What are "Girls RoC" and Ladies RoC camps?
Ages: 8-13 recommended for girls camps and women 18 and older to Ladies camps.
New this year-Intro to Basic Biking as well as Intro to Mountain Biking, Trail Ready Mountain biking and Ladies. Interested in learning basic bike skills or ready to learn basic mountain biking skills or have basic trail skills and want more but you’re not sure where to start? Well then, this camp is definitely for you!
Dates
Girls RoC
Over the course of 4 nights girls will get an introduction to mountain biking taught by female coaches.
-Intro to Basic Biking will give girls confidence to ride basic paved and rail trails. Girls need to have graduated from training wheels, are able to pedal about 100 yards by themselves and be learning hand brakes. 2024 Dates are May 26th, 30th, June 4th, June 6th 5pm to 6pm.
-Intro to Mountain Biking group will learn proper trail riding skills, bike safety, and our
- Trail Ready group is used to riding basic off road trails with some obstacles and gentle elevations. This group will work on trail features.
Intro to Mtn Biking and Trail Ready 2024 dates are: May 28th , 30th, June 4th, June 6th. 6:00 p.m. until approx 8:00 p.m.
Ladies RoC
Adult women will have a compressed 3 hours learning basic mountain biking skills and review of clothing and equipment. 2024 date is Saturday, June 22nd at Hess Field 9-noon. Be a part of the Pig Iron weekend!
Swag
In addition to learning some new skills, you’ll also receive a some cool Girls ROC swag and snacks.
Gear
All camp-goers are required to bring a helmet, closed toes shoes, water, and athletic clothing (not cotton), and of course, your bike. If you don’t have a bike one may be provided to you through the Hammers MTB team.
GIRLS ROC Rough Itinerary:
Night 1-
Everyone’s bikes will be checked for safety, chains, gears, breaks, tire pressure, the works. Seat height will also be set up correctly. We’ll get to know everyone, chat about bike safety. Our Intro group will start learning about Bike-Body skills and the Trail group will explores and “session” some basic trail features.
Night 2, 3, 4-
Each night you will progress your skills by following a plan formulated by NICA and the Hammers.
Of course mountain biking can be dangerous, safety is super important. All NICA coaches have first aid training, not to mention a lot of our coaches are medical professionals.
Hardcore?
You won’t be pushed to do anything you don’t feel comfortable with and we’re sticking to the easy trails. Each night there will be water and a snack provided. The coaches will always have extra water and fist aid kits on hand when we go out the trails. The camp will be help rain or shine, so check the weather!
We hope to see you out there!
About our Directors
Girls ROC was developed in 2018 as a Girl Scout Gold Award project by Ally Scheunemann. She still coordinates from afar as Hammer Coaches have continued the camp. 2017 was Ally's first year for riding mountain bike in any serious way. She joined the Hammers Mountain bike team in June, and by the end of the season, through hard work and dedication: she was at the top of her league category.
About the Hammers -
Your hosts
The Hammers are the Danville Area School District's Mountain Bike team. We organized in 2017, and in 2021 the Hammers were the Pennsylvania league Division 1 and Division 2 State Champions! Learn more about the team HERE
Ways to Register
FaceBook page: girlsrocmtb
This page is open to the public and you do not have to be a Facebook user. Select the event (Ladies RoC, Girls Intro to Basic Biking or Intro to MTB/Trail Ready and “buy tickets”. Follow the link and register.
QR CODE-
Since registration is limited, and granted first come, first served: this is the best and quickest way to register. The code above will take you right to the registration form.
Download the form and put it in an envelope-see address below.
Three steps to get registered:
1.Click on the link of the camp you are interested in, down load the form
2. Fill out the form.
3. Mail your form to:
Danville Mountain Bike Team - Girls RoC camp
8027 Hillside Drive
Millville, PA 17846
Suggested $25 donation for Girls Roc and $20 for Ladies RoC payable by cash or check on first night. Checks made out to MARC.