Gravel Camp 2022

886 Mapledale Road,Orange CT 06477

05 August, 2022

Description

Join us for a weekend of general stoke-and-skill-building centered around FTW-NB folks on bikes! We’ll have sessions on everything from climbing hills to the best trail meals for the end of your day. Learn how to pack your bike, fix a flat, fuel your body, and even bunny hop, just in time to prepare you to end the summer with dreamy gravel rides! This weekend, hosted by RAR NHV, brings a dream-team of experienced BIPOC FTW-NB Counselors to share their expertise and trail magic. Gravel Camp will be a choose-your-own-adventure camp, with clinics, workshops, panels, and rides scheduled over the weekend. We’ll learn, ride, eat, and sleep at the amazing Camp Cedarcrest, over the weekend of August 5th! ProgrammingOur team of BIPOC FTWN-B facilitators will nurture the skills needed for you to confidently take on a new type of bike-adventuring in the outdoors and to share that knowledge with your communities. Technical Sessions + Skill-Building Rides: These workshops will teach a variety of necessary skills for gravel and mountain biking including climbing hills, descending on tricky terrain, getting over obstacles, how to choose lines, and how to shift and brake safely on rough terrain. Workshops: These workshops will prepare you for successful rides by learning to fuel and hydrate effectively, plan and navigate routes, and prepare for everything with the right gear and clothing. We'll empower you by teaching common emergency repairs, and how to maintain you bike for many more rides to come! And above all, Community Building! Gravel Camp is a time for friendship! You can make new friends, meet ride partners and build deeper bonds in the FTWN-B BIPOC rider community. We'll facilitate fun through games, storytelling, and “speed dating” style events. CounselorsYour AMAZING Counselors for this year are: Devin Cowens - Is an avid bikepacker, gravel cyclist and deep advocate for bipoc cyclist and leader of RAR Atlanta Chapter. Lydia Moore -Is a bicycle mechanic and radical community organizer creating space for queer, trans, and gender non-conforming communities of color in Brooklyn NY. Disha Patel - Is an experienced backpacker, farmer and educator and member of Northeast farmers of color network and queer farmers network Izzy Johnson - Is a gravel and mountain bike racer, a cycling coach and bike mechanic and has co-led a cycling team for underrepresented youth in Hartford, CT Arya Namdol - Is a bikepacking expert, having bikepacked across the country and world. She is committed to diversifying the biking community through activism and community building and is one of the original founders of the Radical Adventure Riders Kai Addae - Is a bike mechanic and organizing superstar at the Bradley Street Bike Co-op and is the lead coordinator of the RAR New Haven Chapter We hope you can join us for this amazing weekend of learning, riding bikes, and making friends! FAQS:How can I support Gravel Camp in other ways?Donate to our fundraiser here, or reach out to [email protected] if you are interesting in other ways to contribute to or sponsor this event!