Racing clubs

Regional

Artemis
Artemis is dedicated to promoting and supporting women in bicycle racing on the road and on the velodrome (an enclosed banked track for bicycle racing). Artemis also embraces the development of Junior riders and men in the sport, and enjoys the diversity of its members. Artemis team members are located in the Baltimore-Washington-Virginia Metropolitan area, where they can be found training as a group and racing on regional roads year-round. Our riders are well known and well respected in the Mid-Atlantic region, a reputation of which we are proud.

Hub Racing
Hub Racing is a DC-based USA Cycling club dedicated to the fielding of an elite international women’s road racing team as well as promotion of cycling events in the National Capital Region. The long list of individual championships held by Hub Racing's elite women riders includes three National Champions from three different continents. Hub Racing also fields a messenger racing team that has won 14 Cycle Messenger World and Continental Championships. Hub Racing hosts Washington DC’s only bicycle race, the City Bikes Criterium, held in August annually.

National Capital Velo Club
The National Capital Velo Club, Inc., established in 1970, is an amateur bicycle racing club dedicated to the promotion of the sport of bicycle racing and the development and enhancement of amateur bicycle racers. NCVC is a non-profit organization governed by volunteer members and its success is totally dependent on the contribution of the entire membership.

Squadra Coppi
The Squadra Coppi team was founded in 1994 and originally known as Unione Sportiva Coppi. We changed our name to Squadra Coppi in ~1997. The club is named after Italian bike racer Fausto Coppi - "il campionissimo" - the champion of champions. Squadra Coppi is focused on racing, rather than touring.

District of columbia

DC Velo
Established in 1994, the District of Columbia Velo Club (DC Velo) is one of the Washington area’s most recognizable and respected racing teams. Our talented and accomplished members enjoy riding and training together as much as racing. Our weekend group rides and the pulse-pounding midweek hill ride are among most popular in the area.

City Bikes Mountain Bike Team
This year’s racers will be participating in a variety of events that are excellent opportunities for local (and national) companies to gain visibility into the Washington Area Cycling Community. Racers will compete in mid-Atlantic mountain bike races from Virginia to Pennsylvania and beyond. Of course there’s more to cycling than racing: the key element of Citybikes’ mountain bike team will be community service through participation in cycling advocacy organizations and events. The team’s goal is to promote the use of bicycles as viable means of alternative transportation. Cycling is not just a fun activity, but a solution to many of our city’s transportation problems.

Virginia

Arlington Master's Velo Club
AMVC was founded in 1989 by Geoff White and Norm Woodley and originally sponsored by the Spokes, Etc. bicycle shops. Past riders of note include former National masters champion John Epting, Olympic team member Bob Schneider, and former National pursuit record holder Ron Sutherland. Doug Foster, MD picked up sponsorship in 1997. Most of our current members began as, and continue to ride with Potomac Pedalers Touring Club.

Maryland

Bike Doctor Racing Team

Chesapeake Wheelmen
The Chesapeake Wheelmen is a racing club in the Baltimore area that sponsors the Annual EAT A PEACH ride in Carroll County to benefit the Brain Injury Association of MD and holds numerous weekly training rides year ‘round. They also have an annual Club Championship Series - TT, RR, and Criterium - in which riders of all abilities compete for the Lauf-Fuller and George Sandruck Memorial Trophies

Johns Hopkins University Cycling Club
JHU Cycling is a bicycling club open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the Johns Hopkins University interested in any aspect of cycling, whether it be racing, touring or recreational riding. Our members enjoy all forms of road and cross country cycling.

Pax Velo Racing Club
Patuxent Velo (aka Pax Velo) is a USCF and NORBA bicycle racing club located in Southern Maryland. We provide a network for training, racing, occasional bike cruises and related fun. Membership hovers around 50 souls from 10 to 66 years old, men, women and youngsters

Trails

The DC Area's extensive network of scenic bike paths are great for getting a workout or just getting to work. WABA is proud to have helped to make many of the paths in this ever-expanding network a reality. Highlights of this network include Virginia's Mount Vernon Trail, DC's Capital Crescent Trail, and Maryland's Anacostia Tributary Trail System.See a clickable map of the DC Area Trail Network >>

Student Cyclist Advocacy Network

Are you a student cyclist in DC? Do you have a student cyclist in DC? Join a great group of area students who are making bicycling better on their campuses and in their communities. go>>

Clubs and Riding Groups

Looking for more regular, smaller rides with other bike riders like yourself? The greater Washington DC area has plenty of great clubs that have rides scheduled in your area and at your ability level. go>>

Bike Shops

These shops are the backbone of the cycling community. As a WABA member, you receive discounts at most of the area's bike shops. Locally owned and locally operated, they are the best retail option for biking in the Washington Area-and, they support the bicycling community with donations and event sponsorship. go>>