Local Rides
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Dug Hill to Cheat Lake to Tyrone to Summer School
28 miles, 2300' climbing
Cheat Lake add-on
Morgantown has a very active cycling community with multiple weekly groups rides for both mountain and road bicycles. The range of skill levels for these rides also very greatly.
There are scheduled weekly rides listed below, in addition Country Road Cyclists have scheduled rides that vary all over the north central region of the state, from beginner to advanced riding. MonBikeClub has scheduled rides, but also an active forum where you can find other riders for any day of the week riding of any skill level. (Info on Fairmont Flyers?)
Morgantown has many local areas to ride, great road riding heading into Pennsylvania and East into Preston County. Bakers Ridge is the local mountain bike arena and White Park offers more technical riding with less climbing. Further out of town Coopers Rock State Park offers more intense climbing and overall riding. Big Bear has nationally recognized trails that are very well kept for a small fee. Wisp can offer the down rider a chance to let gravity work for them without having to fight gravity on the way up.
For the BMX rider, white park will offer some, and there is Poor Farm BMX in Fairmont. Poor Farm has practice on Tues and race on Thurs. Bikes can be rented from Pricketts Fort State Park.
| Day | Type | Description |
| Tuesday | Road | Fast training ride ~2hrs. Starts at courthouse 5:30. MonBikeClub |
| Thursday | MTB | Fast ride at Bakers Ridges, sometimes White Park, rides year around. Starts at 6:15. Call Wamsleys to verify ride. |
| Sunday | Road | Moderate pace, 20-60miles. Meets at courthouse times vary. Contact MonBikeClub |
| Sunday | MTB | Easy to Moderate, 1-2hours. Meets 1PM at top of Bakers Ridge. Rides in winter months only. Contact MonBikeClub |
| Sunday | Hybrid | Easy ~7miles for MTB or hybrid. Meet at 10am at the first parking lot in Chestnut Ridge for to ride the roadside trail there. Very beginner oriented. Contact Barbara Walker 304-614-8050 |
Bicycle does get you there and more.... And there is always the thin edge of danger to keep you alert and comfortably apprehensive. Dogs become dogs again and snap at your raincoat, potholes become personal. And getting there is all the fun.
~Bill Emerson, On Bicycling, Saturday Evening Post, 29 July 1967
Related Pages
West Virginia University ACCC List Serv ACCC Results ACCC Registration NCCA Rulebook ACCC Rulebook USAC Rulebook MTB Rulebook Road/CX Rulebook