News/Events

This is rescheduled from the recent cancellation. Prospective Eagle Scout Declan Henderson is leading this Eagle project. We need help to get this done in 1 day! Please come help if you can.

• Date(s): Saturday, June 6.
• Time: Meet by 9:00 AM sharp.
• Location: Use the map location links on Sign Up Genius below. BEHIND Hornsby Middle School, 850 Jolly Pond Rd. in the small lot behind a soccer field. We’ll walk in at trail access D5.
• Bring water and work gloves.
• Declan will provide pizza/snacks/drinks so please sign up with this Signup Genius link so he can plan for food: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044AAAAD28A5F4CF8-64368031-declans 

Steve Nevins has graciously invited the EVMA for a one-time group ride on his Tidewater Challenge race course!  This is a custom-built, challenging race trail on Steve's private property.  The only ways to ride it are: 1. If you register for the Tidewater Challenge race (info & registration here: https://www.bikereg.com/75463); 2. If you get a personal invite from Steve; or 3. IF YOU'RE AN EVMA MEMBER AND JOIN US ON JUNE 7.

Meet by 10:00 AM (don’t be late!) at 4560 Wahrani Ridge Rd., Lanexa, VA 23089 (near the old Red Barn Bikes). We’ll ride as a group starting at 10:00 AM so be there early!  WEAR YOUR NEW EVMA JERSEY!

***Steve notes that this is an advanced trail and may not be suitable for beginners. (We hear that there are some punchy climbs.) 

Sunday, May 31, Trail Work/Group Ride/Lunch?/WOYW Race all @ NQ Park: Join us for a BIG DAY at New Quarter Park this Sunday, May 31 with good weather. Meet at 9:00 AM in the first small parking lot at the start of the park road.

• 1.       Trail Work: help us clear 2 downed trees blocking the trail. One is a big mess (see pic below) with no good ride around. Eric & Jeff will handle the saws. We need your muscle to clear debris & roll logs away. ***Bring bug spray (ticks & chiggers suck!). We’ll walk in at Access 10, but bring your bike for…..
• 2.       Group Ride: If we get enough help for the trees, some of us can do a ride instead. And/or if we finish the trees soon enough, we can ride afterwards. Then…..
• 3.       Lunch?: We’ll see who can stay and either go to lunch, or maybe we bring in fried chicken for…...
• 4.       WOYW Race to cheer on the kids: This is the last Weekend On Your Wheels kids race series, so let’s watch and loudly (obnoxiously in a positive way?) cheer on the youth racers! Bring cowbells. First race at 1:00 PM, last race should be over by 3:00 PM. The race course is on the opposite side of the park road from the Redoubt Run trail.

EVMA hosts Beginners Rides at Freedom Park open to the public. If you’re new to mountain biking, know somebody who is, or just want a very chill ride and get some pointers or learn your way around Freedom Park, join us! Kids are welcome (with a parent or responsible adult riding with them!).

Meet by 9:30 AM in the small parking lot by the log cabins & Bunny Trail.  We'll adjust the ride depending on who shows up with what skill/experience level, but will start on the Bunny Trail, then ride short parts of Trail C (no jumps/drops/features!) using the emergency access points.

This is Trail Captain Steve’s 2^nd Saturday of the month trail work.  

• Meet at the main parking area (Corner of Warwick and Gatewood) by 9:00 AM.
• We'll be spreading dirt and gravel (provided by Newport News) on the trail where it enters the park from the parking area.
• Shovels and rakes will be helpful, wagons or wheelbarrows too!
• Bring gloves, hydration, and bug spray!

Our Stokesville (Harrisonburg area) trip is Weds, April 29 through Sun, May 3.  At least 10 of us will be there, split among 3 rental houses.  AND UP TO 3 MORE MEMBERS MIGHT BE JOINING US on Fri/Sat/Sun.

*If you want to join us (we'd love you to, even if just for a day trip!), check the EVMA e-mail sent 4/28/26 for info on how to get hold of us. 

Final ride plans will depend on weather and group preference, but our current plans include:

Thursday - DONE:

1. 9:00 AM ride in GW Nat'l Forest: Dog Graves/Tower/Tillman West/Tilghman Rd/Dog Graves/Festival/Access Rd/Tillman East/Narrowback. 19.5 miles.  Then lunch at our 2 rental houses.

2. Afternoon shuttle up to Reddish Knob, rode down Timber Ridge & Wolf Ridge.  PERFECT weather all day.

Friday May 01 @ Massanutten Western Slope - DONE:  Another perfect weather day.

8:30 AM breakfast at Mr. J's Bagels on High St.

10:00 AM: met at Western Slope parking lot.  Rode skills kitchen & lower trails.

Noon to 6:00 PM: shuttle runs. Some of us got 6 runs, some of us up to 9 runs.

Saturday - DONE:  A THIRD perfect weather day.

1. Morning ride starting from Stokesville Campground - up Hankey Mountain trail to Lookout Mountain and back to the campground.  About 9.2 miles. 

2. Afternoon rides. 1 group shuttled up to Reddish Knob and rode down Timber & Wolf Ridges.  A second group rode Dog Graves & Narrowback.

Sunday - NO GROUP RIDES 

Join us for some short punchy climbs that lead to quick, fun downhills, tabletops, etc.  Until we get our new signs out there (which have arrived and just need to be installed!), it's best to ride with somebody who knows the best route.

9:30 AM start time. 

Address: Wahrani Nature Trail, 17485 Eltham Rd., Lanexa, VA.

Join us for about a 20-mile loop connecting multiple trails: Forest Hills, Buttermilk, Dogwood Dell, Northbank, Belle Isle, etc. If you’ve never been to these trails, here’s your chance for a guided tour. You’ll be surprised what great, technical trails there are right in the city! The weather looks fantastic! Meet by 10:00 AM at Forest Hill Park parking lot, at the intersection of W 42^nd St & New Kent Ave. ***It’s on Friday and many of you have to work.  WE ARE DEFNITELY NOT (wink wink) asking you to skip work, or call in sick, or make up some fake excuse to come ride these great trails in ideal weather (which is way better than working). EVMA members: check your e-mail from April 1 around 9:10 PM for a work excuse guaranteed to work!

Group Ride, Saturday April 4, 10:00 AM @ Freedom Park to practice some features: Meet ride leader Wynn Yang in the big grass field at 10:00 AM to practice riding some Trail C features.  This is NOT a skills clinic, but a chance for riders who want to get better at some of Trail C's easy/medium features (jumps, drops, etc.) to practice together for encouragement & confidence.  We'll focus on the new Log Drop (easy 18" drop) and the first 2 Gap Jumps (not the 3^rd big Ladder Gap), and depending on the group may try some other "Blue" features, but not "Black" features like Shotgun, Big Easy, or OCD.  Wynn took the 3.14.26 afternoon Advanced skills clinic and wants to hone his skills, but all are welcome even if you didn't take the clinic.  *Ride is weather dependent.

Help Trail Captain Steve replace wooden bridge decking with lumber provided by Newport News. *If you ride Mariners’ Lake, please try to help us.* Details:

Meet at 9:00 AM inside the fence gate on Gatewood Drive.

Please bring pry bars (to remove old deck boards) and cordless drills/drivers if you can.