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Buttermilk Trail Work - Saturday 2/26: Buttermilk Boardwalk - east of Reedy Creek at 9am
"2010 Race Across the Sky" screening: Wednesday March 9th at Bowtie Cinemas
2010 Race season is on !: Check out our April calendar for two great local races. National Duathlon's offroad duathlon on Saturday April 24th and RunRideRace's Camp Hilbert mtb race (first in a series of 3) on Sunday April 11.
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3-12-11 Trailwork Results: Skinnies complete. Muddy section rocked. New trail started.
3/5 Buttermilk Trail Work: Let's meet at Reedy Creek at 9am and make it skinny!
Accident won’t fill victim with pity
Richmond MORE News
Another interesting article about urban trails: Check out this link for some interesting info on urban trails.
Another reason to help with trail work: A recent study provides more motivation for volunteering...
Banff Mountain Film Festival: Friday March 11th and Saturday March 12th
Belle Island 1908: Photo of Belle Island from 1908
Buttermilk Boardwalk Update: Updates from this weekend's work on the trails...
Check out the Movie - "Klunkerz": Coming April 21st @ 7pm to movie night at the Capital Ale House is a movie about the history of mountain biking. Originally debuted at Trailicious, see how mountain biking started in the hills of California back in the day ! Bring a friend, the movie is free.
Chesterfield Adopts Pro Bike, Trail Resolution: Sixth locality in Central Virginia to pass pro-bike/ trail resolutions.
Chesterfield County Department of Parks and Recreation has proposed cutting – entirely and permanently – the Outdoors and most Adult Programs: Everything from kayak classes, ropes course, paddling at Dutch Gap to nature programs and practically all active adult programming are on the block. What is NOT lost is old fashion politicking: the squeaky wheel getting the grease. They said they welcome emails, attendance at hearings, pleas, and well-organized efforts. SO PLEASE! Get out your computer, pen, telephone, whatever. Write a letter to each PRAC commissioner (the Parks Commission is the appointed body that makes recommendations for funding cuts and allocations). Write them daily. Write the Board of Supervisors. It doesn’t matter if you live in their district or not. This is a regional issue.
City re-opens Forest Hill Park bike trails
RA MORE and Elk Hill Explore New Trail System in Goochland: Members of Elk Hill attended the November 18th Club meeting to discuss a partnership with RA MORE to build a trail system at Elk Hill's Goochland campus. The idea is in the "discussion phase", and while not a done deal, offers a great opportunity for RA MORE members and especially the students at Elk Hill. Read on to learn more about this great opportunity to help the Elk Hill Program.
Custom bicycle show coming to Richmond: Projects like expanded trails in James River Park, Forest Hill Park and elsewhere; a new rail-to-trail corridor in South Richmond; the continued development of the Virginia Capital Trail; greenways connecting city parks. All these efforts suggest a city transforming itself. The arrival of the North American Handmade Bicycle show is recognition of that transformation, and, hopefully, an impetus to keep it going.
Dirty 7 - Trail Runner Magazine's Annual Pick of the Best Trail Running Towns: Richmond makes the list ! Check out page 34 of the October Issue of Trail Running Magazine.
Forest Hill Ave. Improvements: Public meeting Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Southampton Elementary School
Forest Hill Park gets a makeover: Big turnout by many volunteer groups gets the Forest Hill park project closer to completion.
Forest Hill Park Trail Care - Jan 23rd - The real work begins!: Bill Blythe and his Sweco has left Richmond and left us with 2+ miles of sweet singletrack to buff out and finish. Including existing trail ....
Forest Hill Trail Care - Update!: Until Mother Nature got angry last week, life was good .....
Forest Hill Trail Care - Jan 30th - More good news!: Nathan has decided to stage the reopening of the trails in Forest Hill Park. Gone is the plan to close the entire park until everything .....
Get Ready for Trailicious: Trailicious is almost here ! On line ticket sales have closed and we will have a limited number of tickets at the door. Please arrive on the earlier side to make sure you will be able to get in the door.
Hand Built Bicycle Show Needs Volunteers: We'd love to welcome you as a volunteer at the Shimano NAHBS. If you
Help Beautify the Parks: Help beautify our parks by planting wildflowers along Reedy Creek, removing invasive ivy or cleaning up the Cannon Creek Greenway...
