News/Events

No retirees group ride this week or next week due to holiday schedules. We'll pick it back up on Wednesday, 11 Dec at 2 PM at Harwood's. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

Want to get push notifications when trails are closed due to weather/wet conditions?  James City County just added Freedom Park to their Rainout Line.  Sign up at the Rainout Line Website https://rainoutline.com/subscribe/notify/7572392002/0 and use the tabs to choose app, text, or e-mail alerts.  You can sign up to get alerts only for Freedom Park Trails A-E, or any JCC facilities that face weather closures.  (*This is ONLY for Freedom Park bike trail closures, but if Freedom trails are closed, we should probably avoid nearby trails like New Quarter, YRSP, Wahrani, Harwoods Mill.)  You can also still call 757-259-4022 x1, or visit here: https://jamescitycountyva.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Freedom-Park-7.

Night Rides begin Tues, Nov 5th. Important info:

• Tuesdays at Harwoods Mill; Wednesdays at New Quarter; Thursdays at Freedom Park.  First rides are Nov 5/6/7, 2024. 
• At NQ Park, meet in the first small lot outside the gates.
• All rides require sign-in, so please arrive by 5:45 PM to sign in and get geared up to ride at 6:00 PM.
• All rides start at 6:00 PM; we must be off the trails by 7:45 PM; we must be out of the parks by 8:00 PM.
• All rides are weather dependent.  If the weather looks at all questionable, or we’ve had rain recently, check your e-mail and/or EVMA.org by 5:00 PM (or sooner) to check ride status.
• 2 lights required: one each for your helmet and bars.
• These are GROUP RIDES.  The parks/trails are not open for anybody to just ride around by themselves.  You must be there for the 6:00 PM start with the group.
• If you have any questions or ARE WILLING TO BE A RIDE LEADER, contact us at evmamembership@gmail.com.  We need some backups for when the regular ride leaders can’t be there.

Join us for a post-Thanksgiving, work-off-all-those-calories group ride on Friday, Nov 29, 9:30 AM, at York River State Park. Meet in the parking lot just past and to the right of the pay station. 

Trails/route to be determined by those who show up and have suggestions.  Thanks to Steven Godoy for suggesting and leading this ride.

If you want to suggest a ride, whether you lead or not, e-mail us at evmamembership@gmail.com with your ideas.

We get lots of new EVMA members but many miss the annual renewal e-mails (spam folder, too many e-mails, etc.) and their membership lapses.  Download the "Wild Apricot for Members" app from the Apple App Store or Google Play to get renewal reminders on your phone and never miss a renewal again!  It's free and you can renew and pay right from your phone.

Join us Saturday, Nov 23 at 10:00 AM at Pocahontas State Park to ride the Lakeview Trails. 

Meet in the big parking lot near the pool, next to the bathroom buildings (same place we usually meet).  We’ll ride Lakeview Trails 1, 2, & 3 for a total of about 15 miles.  ***These are NOT the Swift Creek flow trails.***  Lakeview trails are similar to our EVMA trails in Williamsburg, but with some rocks and stream crossings and a little more “natural tech.”  But nothing crazy.  Come try something new and different!

Sorry, tonight's (Weds, Nov 20) New Quarter Park night ride is cancelled due to the combination of overnight rain with lots of wet leaves, and more rain in the forecast picking up right around ride time.

This Sunday, Nov 17^th some of us from Williamsburg and the Peninsula will head to the Southside to check out EVMA’s trails there. We have a few Southsiders who will show us around. PENINSULA FOLKS: come join us and try something new. Looks like great weather.

Meet at Marshview Park at 10:00 AM (meet at the north side, near the dog park), then head to Indian River Park afterwards.

Note: we are not allowed to have "events" at Marshview & IRP, which we previously thought included group rides.  But we just got clarification from VA Beach Parks & Rec that a group of us gathering just to ride, with no other activities, is not an "event."

It's been raining in Williamsburg all afternoon, and the forecast calls for continued rain through this evening.  So no ride tonight.  Sorry.

The below planned ride has been postponed.  Our guy Karl in Lynchburg is really keen to show us around out there, so we'd like to go try it sometime, but it didn't work out for Nov 9.   Check back later for a possible group ride on Nov 9 somewhere closer to home.

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Field trip!  Sat, Nov 9, Peavine Mountain area, near Lynchburg

We’ve arranged for a local guide there (the son of an EVMA member) to show us around some lesser-known trails in the mountains NW of Lynchburg.  We’re still working out details, so look for updates later this week. 

Some of us are considering driving to and staying in Lynchburg Friday night to get a morning start on Saturday.  More to follow.