Bike Farm Ride Retreats
The Bike Farm Ride Retreats are a new series of offerings from The Bike Farm. And of course, our first installment will be where it all began for us. The Pisgah Experience is part of a new immersive series focusing on connection and community building centered around the trails we know and love best, and most want to share with you! Different from our day to day offerings, these immersive experiences allow time to linger, to story tell, to laugh, and to truly get to know the trails we're riding and the guides you're riding them with. Even if you're a local to WNC or have ridden Pisgah a hundred times, this is a new way to experience the trails with guides who know these trails best. Knowing the trails is only the beginning. Your guides all live and breathe bikes while simultaneously defining themselves as something wholly different. Quite the cast of characters, belly laughs are guaranteed, maybe some tears, most assuredly some ear to ear smiles and in all likelihood some collective suffering.
This isn't what we do, it's who we are. And if you know anything about riding WNC you will have surely heard at least some of these names.
Who
Intermediate to advanced riders
Your Guides: Cypress Gorry, Wes Dickson, Megan Hopkins, and Cashion Smith will guide intermediate to advanced riders on a 3 day foray into the best of the Pisgah Ranger District.
What
An immersive experience in the premier riding season in WNC. The Spring greenup is the most vibrant time of the year in Pisgah. The quiet listener will hear ferns unfurling below the leaves as they compost into Carolina Gold. Neon green and pinks give any Fall Foliage a run for their money as the trees begin to bud. The canopy isn't fully in, so long range views are still afforded to us on days warm enough for post ride dips in the Davidson and nights cool enough to truly appreciate the glow of a campfire.
When
April 17-19, 2026
Where
The Bike Farm. The Pisgah Ranger district, Pisgah Forest, NC
Why
Perhaps you want to see new lines chosen by the people that ride these trails the most. Maybe you are looking to make new friends over a shared passion for two wheels and forest serenity. Long rides followed by river swims and delectable meals at your guide's favorite local establishments sound too good to pass up? Maybe belly laughs mixed in with burning legs and burning logs on a campfire is really calling to you. Whatever your reason, we're confident you'll be happy you joined us and will very likely want to join us for the next installment of this experience.
Big Pisgah rides, friends, river swims, amazing meals, belly laughs, burning legs and campfires