Local Richmond police hope bike patrols will deter crime in city parks: Richmond police officer Stacy Rogers has the bike beat bike between the Lee Bridge and the Boulevard Bridge in Forest Hill Park and James River Park and surrounding neighborhoods.
IMBA - Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day - Sat Oct 2: On Saturday, October 2, 2010, IMBA will celebrate its sixth annual International Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. This is a great opportunity for you to pass your passion for pedaling on to kids!
JROC 10th Anniversary Gear Swap: Bring your used (relatively clean) gear to the Gear Swap at the Earth Day festival April 25th.
JRPS Trail Guide - UPDATED!: The JRPS Loop Trail Guide and associated trail pages have been updated with new maps and descriptions.
Luck Stone to Sponsor Xterra: Local business steps up to sponsor Xterra Richmond!
Management plan solicits public opinion: At 1.1 million acres in Virginia and West Virginia, the George Washington National Forest is big enough to accommodate a multitude of interests and users. In numerous trips west the past couple of years, I've biked, hiked and fished on it. Others hunt, watch birds, ride horses, camp and pilot their all-terrain vehicles. Then there are the commercial interests - most notably logging - that have a claim on the land.
National Trails Day 6/5/10: Join Richmond MORE and REI to be a part of National Trails Day at James River Park
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Permit Needed to Ride on State Forest Trails: Cyclists Face Possible Misdemeanor Charges
Racing season begins April 10th: First local mountain bike race of the year at Camp Hilbert.
RAMORE announces weekly night rides in JRPS: We have great news! Greg Rollins, our vice-president and advocacy director, has secured permission for weekly night rides in the James River Park System. The rides will start this Thursday, November 5th, at 6:00pm and continue every Thursday through the fall and winter until the start of Daylight Saving Time in 2010. Night rides will not be held during holiday weeks and any ride cancellations will be posted on our website
RCCC's March MTB Clinic: RCCC presents a mountain biking clinic on March 26th @ Powhite Park
Richmond gaining foothold as trail mecca: Article from RTD 9/20/09 by Andy Thompson - Go Richmond !
Richmond MORE and city open Forest Hill Park trails: We missed this great article on Forest Hill Park trails. Check out the link below.
Richmond MORE Meeting Minutes - January: Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Richmond More Meeting Minutes - February: Wednesday Feb. 17th, 2010
Richmond MORE receives $8,000 grant from local retailer REI
Richmond Offers Top Urban Mountain Biking Trail System: The current edition of the IMBA Trail News features an article on page 4 highlighting the JRP Trail System. Check it out through this link to the PDF copy of the newsletter on page 4.
Ride Giant Demo Tour April 9th: Join Giant Bicycles at Forest Hill Park to demo road and mountain bikes
Specialty plates could be a bonanza for James River Park System Specialty plates could be a bonanza for James River Park System: A new way to raise funds for JRPS.
Support IMBA at the National Bike Summit by Becoming a Virtual Delegate: Support the Recreational Trails Program
Sustainable Trail Building 101: The James River Park System and RA-MORE will be conducting a trail building and maintenance class on Saturday, October 23rd starting at 9:00am. The morning session of the class will be held at the Byrd Pump House. Following a short break for lunch, the class will then continue to a section of the North Bank Trail which is slated for a re-route. The afternoon session will end around 4:00pm.
Trail work this Saturday 1-29-11: This Saturday 1-29-11 we will continue work on the new trail on Belle Isle.
Volunteer Opportunities this Weekend: Several groups in the city are hosting volunteer cleanups in our parks this weekend. Come on out and give them a hand!
Trail Work - Saturday 3/12: Reedy Creek - 9am
Trailwork 3-18-11: Meet at Reedy Creek at 9am. Then it's a short hike west on Buttermilk to the red clay hill area where we'll continue putting in new trail.
Trailwork 3-26-11: This Saturday 3-26-11 we will be meeting at Reedy Creek at 9am again and continuing work on the Buttermilk East re-route. Nathan and the crew hope that this last push will finish up the re-route.
Update on Wayne Goodman
VA Capital Trail in Henrico Follow up: Henrico County does not see eye to eye with VDOT concerning the VA Capital Trail

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