The 2025 fall season starts in August!
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- Parents Orientation Meeting
Wednesday July 30 2025 from 5 - 5:30PM at Black Dog Bikes in Staunton - First Practice of the Season
Wednesday August 6 2025 from 5:30 - 7PM at Montgomery Hall Park in Staunton - First Race of the Season
Saturday September 20 2025 at Miller School of Albemarle
- Parents Orientation Meeting
Who we are
We're the SAW Composite Youth Mountain Biking Team and we had a fantastic season this spring with practices, races, group rides, potluck dinners and a post-season campout at the Stokesville Campground. We're taking a short break for the summer but we'll be back in the fall for another amazing season of mountain biking!
Whether you're a beginner or on your way to being an expert mountain biker, come ride with us!
- Elementary, middle or high school—boys and girls—all welcome!
- You'll learn key mountain biking skills!
- You'll ride your bike on trails and in the woods with other kids at practices and on fun adventure rides!
- You'll build up your mountain-biking strength, endurance and proficiency!
- You can compete in races—but only if you want to!
2025 is our eighth year!
SAW Composite has been getting local kids involved in mountain biking since 2017. Our team is open to boys and girls who are elementary, middle and high school students in Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro. Our focus is to provide kids with the option (and training) to race competitively, ride mountain bikes for fun and adventure, and engage in a healthy afterschool activity with their peers. Please note that competing in races is not required in order to join our team.
We are a member club of the Virginia High School Cycling League, itself a Project League of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA). Our coaches are unpaid volunteers who are NICA-licensed and NICA-trained. As NICA coaches we’re guided by values of fun, inclusivity, respect and community. We build strong minds, bodies, character and communities through cycling.
The SAW Composite jersey was a frequent site on the podium in the spring!
How to join
- There’s no membership fee to join SAW Composite. However, if you want to compete, fees are required to register for the VAHS and NICA races series.
- In addition, we ask that you join the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC), since SAW Composite operates under the umbrella of SVBC’s 501(c) non-profit status. To join SVBC:
- Go to https://svbcoalition.app.neoncrm.com/forms/join-the-coalition
- Select either Individual Membership ($35) or Family Membership ($50)
- To get in touch with our coaches, click the Join our Team button above, or contact us via email at coaching@sawcomposite.org. We'll answer all your questions!
When and Where
Practices: We hold evening practices twice a week on Wednesdays and Fridays from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at Montgomery Hall Park in Staunton. During practice you'll work on drills to improve your bike-handling skills, and you'll ride the trails in the park to put your skills to work and build up your strength and endurance. The 2025 spring season ended in May and the 2025 fall season starts in August.
Races: Races are held on Saturdays, with riders of different age groups and abilities racing at different times throughout the day. We participate in the spring VAHS racing season (four races) and the fall NICA racing season (four races).
During the 2025 spring season, SAW Composite fielded eleven amazing riders who pedaled their mountain bikes over roots and rocks, up and down challenging hills and around ridiculously sharp corners all the way to the finish line while their teammates cheered them on.
The first race of the NICA fall season is on September 20 2025. The season continues through the end of October.
The fall NICA races are open to middle and high school youths, while the spring VAHS races are also open to elementary school youths. The races are fun and exciting events with hundreds of riders from teams all over Virginia — and sometimes beyond! Come ride with us!
Download our Fall 2025 Flyer — print it out and pass it around!
Relaxing at the post-season potluck / ride / campout at Stokesville Campground - November 2024
