Huntington Express

10/02/2026

🏁Defend the Bend
Race Weekend Recap

🚵‍♂️4 of 5 of the WVICL 2026 season
🚂16 HXC student athletes
🏆3 podium finishes
🔝9 top 10
👏6th of 21 team finish!!
🎓3 HXC (42 WVICL) Senior recognitions
↩️Switchbacks, narrow bridge, & enough mud to keep it interesting
👌 Perfect Weather
🥘 Potluck Party
👏 Exciting sprint finishes 😉 “stealing souls”
💙 Lots of first: starts, bonus laps and moving up the rankings

We are so proud of every Huntington Express athlete! Mass starts, tight trails and intense fans get the adrenaline pumping. Way to cheer on one another, encourage, mentor, and have fun together.

💙And the encouragement in Beckett’s race recap this week hopefully motivated all who heard. Basically “gases people up”.

Awesome job team! Riders, coaches, parents, supporters- the Choo Choo Crew! Let’s keep the momentum rolling 🚂

🤩 Shred the Summits a week way

Huge thanks to West Virginia Interscholastic Cycling League for another great weekend of National Interscholastic Cycling Association racing.

09/29/2026

🤔 Worst case scenario, you donate money to a youth organization that promotes getting outside, on a bike, teaching student athletes skills for a lifetime sport they can do solo or with others. Fundraising to support building community and character.
Best case you win the raffle and get a new bike or any other amazing prize.

👀Want a shot at a $6,250 Trek Supercaliber?

Entries start at just $10, and 50% of every donation comes directly back to the team you choose.

👉HUNTINGTON COMPOSITE will be who you want to choose in the drop down menu. We like the other teams. We really do! Just not in this particular dropdown. 🚂💙

Enter here:

https://giving.westvirginiamtb.org/page/2026trekfundraiser

🎟️ Entries close October 6.
🚲 Winner drawn October 10.


West Virginia Interscholastic Cycling League
Huntington Express
Trek Bicycle

09/27/2026

It’s Race Day!

09/27/2026

And just when you thought you knew what was coming…

↩️ PLOT TWIST: another switchback. 😂

Some loved the course. Some riders have some feedback. But either way, it was a beautiful day in Ritchie County. And we finished the day with a great team dinner together and full bellies.

🚂Good day to be HXC💙🖤

09/26/2026

🏁Weekend Race Flyer
👉https://westvirginiamtb.org/races/2026/northbend/

🚂 SATURDAY’s Schedule

10:00 Coaches Meeting
10:30 Mixed-Team Adventure Ride
11:00 GRiT Ride
-meet at GRiT tent @ 10:30
12:00–1:00 Coaches-only pre-ride
12:30 GRiT Craft/Activity
1:00 MOBS Ride/Clinic — meet at GRiT tent

🚵 COURSE PRE-RIDE -
⚠️Have your race plate
🟢 1:15–1:40 Varsity + JV1 only
🟢 1:40–2:15 Varsity, JV1, JV2 + JV3
🟡 2:16–3:30 Yellow group
🔴 3:31–4:30 Red group

4:30 Registration and pre-ride close

🚂 💙5:30 Team Dinner

Race day would not be possible without the incredible work of our volunteers. It takes a “village” to put on quality youth mountain bike races. Many parents and cycling enthusiasts find that getting involved with our events is a fun and rewarding experience.

09/26/2026

9.25 It’s Dolly Day 💕🦋🚲

21 ladies hit the trails on two wheels Tuesday night for the Huntington Express GRiT ride. Some experienced, some brand new, all willing to ride, try something new, meet new people, and cheer each other on.

Thank you to every rider, coach, helper who made the GRiT takeover happen.

There is nothing like a mid ride trail party with snacks 😍 Ladies first, of course. 💓 💅

Here’s to the Dirt Dollies 🦋🤘

09/26/2026

🤩Let’s go!!

👏West Virginia Interscholastic Cycling League rock stars!!!

09/25/2026

🚂 Next stop: North Bend

Race #4 of the WVICL 26’ Season.

Rolling north to Defend the Bend 💪
Since Big Bear, it’s safe to say our North Bend training plan has been…questionable 😂.

We’ve been having entirely too much fun lately, 🤔 💭 🚲 🎉 🤳🧁🚲🥏 🎡🚲🎶 🦋 , and somehow, everybody keeps getting faster! Everyone of these athletes are getting downright hard to keep up with now.

👀 Anyone have an e-bike for sale?

They’re trained up and ready.
Now go have fun crew and RIDE!

🤘Choo Choo crew grab your cowbells, duck calls, train whistles, noise makers, and let’s cheer these kids on!

You hear that? Train’s coming.
Choo Choo, y’all 🚂 💨

09/20/2026

📣WHAT:
GRiT MTB ride (Girls Riding Together)

📍WHERE:
Barboursville Park meet at Shelter 5

⌚️WHEN:
Tuesday, September 22, 6-8 p.m.

🚴🏻‍♀️What to bring: Bike, helmet, water

Dolly Theme!

This is our Girls Riding together event allowing females to give mountain biking a go. Female coaches, GRiT athletes, moms, sisters, aunts, grandmas, and friends riding together.

Want to meet bike friends? Come ride! 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏽‍♀️🚴🏾‍♀️

Huntington Express is your local Cabell County team with student athletes in grades 6-12, competing at the state level in the West Virginia Interscholastic Cycling League.

👯‍♀️Let’s keep growing a strong female riding presence on our bike team and in our area.

If you know a 6th-12th grade female that may be interested, please share!!

Will you be there!?!