Last week the IMBA trail care crew came to Richmond. Lori and Jessie – aka Jlow spent 3 days in here talking about how single track mountain bike trails make better communities. They spent their time talking about the economic benefits, the health benefits and how much fun it is to ride trails. Humans love to go places, our freedom gene must be the driving force the get us to spend incredible amounts of time and money on bikes and building trails. The class on Saturday had 50 folks from all over Virginia and someone as far away as West Virginia. Two sessions on Friday talked about how trails build and strengthen communities. They also went over the basics of sustainable trail design.
Richmond has a growing mountain bike community and volunteer base that wants to see more trails. This IMBA visit was an answer to the need to understand how to build sustainable trails how to advocate for more trails to ride and how to maintain the current system. Anyone that is interested in helping to grow the available areas to ride and also with fundraising and managing these valuable resources please connect RVA MORE at info@rvamore.org.