 Team LUNA Chix Rides

bpuhak — 2012-04-09T15:58:05Z

Please join the Richmond Team LUNA Chix for rides at Poor Farm and Downtown (James River Park System)

Rides at Poor Farm will be on the 1^st Tuesday of the month and are open to all levels of riders, including new beginners. Meeting at 6:00 PM sharp in the parking lot. We’ll be breaking into groups according to riding ability.

Downtown rides will be on the 3^rd Thursday of the month and are open to intermediate to advanced riders. Ride direction, pace and duration will be geared to the riders. We’ll be breaking into groups according to riding ability. Meeting at 6:00 sharp at the Carillon/Barker Field dog park.Shirley Lane, Richmond, VA 23221 (Barker Field)

The first ride will be on Thursday April 19^th Downtown.

For more information on the team check out our web site http://teamlunachix.com/richmond_mountain_bike or like us on Facebook "Richmond MTB LUNA Chix team" Ride cancellations due to weather will be posted on Facebook and sent out via our Gmail account. If you have questions or would like to sign up for our e-mail list please send an e-mail to richmondlunachix@gmail.com

Dates

Poor Farm – May 1st, June 5^th, July 3^rd, August 7^th, September 4^th

Downtown – April 19^th, May 17^th, June 21^st, July 19^th, September 20^th

Richmond Bike Week II

bpuhak — 2012-04-06T01:03:23Z

Ride Richmond & VCU presents Bike Week II - April 21-27, 2012

Saturday, April 21
Earth Day & Ride

Sunday, April 22
Bicycle Swap
Bicycle Film Festival

Monday, April 23
Pizza Crawl IV

Tuesday, April 24
Cycling Symposium
Confident Urban Cycling

Wednesday, April 25
Go Fast, Turn Left Racing

Thursday, April 26
Defensive Cycling Course
Thursday Night Ride (No Drop)

Friday, April 27
Bicycle Film Festival

See the flyer for more info, times and locations:

Bike Week Flyer

IMBA Trail Care Crew @ SVBC

bpuhak — 2012-04-06T01:02:48Z

The IMBA Trail Care Crew will be visiting the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition in Harrisonburg, VA on April 12-15.

IMBA is coming to Virginia! Steve and Morgan of the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will be in Harrisonburg on April 12-15. You're invited to join the crew and the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition for the weekend.

The visit features IMBA's Trail Building School on Saturday. This is your opportunity to rub shoulders with the IMBA crew while learning about building and maintaining sweet, sustainable singletrack.

Plus there are more events and presentations.

Click here to learn more.

If you don't want to make the trip out west, Richmond-MORE will be working on the Belle Isle Skills Area that Saturday from 9am - 2pm.

Trail Work - March 31, 2012

bpuhak — 2012-03-29T15:45:52Z

Please come out and join us for the first work day on the Belle Island Skills Area.

We took a couple of vacation weekends after finishing up the new Dogwood Dell trails, but now it's back to work on our final project of the season. That's right, it's time to start on the Belle Island Skills Area.

This Saturday, March 31st, we'll be meeting on Belle Island to begin making way for the new skills area. We'll be clearing brush from the Intermediate Pump Track site and clearing out the main skills area. This is a great day to come out and lend a hand if moving dirt and rock isn't your cup of tea.We'll be starting at 9am on Belle Island (under the Lee bridge on the southern side of the island), but if you're running or watching the 10k, feel free to stop by later since we'll likely be working until 2pm.

Additionally, we need 6-8 volunteers to walk the trails in Forest Hill and clear out the muddy spots. Email admin@richmond-more.org if your interested and we'll get you more details.

What: Belle Island Skilla Area

When: 9am Saturday, March 31st

Where: Belle Island

Bring: Water, Gloves, Food

JRPS Weather

bpuhak — 2012-03-27T00:48:29Z

Ever wonder how much rain the JRPS received last night? If so, check out his link...

This Weather Underground weather station is location near Reedy Creek and Forest Hill Park:

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KVARICHM41

See the current temps and the day's precipitation.