Hello RSC Community! Hope everyone is beginning to thaw out a bit after a very snowy/icy and cold winter! The RSC Team is busy getting ready for the spring season, and we can’t wait get riding with you all soon. There’s still time for get involved with us for this season. Our last Discovery Ride for new riders is happening Saturday, February 21 at 11 am at Vic Thomas Park. Sign-up here. Or join us for our virtual info meeting this Monday, February 16 at 12 pm to learn all about how to get involved. For more info and the Zoom link, visit our Facebook event.
We’ve also spent some time this winter reflecting on 2025 and all the incredible things our riders, coaches, parents, and board have accomplished. We’re proud to share our 2025 Impact Report below. Big thanks to our Marketing and Communications Director Kristine McCormick for helping put this together!
The RSC Gravity Team has been hard at work this winter training for their upcoming season, which officially kicks off in March. We have two different gravity teams - the development team and the race team - that compete at six different races this spring/summer across the southeast through Downhill Southeast. Check out the Gravity race schedule here. To learn more about Gravity Team, check out their newly updated page on our website. Also wanted to give a quick shout out to our 2025 RSC Gravity riders Downhill SE US Overall Podium Finishers. Outstanding work!
2nd - Rachel (Cat 1, U18)
3rd - Charlie (Cat 1, 0-16)
3rd - Sorin (Cat 1, 19-29)
5th - Henry (Cat 1, 0-16)
5th - Jackson F. (Cat 1, 17-18)
5th - Juli (Pro)
RSC is excited to kick off our 2026 spring volunteer opportunities Sunday,
February 22 with 2 different opportunities. Choose to do a little bike
maintenance to help get our loaner bikes ready for the season. Or join Roanoke
Mountain Bike Alliance for a trail work day. For more information about all our
spring volunteer opportunities and to get signed-up, check out the flyer and link.
Kicking off the Roanoke by Bike Film Series is a double feature hosted by Roanoke Star Cycling.
The first film we will share to kick off the evening will be Monte: Can't Stop, Won't Stop (2023). Monte is a 19-minute Patagonia film following Demonte "Monte" Cosby, who escaped a difficult life in Richmond, Virginia's public housing to become a competitive cyclist. Directed by Dave Mayers, it highlights how mountain biking transformed his life, leading him to a college scholarship and a passion for introducing the outdoors to marginalized communities.
The feature film is Anytime (2024), a co-production from Redbull & Anthill Films; presented by Shimano with support from Maxxis, Arosa Lenzerheide's Bike Kingdom and EVOC. Anytime follows the collective ambitions of fifteen of the world’s best male and female freeride mountain bikers across forests, deserts, cities and high-alpine peaks, as they attempt to define the frontiers of their sport. Runtime: 1:02. Anytime has been rated PG in British Columbia due to some coarse language.
The Roanoke by Bike Film Series is presented by New Belgium Brewing and will have 3 other movie nights. Each event will be hosted by a different local non-profit dedicated to making cycling more accessible for all.
Proceeds from the March 3rd event will benefit Roanoke Star Cycling, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the growth and support of youth mountain biking in the Roanoke Valley.
Special thanks to New Belgium Brewing and Cardinal Bicycle for supporting this event!
Kids 12 and under get in free and must be accompanied by a parent.
Tuesday, March 3, 6 pm: Roanoke By Bike Film Series Film #1: Anytime (see below)
Thursday, March, 7 pm: Roanoke Mountain Bike Alliance Winter Social at Starr Hill
Saturday-Sunday March 7-8, March Mudmess - Weekend MTB Stage Race
Saturday, April 4: The Appalachian Journey
Wednesday, April 29: Short Track Preview On The Rocks II