National Trails Day this Saturday!
 
What: 18th Annual National Trails Day

When: Saturday June 6, 2015 8am-1pm

Where: Country Park - 3905 Nathanael Greene Drive, Greensboro

National Trails day is a nationwide event organized by the American Hiking Society. Our local festival is family friendly, dog-friendly, and free for all ages. Bring the whole family, your lawn chairs or picnic blankets, and settle in for the day.

We'll have our tent up talking to folks about Mountain Biking in Greensboro and leading three rides during the event.

9:00 am - Beginner Mountain Bike Ride

10:30 am - Intermediate Group ride

11:00  am - Beginner Mountain Bike Ride

Come out and check the event out. Hang out at the GFTS tent for a while and talk to folks interested in riding our trails. Bring your bike and go for a ride.

We'll have GFTS stickers and the NEW T-SHIRTS. If you haven't got one yet or need another, we'll have them.

Lots of activities: guided hikes, mountain bike rides,  kayak demos,  live music, food trucks and a free raffle.

http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/trailsday

http://www.bellhelmets.com/bellbuilt.html

Rocky Mountain Bike Demo 

Re-Cycles is bringing the Rocky Mountain Bikes demo to Greensboro this Sunday. 

Sun, May 24, 12pm – 6pm\
Lake Brandt Marina by the canoe/kayak rentals 

Come on out and  test ride some fine bikes from Rocky Mountain Bikes 

http://www.bikes.com/en/demos/re-cycles-bike-shop-demo

Greensboro REI — BANFF Film Festival
Date: 3/29/2015
Event Location: High Point Theatre
Event Fee: See event details
Time: 7:00 – 10:00 PM EDT
Leader: BANFF
Description: BANFF Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Presented by National Geographic and The North Face – Brought to you by REI. Showing will be on Sunday, March 29th, at 7pm.

Information:

http://www.rei.com/event/65603/session/112528

http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainfestival/worldtour/listings/regions.aspx?cat=NA&location=us

Purchase tickets online:

http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/venueSearch.jsp?venue_id=1819&cobrand=highpointtheatre3

or in-store at the Greensboro REI location. Member pricing of $13 per ticket is only available in-store.

Exciting news from Greensboro Parks and Recreation:

Peeler Community Recreation Center will host our first “Community Conversation” to discuss a grant application for a pump track at Keeley Park. Parks and Recreation is applying on behalf of the Friends of Greensboro Parks and Recreation Foundation to REI in the amount of $25,000 that seeks to enhance community health and wellness by providing exciting outdoor places at one of our premier regional parks. The purpose of this community conversation is to engage all residents and initiate a dialogue to identify needs and preferences of recreational opportunities.

Please join us to discuss the details of this potential project such as what is a pump track, grant and construction timeline, operation and maintenance, site development, revenue potential through special events, naming rights and sponsorship opportunities. There will be a short presentation and time for Q&A.

Check out thisYouTube videoto view a sample pump track in Philadelphia, PAMonday April 6th at 7 pm at Peeler Community Recreation Center
1300 Sykes Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27405Here is a link to the original pdf

It's a sad day for the Triad Mountain Biking community.

As many of you know by now, BikeTriad.com has shutdown. You can go to www.biketriad.com and see a Thank You page that also explains why. I know it was a tough decision for Laura and Chris to make.

I am going to miss biketriad, it has been my online connection to the area mountain bike scene for quite some time. I have ridden many miles with many friends that I've met through the site. At it's peak, it was a pretty happening place for mountain bikers around here. Always a ride or three being planned.  I think these things are true for a lot of Triad folks.

I've already been contacted by people wanting to know how to contact Chris & Laura to thank them and tell them what biketriad has meant to them. Of course, we can't give out any contact info but what YOU can do is reply to this post. The comments are visible to the public, the only hitch is the first post a person makes will be moderated so it might take a little while to be viewable. (It's an anti-spam thing)

One question for you folks, is a forum something you are interested in?

See you on the trails!