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Category - Mountain Bike
Carvins Cove Tour de Tech
Friday, August 4, 2023 2:00 PM by Wesley Best
At 12,000 acres, Carvins Cove offers a lot of trail and a lot of variety from the open and flat-ish
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The Three Peaks Road Ride: The Knob, the Nut and the Loaf
Thursday, June 29, 2023 1:00 PM by Wesley Best
The Three Peaks ride is a true Roanoke classic. It takes in three of the more prominent peaks around
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Bent Mountain Gravel: Sugar Run, Pine Forest and Twin Falls
Friday, June 23, 2023 4:00 PM by Wesley Best
Some of the best gravel around our area is found on the top of Bent Mountain on the Roanoke
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Riding the backcountry on North Mountain: The Dragons Back Lasso
Monday, June 19, 2023 8:00 AM by Wesley Best
One of our favorite things about Virginia's Blue Ridge is that we have so many choices for mountain
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Carvins Cove "Uppers"
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 11:00 AM by Wesley Best
For many years mountain biking at Carvins Cove wasn't strictly allowed. Everyone did it but it was
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Tour of the Carvins Cove lowers
Monday, May 1, 2023 9:00 AM by Wesley Best
Carvins Cove is the second largest municipal park in the country at a little over 12,000 acres. In
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