Raise+Ride 2025
- August 2 -
We are gearing up for another successful Raise+Ride fundraising event on August 2, 2025 along Arlington’s beloved W&OD trail.
Registration online fundraising tools will open in mid-June!
Whether you’re planning to ride in-person or virtually with us on August 2, share your ride on social! Tag us @phoenix_bikes on Instagram or @Phoenix Bikes on Facebook and use #sizzlingsummercentury when you post.
Ride Day Info
Schedule
Riders will start at Phoenix Bikes, specifically the outdoor plaza at the Arlington Mill Community Center.
- 6:00 am: Registration Opens: Receive your ride day packets. Coffee & breakfast snacks will be provided.
- 6:30 am: Announcements & Group Photo: Please join in on the ride day festivities! It will be a great time to be together before the rubber meets the road.
- 7:00 am: Wheels Out! Groups of riders for their respective distances (9-. 30-, 65-, 85- & 100-) will roll out together. Ride Marshals for each distance group will be identified.
Route & Rest Stops – Tentative
- Bikenetic in Falls Church : 9-mile course
- The Bike Lane in Reston: 30-mile course
- Plum Grove Cyclery in Leesburg: 65-mile course
- Sweet Rose Bakeshop in Purcellville:
- 85-mile course
- 100-mile course: COURSE PART I, COURSE PART II (W&OD plus portions of the Arlington Loop (Custis, Mount Vernon & Four Mile Run))
There will be a Phoenix volunteer stationed at each rest stop. Please check-in at each rest stop in both directions. This will allow us to know the progress of each rider on the course. Please note that all rest stops will remain open until the final rider has passed through, but these are the general times when they will remain open: Purcellville 10 am – 1:45pm; Leesburg by 8:30 am – 1:45pm; Reston 7:45 am – 2:45pm ; Falls Church 7:15 am – 3:15 pm.
If you are arriving by car, you are welcome to park in the Arlington Mill Community Center public garage behind the building, accessible via 9th Street South/S. Arlington Mill Drive. Please note that parking in this garage is FREE for the first 4 hours ($3 for 4-5 hours, $6 for 5-6 hours, $2/hour thereafter). Be sure to remove any roof-mounted bicycles prior to entering the garage!
Click here for a Google Maps pin to the park garage entrance.
Ride Marshals will be on the trail with you for all ride distance options. Marshals will be able to support with basic mechanical failures.
If you need the help of the Support and Gear (SAG) vehicle, please call Stacey Stump (703-989-5383) who will dispatch the vehicle to you.
For a medical emergency, please call 911. Then, call Stacey to report the situation.
TBD