NICA GRiT NY

Girls Riding Together: New York Edition. We empower young women on and off the trails to increase female participation in mountain biking.

05/28/2026

🚴‍♀️🎉 Calling all student-athletes! 🎉🚴‍♂️
Join us after your pre-ride on Saturday, May 30th starting at 4:30 PM in the infield for the Game of Trails!

As part of our commitment to creating a positive, safe, and fun race weekend for everyone, student-athletes at Thacher Park will rotate through interactive games and activity stations focused on NICA New York’s core values, Student-Athlete Code of Conduct, and League Handbook.

Expect fun, team-based activities covering:
�✅ Safety & preparedness�✅ Respect for riders, volunteers, and trails�✅ Sportsmanship & positive conduct�✅ Inclusivity & community�✅ Race rules & expectations

We’ll also spotlight the NICA core values that make our community special:
�💙 Fun�💙 Inclusivity�💙 Equity�💙 Respect�💙 Community

These activities are designed to strengthen our team culture, reinforce positive race weekend expectations, and most importantly — have FUN together!
All student-athletes attending on Saturday are encouraged to participate. Thank you for helping us create a welcoming, respectful, and positive environment for riders, coaches, volunteers, and families.

We can’t wait for an awesome weekend together! 🚵

05/25/2026

⛰️🐐 The Mountain Goats are taking over GRiT this weekend! 🐐⛰️

Join us at Thacher State Park for NICA NY Race 4, where the Mountain Goats will be hosting the GRiT tent all weekend long 💥

Greatest. Of. All. Time.�Coincidence? We think not. 😎🐐

✨ SATURDAY SCHEDULE ✨�🕜 1:30 PM — GRiT Meet Up�Bike checks + pre-ride games
🕑 2:00 PM — GRiT Ride�Friends, family, and racers welcome! Collect rocks while rocking out to some fun music and all the good vibes 🚴‍♀️🎵
🕒 3:00 PM — Open Course Pre-Ride�Course open to all teams and riders
🕓 4:00 PM — Co-Ed Games, Bedazzling, Nail Painting, and Jersey Design�Bring your creativity and your sparkle ✨ to practice skills in tutus, patin motivational quotes to put on course

✨ SUNDAY FUN ✨�🕣 Starting at 8:30 AM�⚡ Sparkle watts & hair ribbons�🎨 Crafts all day

Whether you’re racing, cheering, volunteering, or just hanging out, come spend the weekend with the Mountain Goat crew and celebrate girls riding together! 💪🚴‍♀️

Tag your teammates and let us know if we’ll see you there 👇

05/19/2026

Girls belong in mountain biking. At practices, start lines, Give it a Go events, hanging around the pit zone, helping younger riders, cheering for teammates, and laughing around camp chairs after long days on the trails.

This year, our league saw a 71% increase in new girl riders, and nearly 40% of our 5th grade racers are girls. That’s incredible. Not because of the numbers themselves, but because of what they represent: girls finding confidence and community.

These girls are learning how to lead, how to encourage, how to push themselves, and how to make space for others to belong too. They’re showing up with strength AND joy by bringing sparkles to the trails, convincing teammates (and boys!) to wear tutus and glitter watts, creating games, cheering the loudest (and kindest), and proving that mountain biking can be competitive, supportive, fearless, and fun all at once.

They are changing the culture of mountain biking simply by showing up as their formidable selves. They are paving the way for the girls coming next. ✨

05/15/2026

Come join us tomorrow!

05/12/2026

🚵‍♀️💙 Things are finally heating up in New York, and GRiT Weekend is rolling into Oneonta for Race #3, where you'll have thrills on the hill! 🧡

Join New York GRiT at Oneonta High School for an awesome weekend of riding, community, and fun as we celebrate getting more girls on bikes! The GRiT Tent will be (wo)manned by CNY Sharks 🦈 ft. the Saratoga Shredders for pre-race sparkle ✨ application on Sunday.

🌟 SATURDAY — GRiT GIVE IT A GO
�🕧 12:30 PM�Curious about mountain biking? Know someone who wants to try it? The GRiT Give it aGo is the perfect chance for new riders to connect with teams across the league and experience the fun and encouragement of NICA! The Give it a Go is open to new and old riders and coaches and you can register here: https://tinyurl.com/grit-event using code nica_ny.

