The 2026 fall season starts in August!
The spring season is over! SAW Composite competed in the final race of the 2026 spring season on May 18 at Miller School of Albemarle. Twelve members of the SAW Composite Racing Team — all the way from the Lower Elementary Girls race in the morning to the Varsity Boys race in the afternoon — pedaled at top speed from the starting line to the finish line. We capped off the season a few days later with a potluck dinner and fun ride in the woods at Staunton's Montgomery Hall Park.
Keep your eyes on this webpage for the start dates of the fall season. If you have a young mountain biker in the family who wants to race or just improve their skills, click the Join our Team button above (if your child was on the team during the spring season your team membership will carry through to the fall — no need to click the button).
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- Fall Season Parents' Orientation meeting
Date and location TBD - First Practice of the Fall Season
Date TBD (sometime in August...) at Montgomery Hall Park in Staunton, VA - First Race of the Fall Season
September 12 2026 at Miller School of Albemarle
- Fall Season Parents' Orientation meeting
Who we are
We're the SAW Composite Youth Mountain Biking Team and we had a fantastic 2026 spring season with practices, races, group rides and a post-season potluck dinner and fun ride. We're taking a break for a couple of months before our next amazing season of mountain biking in the fall of 2026!
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!
2026 is our ninth 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 team was back on the podium during the VAHS Spring 2026 season! Note: in the photo on the bottom right, our first-place rider is wearing the leader jersey over his SAW Composite jersey.
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 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.
Leaned over and rolling at top speed, just yards from the finish line at the Stokesville races
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 season (four races).
In the 2026 spring season, SAW Composite fielded a team of thirteen amazing young riders who pedaled their mountain bikes over roots and rocks, up and down challenging hills, splashing across water-filled creeks and leaning around ridiculously sharp corners before furiously barreling across the finish line to the enthusiastic cheers of their teammates.
The fall season starts in September. You can view the full schedule here: NICA 2026 Fall Racing Schedule.
The fall NICA races are open to fifth graders and middle and high school youths, while the spring VAHS races are also open to lower 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!
End of season potluck and National Forest trail ride
