‘Giant’ mountain bike demo tour Saturday at Forest Hill Park

From Richmond MORE:

The Ride Giant Demo Tour for mountain bikes comes to Forest Hill Park on April 9 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Richmond chapter of M.O.R.E. is helping out after trail building and is planning a cook out for members and guests. 

James River, biking, Cannon Creek still in mayor’s list of priorities

On Wednesday, Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones presented his capital-improvements program was presented to the City Planning Commission. Despite a tightened budget, some very interesting outdoors-related items remain on tap, as reported by Will Jones of the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

Richmond MORE volunteers are tough & dedicated to trails

I spent a little time this past weekend watching the James River Park staff and Richmond MORE volunteers work on a re-route of the Buttermilk Trail in an area below Riverside Drive at 42nd Street.

Trail reroute cutting erosion, lengthening popular Buttermilk

The Buttermilk Trail is being reworking in the Main Area of the James River Park below the 42nd Street intersection with Riverside Drive. The small parking area on the eastbound side of the Riverside has had a steep and slippery trail that runs straight down the hill to connect to the Buttermilk.

Take the BikeWalk Virginia ‘State of Bicycling’ survey

BikeWalk Virginia has a survey and is looking for your input on your biking habits:

BikeWalk Virginia is launching a new program to collect information about cycling all across the state of Virginia. We want to hear from cyclists of all types about their riding, experiences, concerns, and their ideas.

Our goal is to learn more about riders and the state of cycling around the Commonwealth. We want to hear your thoughts on safety factors that affect cycling, bike paths, bike lanes, motorist education, driver behavior toward cyclists, laws, and barriers to riding. We also want to learn more about what information would be helpful to riders and how cyclist are accessing that information.