Black Bear Bike Festival

Black Bear Bike Festival Welcome to the 2026 Black Bear Mountain Bike Festival!

In conjunction with the West Virginia Mountain Bike Association (WVMBA) and the City of Charleston, we hope to have a fun, safe and enjoyable event.

T-shirt deadline extended! You can still order a t-shirt until June 10th.
06/06/2026

T-shirt deadline extended! You can still order a t-shirt until June 10th.

06/06/2026
06/01/2026

Dalchord will be playing LIVE at Black Bear Bike Festival June 14th! Music starts at 1:00 p.m. Come out to Kanawha State Forest and enjoy the party!

Check out the menu! Triple B Eatery will be serving up some delicious post-race food on June 14th at Kanawha State Fore...
06/01/2026

Check out the menu! Triple B Eatery will be serving up some delicious post-race food on June 14th at Kanawha State Forest.

‼️Here's an updated menu for 2026‼️

Registration is live! Sign up now for the 40th year of the Black Bear race. In addition to the West Virginia Mountain ...
04/23/2026

Registration is live! Sign up now for the 40th year of the Black Bear race. In addition to the West Virginia Mountain Bike Association-WVMBA race series event there are non-competitive group rides and volunteer opportunities. You don't want to miss out!

Sign up NOW!

BikeReg - online cycling event registration

As we close out this year’s Black Bear Bike Festival, we want to give our sincere thanks to all of the volunteers who ma...
06/03/2025

As we close out this year’s Black Bear Bike Festival, we want to give our sincere thanks to all of the volunteers who made the event possible. After Friday’s storm made the course unrideable and in serious doubt of even happening, several members of the Kanawha community stepped in, fired up the saws, and made it happen!
Special thanks to:
The trimming crew led by Mike Mullins; the “we got a real problem” chainsaw crew including Mike Mullins, Pat Galloway, Dennis Stottlemyer, Jodie (and sons) and the folks who thought they were pre-riding but ended up marking trail hazards; the course marshal crew of Mike Mullins, Scott Duffer, David McCormick, Dennis Stottlemyer, Rob Nottingham, Joe Sizemore, and Ray Coombe; the paved ride leaders of Rob Ammirato, Chris Nagorka and Heidi Talmage; the trail ride leaders of Keith and Bill Carney; the kid’s zone cat herders of Jonathan and Sarah Phoenix and Jack Hoblitzell, the aid station gurus Mindy and Billy Cox, registration and help desk liaison Celia Morales and last on the course, but first in our hearts, the course sweep Sam Hughart! Thank you all so very, very much!

Shawn and Brooke

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7500 Kanawha State Forest Drive
Charleston, WV
25314

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