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Catalyst Sports is excited to partner with MORE to include a 5 mile and a 20 mile adaptive ride in the MoCo Epic.
The Moco Epic is a 2-day festival celebrating mountain biking, trails, and the community that makes this region a great place to ride. The festival links natural surface trail systems together, creating a supported, "epic" off-road bike adventure for beginners through experts with routes ranging from 5 to 100 miles. MORE has been making adaptive friendly routes throughout their trail systems, opening opportunities for adaptive athletes to join the festivities.
About the Adaptive Rides:
5 Mile: This is a CASUAL paced ride through flowy trails winding through old fields, open woods, and scenic stream valleys. Your adventure starts out on the Hoyles Mill Trail and heads to the White Trail Loop in Schaffer Farm. This is a lollipop route, and the loop can be done more than once for a ride 4-8 miles long. This is an Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Ride with light technical challenges along the way. Expect to be out on the trail 1/1/2 - 2hours. Route
20 Mile: This is an ADVANCED RIDE with a little bit of everything - flow, rocks and technical, challenging climbs, woods, and secenic vistas of Little Seneca Lake. Your adventure will take you through Hoyles Mill Trail, up through Ten Mile Creek, and into Black Hill Regional Park, at which point there will be a pit stop/aid station. After a break, you will head back on the Diabase Trail. Expect to be out on the trail a minimum of 3-4 hours. Route
Both these rides are for experienced riders only. You must have participated our adaptive clinics and rides, or have ridden with another adaptive group, or have experience on your own adaptive mountain bike!
Requirements for participation in this event:
- You must have participated in one of our adaptive clinics and rides, or have ridden with another adaptive group, or have experience on your own adaptive mountain bike!
- Rider must be >= 16 years old
- Rider must be < 250 lbs.
- Contact http://marty@catalystsports.org for exceptions.
Schedule:
- 8:15 20 mile Rider Check In Opens
- 8:50 20 Mile Rider Set-Ups/Fitting on Bikes
- 9:30 20 Mile Riders Start
- 9:30 5 Mile Rider Check In Opens
- 9:50 5 Mile Rider Set-Ups/Fittings on Bikes
- 10:30 5 Miler Rider Starts
- 11:30-12:30 5 Mile Riders Cross Finish Line
- 12:30- 3:00 20 Mile Riders Cross Finish Line
- Post Ride Party Ends at 8pm
Things to Know:
- Post Ride Party: Both rides start and end at the South Germantown Bike Park where the party awaits. There will be music, food, and a beer garden.
- Both rides will have Support Riders accompanying them on the trails, to provide assistance and guidance, and to ensure safety throughout the ride.
- Hangry Station: There will be a tent with lots of snacks and drinks to tide you over until you can get a meal from one of the food trucks.
- Food: Every registered rider will get a meal ticket and 2 drink tickets to use at one of the food trucks at the Post Ride Party.
- T-Shirts: REGISTER BEFORE SEPT 20th to receive a special MoCo Epic T-shirt
- Accomodations: There are limited RV and tent camping spots from Saturday, October 11 to Monday, October 13. You can reserve a spot through BikeReg. MoCo Epic participants are also welcome to book campsites at Little Bennett Regional Park or nearby Button Farm, and join us for the community dinner on Saturday night. MORE is also partnering with Hampton Inn & Suites in Gaithersburg for a room block from Friday, October 10 to Sunday, October 12. Book through this site by September 16 to avail of the special MoCo Epic price.
 Friends are welcome to ride alongside, or just come to cheer you on and celebrate with you at the post ride party.
- They must have their own mountain bike, and they must have the skills to keep up on these trails.
- They should register separately as a particpant through BikeReg in the category of Adaptive 5 miler or Adaptive 20 miler Ride on the MORE MoCo Epic Registration Site https://www.bikereg.com/moco-epic-2025
- If you have friends who are coming, who are not registered to volunteer, food and drink tickets will be available to purchase, so they can join you at the Post Ride Party.
- Specific 20 Mile Ride Information:
- Aid Station/Pit Stop halfway through the 20 mile ride, stocked with a selection of sweet and savory snacks, water, electrolytes, first aid supplies, a course map, and an accessible portapotty.
- There is an option to cut the last 3 miles off the 20-mile ride.
- There is a strict cut off of 1:30 at the aid station. Riders who arrive at the aid station after 1:30 must ride a vehicle back to the South Germantown Bike Park.
- If a rider is struggling to keep up on the 20 mile ride, a vehicle will pick them up at the Aid Station after 1:30
Contact marty@catalystsports.org for questions
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