November 15: Shenandoah Bicycle Company Winter Maintenance Clinics

First Date on Thursday November 15th 6:30pm at Shenandoah Bicycle Company



The days are short, temps are dropping, and your poor bike has an entire season of riding. Time for the Shenandoah Bicycle Company Winter Maintenance Clinics. We will roughly hold these every other Thursday with some small changes due to the holidays. Check out the event on Facebook.
Here is the preliminary schedule:
November: 15---Cleaning, lube, and drive train care.
November: 29---Derailleurs and shifting
December: 13---Brakes
December: 20---Bearings
January 10---Setting up and caring for suspension
January: 24---Overview with Q&A

Six Pack Dowhnill Invitational

HEAR YE! HEAR YE!

Six Pack Downhill Invitational: Let the shredding begin at High Noon on November 3, 2012!  Off road Universe Fixed Gear Championships and festivities to follow.

You are hereby summonsed to submit letters of intent to race the 2012 Six Pack Invitational.  All letters of intent must be postmarked to collin@shenandoahbicycle.com not later than 7:00PM Thursday November 1, 2012.  Join us in merriment and debauchery on Thursday evening at a social gathering for trail selection and rider lineup.

Riders must complete 2 GWNF trail work days to be eligible for free registration.  Two more opportunities to do trail work exist: Saturday October 27 and Friday November 2.  Poachers will be subjected to fines and public humiliation.



2011 Fixed Gear Universe Championships from Scott Wootten on Vimeo.

SVBC/New Belgium Klean Kanteen

The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition partnered up with New Belgium Brewing Company and produced sweet custom drinking vessels made by Klean Kanteen.  These stylish and bombproof metal pint glasses sport the New Belgium and SVBC logos, insuring you can get as stylish and rowdy as possible at your next festival while representing the best bike club in the universe.

Pick up you pint glass while they are still around.  Only $12 for one or 4 for $40Profit from these glasses go directly to the SVBC to be spent on trail building projects and bicycle friendly infrastructure.

 

Six Pack Invitational Motivation: Narrowback Saturday Trailwork!

Visit the SVBC Trailwork Blog!

We're stoked about the 17th annual Six Pack Downhill Invitational coming up on November 3, 2012.  You should be fired up too!  The "Invitational" is a cornerstone of local shred culture and a tradition that makes Harrisonburg so outstanding.

FAQ: "How do I get to do the Invitational?"

Answer: Do TRAILWORK!!!  IT IS FUN! You need to log 2 Saturday Trailworks in the GWNF with SVBC to score an invitation.  If you haven't done any yet this season, plan on getting dirty the next two Saturdays (ONLY TWO MORE SATURDAY TRAILWORKS BEFORE THE INVITATIONAL!!!)  Saturday morning trail work is a HUGE reason our trails are so much fun and a big part of the local trail building culture that makes Harrisonburg so rad.



Our plan for the next two weeks is to complete rock work on the Narrowback re-route.

Here's a little treat for your viewing pleasure created on October 18, 2012 on 2000 Hours Trail at Massanutten Resort.  The final product from our work on Narrowback aims to create a similar flowy yet rocky feel with tons of playful moves tossed in the mix.



Preview: JRA on 2000 Hours from Shenandoah Bicycle on Vimeo.

Come ride our Ibis demos!

Shenandoah Bicycle Company is proud to announce that we are an IBIS dealer!   Our Ibis rigs are super rad and reasonably priced for a quality carbon bike.  Come ride a demo and you'll see what we're so stoked about!

 

silk sl easton wheels full ultegra build kit 17 pounds.

Mojo SLR with full xt shadow plus, fox 140mm front & rear under 26 pounds.

We can get custom build kits for all Ibis bikes.  Its really cool, you can choose what kind of ride you're looking for with tons of options and we will build it quicker than old man free ride on a super D.  Visit www.ibiscycles.com to see what options are available.

Steel Wheels Cycle Touring Festy Experience!

Check out this video about The Steel Wheels, Harrisonburg's very own cycle touring band!


The Steel Wheels Cycle Touring Festy Experience from Shenandoah Bicycle on Vimeo.

Rocktown Cyclocross Festival this weekend!

Cyclocross season is in full swing!  Ready the kit!  Pump up the knobbies and throw your hat into the ring with the rest of the Virginia cyclocross series competitors this Sunday at Hillandale Park!

Visit www.rocktowncyclocross.com to register and for more information!

Ibis bikes!

Carbon.  Carbon.  Carbon.  Full-suspension mountain bikes. Rad light road bikes.  We've just become an Ibis dealer!  These affordably priced mountain crushers are light, strong and full of play.  Come check them out!



 

Friendly City Grand Prix Cyclocross Series

Check out another Adventure Seen film documenting yet another element of our sweet cycling community!



Friendly City Grand Prix from Shenandoah Bicycle on Vimeo.

Every Tuesday in the fall, SVBC celebrates Cyclocross season with the Friendly City Grand Prix at Ramblewood Park.  Visit  http://www.facebook.com/events/521796621166998/ for more info about this awesome weekly ride series!

Support the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition Recreational Trails Program!

Support the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coaliton Recreational Trails Program! from Shenandoah Bicycle on Vimeo.

The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Support this project! Follow this link to make a tax deductible charitable donation to the SVBC RTP Fund.
http://svbctrailwork.blogspot.com/p/donate-to-svbc-trail-building-fund.html

Learn more about the SVBC and get involved!
www.svbcoalition.org

Learn more about the Recreational Trails Program.
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/recreational_planning/trailfnd.shtml
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/

Be sure to share this with your friends!  Thanks for watching!

Stay informed about the great work being done in the George Washington National Forest.
http://svbctrailwork.blogspot.com/

Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition Mountain Bike Festival this weekend!!!!

For more information, follow this link http://www.svbcoalition.org/events/mtbfestival/index.php

To register, follow this link http://www.active.com/cycling/stokesville-va/shenandoah-mountain-bike-festival-2012

If you haven't heard, the best weekend of the year is coming up. Its a big celebration of our trails and the community that makes them so much fun. Last year the SVBC broke ground on the Tillman West trail just before the festival. This year, they'll be finishing it all the way to the ridge! Check out Wootten's video from last year, it includes lots of trailwork footage, video of the women's ride, the JMU Mountain Bike Class ride as well as the party/beer crit.



Narrowboack Reroute - 2011 SVBCoalition Fall MTB Fest from Scott Wootten on Vimeo.