Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club

CAMBC recently rented a mini-excavator to enhance the productivity of our trail work volunteers

News
  • February 5, 2008: 1st CAMBC Club Meeting of 2008, Anna's Pizza on Maury Ave., 7 p.m. Come find out about CAMBC achievements from 2007 and upcoming plans for 2008! Also, find out what prizes you did/could have won from the trailwork raffle!!!
  • December 31, 2007: Reporting Needed Trailwork. Happy New Year! CAMBC is working on a lot of things for 2008, one of which is easier reporting of areas of trails that need work (downed logs, wasp/bee nests, etc.). If you see anything on O-Hill or Walnut Creek Park trails that you'd like to report, please use the labels on the marked up versions of the trail maps to facilitate communication:
  • Events Calendar Updated. Check out our 2008 Event and Race Calendar page for lots of regional and local events happening during the 2008 season. Calendar was last updated in December 2007.
  • December 22, 2007: CAMBC has accomplished much in 2007! Read about some of the highlights in the 2007 Year End Review.
  • CAMBC Forums are live! Go check'em out, sign up, and post!

Older News

December 1, 2007 Trailwork at Ohill!!! Big workday planned for Ohill. We are teaming up with the UVA MTB Club to spruce up Ohill. Come on out help us repair a much needed venue. Details on meeting places and particular projects are forthcoming.

The skinny

When: Saturday (Dec. 1) at 10am
Where: Meet at the port-a-johns (the finish line for the meltdown). Here's the map
Who: CAMBC and UVA Mountain Bike Club
What: Erosion issues on the north side of OHill and Work on the DH trail.
Details: See the forums. Look under Trailwork.

November 10, 2007 at Walnut Creek Breakfast!!! (pancakes, sausage, bagels, coffee) at 9:15am and trailwork starts at 10am. Meet up top, on the right just past the gatehouse. Cat and Jesse H. are showing up around 8:50 to set up. Feel free to jump in on set-up and cooking.

The big news is that CAMBC is renting a mini-excavtor. Thanks Mike L. for handling pickup/delivery. Hopefully this will take care of a lot of the heavy digging. This is the first time since, 2004 we've had a machine. Hopefully we can make a habit out of it.

We'll need lots of voluteers to handle rock work for a switch back/burm turn, finish work cleaning up after the excavator, and folks to help close the old trail.

October 26-28 - The 5th Annual CAMBC Wild Ride!!!

The CAMBC Wild Ride has been scheduled for the weekend of October 26-28. Keep the weekend free as we have a weekend full of rides, trail work and camping and fun. To wet your appetite, imagine yourself riding Sherando and Whetstone! Take it home with ya!

For Google directions, Click Here!

October 6 - Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day

Save the date and round up kids. CAMBC along with a few other local clubs, is organizing a large mountain ride for the kids this year. Hope to see everyone there!

The first ever CAMBC Walnut Creek Park night ride was held last night (August 1, 2007). To see pictures, follow the link.

We would like to thank Dave Wotten for spear heading this effort and others who kept pushing this issue. We also want to thank Albemarle County Parks and Rec. for opening up WCP to CAMBC members for night riding!

Let's keep this venue open to night rides and obey the County's wishes. Night riding at WCP is only permitted the first and third Wednesday of each month and only as an official CAMBC members ride due to insurance purposes. Please only night ride at WCP during officially scheduled CAMBC night rides. Stay posted for future night rides.

The next CAMBC meeting will be on July 10, 2007 at MAS restaurant in the Belmont area at 7:00pm. Please come out and support the club and get updates and information on upcoming events, then dinner and socializing afterwards. Look on the Announcements Page for more details.

Big News! One of CAMBC's founding board members, Sue George, has a new cycling guide published! If you're new to the area or simply need more information on great road biking routes in the Central VA (Charlottesville and beyond), swing by your local book store and pick up a copy!

Way to go Sue!

National Trails Day, Saturday, June 2, 2007 CAMBC will be supporting the Rivanna Trail Foundation on National Trails Day this year. We will be building brand new trails in the McIntire Park area with the rest of the community. Come out and support National Trails Day and represent CAMBC. Watch the announcement page for more details or visit Rivanna Trail Foundation's website.

CAMBC Meeting Tuesday, May 8, 2007 CAMBC will have a club meeting at 7:00pm at Anna's Pizza (corner of Jefferson Park Avenue & Maury Avenue) Come out for updates & upcoming events and afterwards dinner & socializing. Look on the Announcements page for more details. Hope to see you there!

Road Cycling in Central Virginia: A Guide by Sue George

CAMBC in the Crozet Gazette News! Click here to read.

1st 2007 CAMBC Meeting CAMBC will have its first club meeting of 2007 on February 20th at 6:30pm at Anna's Pizza (corner of Jefferson Park Avenue & Maury Avenue) Come out for updates & upcoming events and afterwards dinner & socializing. Look on the Announcements page for more details. Hope to see you there!

Various Social rides are ongoing for 2007, and as always, the Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Ride (WNR) continues year-round. All weekly rides are announced on our list-serve as they approach.

2006 News

Check out our calendar page for lots of events happening during the 2007 season. Calendar was last updated on June 22, 2007.

Join CAMBC now! We are always accepting membership applications and you can now join ONLINE! Click here for details.

CAMBC is a young club, started in the summer of 2003, dedicated to promoting mountain bike access in the Charlottesville Virginia area, maintaining trails, and providing a meeting point for local mountain bikers.

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