News/Events

Please join us for a club meeting at noon, including lunch.  We currently don’t have a ride or trail work scheduled due to the threat of rain, but if the forecast changes for the better, look for a possible ride.We’ll discuss upcoming trail work projects, volunteer opportunities, Board elections, etc.  Several people who will or might run for Board election or otherwise plan to volunteer will be there.  We’ll discuss job duties and answer questions.***If you are interested in running for a Board position, or otherwise volunteering to help in any capacity (Trail Captain; social media; membership management; graphic design; anything at all) this is your chance to come talk to us and/or ask questions.  Several people have talked to us about filling positions, and we could always use more help. 

The Tuesday night (28 Jan) ride at Harwood's and Wednesday (29 Jan) retirees ride are canceled this week. We're giving the trails time to dry out, especially Harwood's. If you ride there solo, then be careful of the entrance to the "B" trail; it's become a mudpit. We'll be fixing that later this week.

Join us for an 11:30 AM group ride on Sat, Jan 25 @ York River State Park. We'll ride some combination of Bobcat, Marl Ravine, and the new (still unnamed) trail.  Meet a little before 11:30 in the parking lot just past the pay station so we can roll by 11:30.  ***This late start should give it time to warm up and time for Southsiders and those coming from further away enough time to arrive without getting up to early. 

SATURDAY 18 JAN, 8 AM - 12 PM - Harwood's trails are closed for the annual foot race supported by Newport News Parks.

Friday 4:00 PM is ON, Saturday is cancelled.  Explanation below.

• Friday: meet at 4:00 PM along the park road at access C1 (near park entrance) to help unload 2 tons of turfstones.  We have 5 people confirmed and could use only a few more.  Bring work gloves.
• Saturday - CANCELLED: The plan was to meet at 10:00 AM and haul a 4-ton trailer load of purchased dirt to use along with the turfstones to rebuild a berm on trail C.  But our dirt supplier (JSG, next to Freedom Park) is not loading dirt now because their dirt source is still covered in snow.  So we considered some smaller projects using pushpiles of dirt at Freedom Park, but one of our project leaders was on site and said that the ground is frozen and digging will be no good.
• So we’ll look for the earliest chance to reschedule, which will probably be at least a few weeks out.  Sorry!

Tonights ride at Freedom is a go.  6 PM. 

UPDATE - Tuesday's night ride at Harwood's, Wednesday retirees ride, and Wednesday's night ride at New Quarter are all canceled. The Thursday night ride at Freedom is waiting on word from the park. Stay tuned.

The Tuesday night ride at Harwood's and the Wednesday retirees ride are canceled. Trails will take awhile to dry out.

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.

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.