🕑 2:00 PM — GRiT Ride�Open to friends, families, racers, and Give it a Go participants.

🕒 3:00 PM — Open Course Pre-Ride�Preview the course before race day!

🕓 4:00 PM — Co-ed games, clips of encouragement & jersey design�Practice your bike skills while donning tutus, decorate encouragement clips, and help sketch ideas for the next GRiT jersey! 🎨✨

🏁 SUNDAY — RACE DAY FUN
�Starting at 8:30 AM at the GRiT Tent:
✨ Face sparkles with the Saratoga Shredders�🎨 Arts & crafts

Stop by the tent throughout the day for glitter watts™, encouragement, and community! 💫

Let’s make it a weekend full of teamwork, connection, and trail stoke! 🚵‍♀️🔥

05/08/2026

Curious about mountain biking or you want to work to get more girls on bikes? Come try it with us and Give It a Go!

GRiT Give It a Go is a welcoming, beginner-friendly event designed to introduce girls to mountain biking in a fun and supportive environment.

No experience needed. Just bring a bike (loaner bikes are available!), a helmet, and a willingness to try something new.

You’ll meet teams throughout our league, ride with supportive coaches and student-athletes, learn a few foundational skills, and experience what the NICA community is all about. If you are a female mountain biker interested in finding out more about how to get more girls on bikes, join us to learn what NICA is all about!

📅 Date: May 16, 2026
⏰ Time: 12:30PM - 2:30PM
📍 Location: Oneonta High School, 130 East Street, Oneonta, NY

Bring a friend and register here: https://tinyurl.com/grit-event
Registration code: nica_ny

05/06/2026

Berms, miles, cowbells, sparkles, and community 💜🚵‍♀️

This weekend at Timber Ridge at Lippman Park, 66 New York league girls showed up for more than just a race. They showed up for each other and the spirit of getting more girls on bikes.

From pre-race nerves to finish-line smiles, every lap was filled with encouragement, teamwork, and the kind of camaraderie that makes NICA and GRiT so special. Whether chasing podiums, cowbell jingles, or just finding the confidence to keep pushing forward, these riders reminded us that GRiT is about so much more than competition.

It’s about belonging, cheering, high-fives, shared snacks, face sparkles, tutus, and friendships.

So proud of every girl who lined up, had fun, and lifted each other up all weekend long, especially our THIRTEEN 5th grade girls who gave NICA and GRiT a chance for the first time. 💪💜

05/03/2026

This year, our NICA New York Race #2 weekend happened to fall on International Women's Mountain Bike Day. We could not have had a better day having fun and supporting girls and women on bikes

04/28/2026

Does Race 1 being cancelled still have you down? Turn that frown upside down and get ready for 🚴‍♀️ NEW YORK GRiT - Race 2 at Lippman Park! 🚴‍♀️

The GRiT Tent will be (wo)manned by the Grey Ghost Composite!

📍Saturday Schedule

🕜 1:30 PM - GRiT Meet-Up Pre-ride games & bike checks. Meet new friends and reconnect before heading on on the GRiT ride!
🕑 2:00 PM - GRiT Course Pre-Ride Friends & family welcome! Get a taste of what Jason has in store for Race 2!
🕒 3:00 PM - Open Course Pre-Ride Open to all teams & riders
🕓 4:00 PM until the parents call it - Co-Ed Games & Helmet Bling. Get your skills on & give your helmet some TLC with helmet bling!

📍 Sunday Schedule (starting 8:30 AM)

🐮 🔔Let's make Lippman Park the LOUDHOUSE! Boys and girls, stop by the GRiT tent to add some flair to cowbells!
🎨 Crafts with friends
👕 Help design the NY GRiT jersey

Come ride, connect, and celebrate the GRiT community. Let’s make up for Race 1 being cancelled by making Race 2 truly epic! 🙌

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Wawarsing, NY
12446

Website

https://www.nationalmtb.org/grit/, http://www.newyorkmtb.org/grit-nica-new-york/

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