SORBA

This year's ride will begin at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion @ 3:00pm. You'll then ride to the New Lock and Dam, with plenty of rest stops along the way. Once at the New Lock and Dam, there will be a delicious meal for all riders and a raffle with over $1,000 in great prizes. Then it's back up to the Savannah Rapids Pavilion as you watch the sun begin to set (it was absolutely beautiful last year). And yes, the oh-so popular Sno-Cone stop will be on the way back! All riders receive a commemorative T-Shirt. Ride 18.5 or 37 miles.
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100% of any donations or bike raffle tickets sold beyond 3/11/08 will be used only for the purposes of buying trail maintenance tools and equipment.

Per the rules, regulations and commitments of the grant, all of the $10,000 of donated money will be used for signs & decals for 34 miles of trails, signage for parking lot, lumber for bridges, parking lot parking blocks and rock for the parking lot.

SORBA would like to thank the following donors for supporting Phase 3 of FATS:

SUPER EPIC RIDE DONOR ($1,000-$2,000)	BUNNY HOP DONOR ($50-$99)
Chain Reaction Cycling & Fitness	Aiken Bicycle Club
Clif Bar / IMBA	Soncerae Dierkes
50 Mile Ride	Paul Farrow
	Thomas Garrett
EPIC RIDE DONOR ($500-$999)	M. Hawkins
Michael Caudell	John Head
Marco White	Chris & Lisa Krupp
Cyclesport of Aiken	Banks Mumford
Sig Cox Heating & Air	John Pilcher
Center for Primary Care	Scott Rousseau
	Jeff Ronan
HAMMER HEAD DONOR ($250-$499)	Richard Schultz
Andy Jordan's Bicycle Warehouse	Sid Slown
Angela and Daniel Allen	Ronald Wilson

WHEELIE DONOR ($100-$249)	TRACK STAND DONOR ($35-$49)
Allegra Print & Imaging	Michael Drawdy
Keith Bashant	Matthew Westlake
Scott Britt
Jimmy Culpepper	LIMBO DONOR ($0-$34)
Lowell Dorn	Richard Borst
Frank Eichstaedt	Jimmy Bronstein
Robert Fields	Ronald Englert
Ron Grooms	Chris Clement
Joe Huff	Becky and Nevin Lambert
Susan Messick	Eric Powell
Dale Parrott	Mark Prince
Bobby & Anna Sherrill	Ted Olewinski
Jon Taylor	Justin Owings
	Andy Woods
	Kim Perry Smock
	Patrick Yonce
	Mark Yarbrad

FATS is growing!!!!!!!

Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association - Central Savannah River Area (SORBA-CSRA), the United States Forest Service (USFS), South Carolina Parks Recreation and Tourism (SCPRT) and Long Cane Trails, LLC will once again be partners at the Forks Area Trail System (FATS). Long Cane Trails submitted a Recreational Trail Program Grant Application with support from the USFS and SORBA-CSRA. SCPRT recently informed Long Cane that its application was chosen for funding at the $100,000 level to be matched with $25,000 from outside sources.

SORBA-CSRA will provide 500 volunteer hours and $10,000. The USFS will provide $10,000 to make up the total match of $25,000.

Two additional loops near Philpot Rd will be constructed. These loops are 8-9 miles in length. A 1 mile connector trail will connect these loops to the existing Deep Step Loop. Also, this project will expand the existing parking lot and pay for signage for all 35 miles of trail at FATS.

The construction crew will be led by Todd Branham. We hope to begin in September and the project should take about 4 months. This is the last piece of the FATS puzzle. A mission that began over 10 years ago, and seemed to most to be a waste of time has proven to be anything but. Laid out in 2003 by Rich Edwards, Bill Victor, Mike Riter and Glen Kansanback of the USFS, FATS embodies what can be accomplished following the IMBA/SORBA model of forming partnerships, doing what you say you are going to do and never giving up. When this phase is complete, FATS will be 35 miles of newly constructed singletrack at a cost of $305,000 and 2,500 volunteer hours.

Recreational Trail Program Grants pay a maximum of 80% of the total project costs, with the remaining 20% coming from sponsors. This project has a total budget of $125,000, with $100,000 coming from the RTP Grant and $25,000 needed for the 20% match. The SORBA-CSRA Chapter will raise $10,000 to purchase materials budgeted in the grant. We’d like to thank Cyclesport of Aiken and Sig-Cox Heating and Air of Augusta for starting us off with $500 donations each. Individual donations have totaled about $1,500 so far with the campaign just now getting under way. Donations to SORBA-CSRA are tax deductable as SORBA-CSRA is a 501c3 organization. Donations can be sent to SORBA-CSRA, c/o Barbara Drawdy, 1825 Birch Dr North Augusta , SC 29860 .

Click HERE for the Baker's Dozen 2008 results.

Click HERE for the Baker's Dozen 2007 results.

Click HERE for the Baker's Dozen 2006 results.

The signage for the existing trails has been installed (except for Deep Step Loop). About 1 mile has been cut with chainsaws. The locations for the carsonite post are being determined.

Up Coming Events

Trail News

Work Party - TBA

Chapter Meeting - Second Tuesday of every month at Nacho Mama's @ 7:30pm

Explore the Trails - November 3rd @ Bartram Trail (Petersburg Trail Head @ 1:00pm)

Please do not ride a trail until it is dry. A trail is dry when you DO NOT see your tire imprint on the ground (considering we have very little sand).

Contact Paul Farrow or any officer if you & a buddy want to get the DR and cut the grass/weeds on one of the trails.

Wherever you begin your tour through our site, we at SORBA-CSRA hope you find this site beneficial… and remember, volunteers are SORBAs` lifeblood.