Bike The Gravel

Bike The Gravel

Photos © by Vicky Moon

The Land Trust of Virginia’s “Bike The Gravel Tour de Conservation Easement” annual fall ride attracted over 400 cyclists for the 2024 event that started and finished at The Virginia Tech Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center (MARE).  On a gorgeous morning, riders of all ages on all manner of two-wheeled bicycles, including a few with electric power to get up those hills, navigated mostly gravel roads along private farms and estate properties in the conservation easement area.

The rubber meets the road.

Ashton Cole is the executive director or the LTV.

Michaela Wiczaka, Samantha Dancy and Kasey Clark

Mark Thompson is a serial long-distance cyclist.

Elijah Shipp

A boy and his bike.

Preparing for the ride.

Hydration.

Peter Leonard-Morgan

Skip to the loo.