Alpine Loop - Bicycling The Choice Dirt Mountain Roads

Abe and Nick rolling towards the questionable weather

Ryan Fawley having a REAL good time rolling down Rt. 33 west with JB right on his tail

Fultz Gap is super steep but sooo amazingly cool

Heading back over to Moreland Gap

Nick Waite gave the pro tour acceleration into Sugar Grove, it was impressive

Chris Scott enjoying a huge day in the mountains with these all-stars

Sugar Grove is where the climb up the backside of Reddish begins

Rolling down Rt. 924 from Briery Branch Gap (Reddish Knob area)

A quick hit into WV for the Alpine Loop
It really is sooooo good, but SUPER HARD!
Pedaling squares, rectangles, triangles.... every shape I could think of
Just to get back over the backside of Reddish Knob
Shenandoah Mountain is a doooozie
Nick Waite, Johnnnnny Youngdahl, Jeremiah Bishop, Abe Shearer, Ryan
Fawley, and I went over to the dark side (WV) for the big burley
loop. GOOD TIMES!

Amazing snow ride on Great North Mountain Trail in Virginia's George Washington National Forest

Good times in the GW on the old "Dante's Inferno" loop
Winter is here!
Judge Rye Road up onto Devils Hole Mountain
Drop in on Long Mountain Trail
into and back up and out of Trout Pond Campground
Super fun technical ridge on Great North Mountain Trail
to the tight and fun switchbacks on Stack Rock Trail
Laurel Run Road back down to the parking lot.
Good times!
The road bed that is listed as a trail needs a lot of drainage work on the slopes above Trout Pond Campground - a job for the Lee District Sweco!
Everything else is wonderful!!
Thanks PATC and the Equestrian's (Diane) from the Old Dominion 100 for keeping Great North Mountain Trail cut back, those briars can be brutal in the summer!!

Jeremiah Bishop on day 1 of his bike packing trip pioneering the Virginia Mountain Bike Trail

What a day it was! Andy Johnston and Cory Rimmer are having such a good time exploring the wilds of Virginia with Jeremiah in the George Washington National Forest.

Stokesville Douthat Stokesville 3 day

What a ride. It is sooooo nice to stop before Little Mare, eat a nice dinner, get some rest and save the "nightmare" for the next day.

The crew heading towards IMBA' Southern Traverse. The Traverse is the super wonderful southern most section of the Shenandoah Mountain Trail. It was designated as an IMBA Epic in 2000. Virginia's George Washington and Jefferson National Forests have over 2,000 miles of trails open to bicycles. These forests have become well known amid mountain bikers as a place where one can get very deep into the backcountry and experience unparreled solitude. You find yourself in an amazing environment where man is just a visitor and only natural processes are noticed by the naked eye.

SDS 2 Day is on for this weekend! 3-Day coming up next weekend!

Spent the heat of yesterday on Little Mare Mountain with Matt Smith taking care of some of the last bit of winter downfall on the SDS route! Matt and I even sampled the last section of the ride checking out the full Little Mare Trail to the Brushy Ridge Trail and on into Douthat State Park.

The Forest Service has cut a new fire line in on Brushy Ridge. Cuts through the trail in a section or two but didn't really hurt the tread.  Here you can see the fireline just headed right down the mountain just off the first switchback headed downhill on the Brushy Ridge Trail. The trail keeps going to the left here so don't let the fireline fool you!

The weather is looking to be nice this weekend! Highs of 70ish, some clouds on Saturday, and looking at some solid Sun for Sunday! The route should be beautiful for the weekend, and with flowers like this pink lady slipper orchid popping up, there should be plenty of color to look at!

Here is the detail for the 3-Day SDS ride May 15-17! Come and join us for a spectacular ride some of the best singletrack riding around!

Afternoon MTB

Chainsaw cert with the US Forest Service is going well. First day was informative, and I'll get to do the cutting tomorrow. We got out a little earlier than I expected today, so look what I was able to sneek in after I got home...

No more snow in the mountains outside of Harrisonburg. Lynn and Wolf trails are riding well. Plenty of down limbs here and there that will get cleaned up soon, but very few large trees in the path. The work that SVBC did last year at the bottom of Wolf is suuuper fun. Got the remaining day of the chainsaw class in the morning, then hoping to get in a ride in the Edinburg Gap area after. 

Skinny tires feel sooooo good on tacky dirt roads - VA Stylin!

first time trying facebook to post a video
how does it work
any shortcomings?

Shenandoah Valley Corduroy - gravel roads are groomed to perfection!

Mike Carpenter enjoying some freshly groomed Valley Roads












What a beautiful stretch of Virginia
















Under higher heat of the sun this weekend these roads might get softer

Thursdays spin was perfecto compacto!

Shenandoah Valley Evening Bicycle Ride

Got out for a quick one just before dark
Was able to multi-task while on the bike
Time is short these days
Sooo many things to do
Sooo little time!

SMT's Backyard National Forest Trails need your representation

Cool news about the George Washington National Forest - Planning to resume
this is a hop skip and jump around sorta dealio
check out the background here at Cstan
slid on over to the Virginia Mountain Bicycle Council for more of the details
and if you are really are into representing your bicycle trails go HERE

Quick Fixy spin with Jeremiah Bishop and Mike Carpenter

Sweet fixy spin with Bishop and Carpenter onto the country roads for some
sunshine n snowy fields
sweet sledding hill above Harrisonburg too

Snuck out for a sweet ride in the GW before the snows come!

Supreme Road Riding - Carving Turns!