I will be down in richmond on Saturday... anyone know of any shuttling places or fun places to ride a big bike? Anyone want to ride?
Richmond Riding
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There's a bike event/barbeque happening at Pocahontas State Park Saturday. I'm going to that one. I'd love to do an Urban, but I have to fix a set of brakes, and my other ones were sent back to Sram.
do you have a website for that event?
There's really no big bike riding in Richmond unless you do the urban thing. There's a big group ride that SK6 is talking about if you want to bring a more XC friendly bike. Here's the link with more information. There will be some big bike riders out there doing the XC thing.
http://cyclingcentralva.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=6631
http://cyclingcentralva.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=6631
humm sounds like fun - Too bad I'll be doing a century
Hasn't anyone ever told you that DH bikes and Road bikes don't play nice together. DH bikes beat up on road bikes in the storage room when you're not looking.
All that carbon crap is just too tempting.
is there anything west of richmond or between dc and richmond with some good freeriding?
Not really. Wintergreen is about 1-1/2 hours west of Richmond with lift access. There's some decent urban spots in downtown Richmond and around Belle Isle but you'd have to find someone willing to show you since they are spread out and there's really no central spot. The best local trail for some good drops and freeride type stuff is Powhite Park. But it's really hard to navigate if you don't know where to look for stuff.
r u going to be arround this weekend?
There are urban rides in Richmond, great fun and laughs, but you need to know where the fun stuff is. You may want to PM BigMike and ask him more of the specifics.
Yep most of the DH/FR crew from Richmond are either going to be at Snowshoe or are going to the XC ride/picnic. I'm headed to the picnic/ride at Pocahontas. There's a couple of good trails at Pocahontas, the red and double red are fun trails on a longer travel bike with a couple of technical trail features on them.
If you post something on CCVA there may be someone willing to show you Powhite or the urban spots sometime on Saturday. Sorry I can't be of much help.
If you post something on CCVA there may be someone willing to show you Powhite or the urban spots sometime on Saturday. Sorry I can't be of much help.
will you be on your SGS?
I just built up a Ti hardtail, so I'm planing on having fun on it...I think Vt_Mtbr will be on her NRS....
I've not ridden the red trail as of yet....Is there a lot of climbs on it?
Ann, I'm guessing Greg will be there as well?
I've not ridden the red trail as of yet....Is there a lot of climbs on it?
Ann, I'm guessing Greg will be there as well?
would you go with a sunday factory or a moots ybb?
The Moots ybb would be my choice.
Go with the sunday. Almost all XC riding in richmond is down, hardly any hills to speak of
i might be going downtown to ride....what time are you thinking about riding
i think i am going to ride the xc on the sunday. thanks for the offer to show me around richmond. maybe aonter time.
Yeah I'm riding the NRS. I'm not fond of pushing the SGS so I stick to the XC bike for Richmond rides. Plus I'm racing the following weekend so I need to get in a decent ride on Saturday and Sunday.
The red trail has the same amount of hills as the rest of the system but the trail is a little more technical and also shorter then the blue or green.
The red trail has the same amount of hills as the rest of the system but the trail is a little more technical and also shorter then the blue or green.
Hasn't anyone ever told you that DH bikes and Road bikes don't play nice together. DH bikes beat up on road bikes in the storage room when you're not looking.
Come on girl - all the time on my Road bike helps make me SOOOO damn fast on the DH Bike