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September 18th-21st, 2026
Southern Vermont
Join us for the third annual Radical Adventure Riders Northeast Autumn Retreat: a long weekend full of workshops, group rides, shared meals, bonfire stories, community building, bike skills, and joy! You will find us snuggling by the bonfire, foraging for wild edible plants, practicing our gravel riding skills, and creating life-long friendships.
Our unique annual event has an emphasis on gender and racial equity in cycling spaces. Come build your skills so you can go home and create radical change in your local community!
*Please recognize this retreat is intended only for FTWNB (femme, trans, women, and non-binary) folks. We appreciate you respecting this space for people who share these identities! If you don't identify as such but want to support our mission, you can donate to make tickets more affordable!
RAR NAR exists to fill your cup, escape the busy world, and relax. You're welcome to choose to go on group rides, attend workshops, or just lay alone in a hammock on the waterfront for 4 days straight. That last one actually sounds pretty ideal...
We want you to curate a RAR NAR experience that meets your own needs, and you know what those needs are best!
We created RAR NAR with the goal of building community around bike liberation and joy, and that is exactly what we are here for– laughter, friendships, and building a sense of camaraderie on bikes with other riders who are trans, nonbinary, and/or women. Join us September 18th-21st, 2026!
If you have a topic you would love to teach the community about, please apply to lead a 1.5 hour workshop during RAR NAR this year!! In the past years, people have asked for workshops on:
Bike handling skills
Bike maintenance
Body care
First aid
Mobility justice/disability in cycling
Community building/leadership skills
Political organizing/ creating a bike group in your region
Applications are due by April 30th at 11:59 EDT.
Volunteering throughout the weekend is a great way to contribute to putting on RAR NAR, and we offer 50% off ticket prices to folks who are helping at least 1-2 volunteer shifts per day.
Sign ups are first-come, first-serve so don't delay in filling out the form if you're interested!
We also invite paying participants to help out once or twice throughout the retreat if volunteering helps give them a sense of belonging in our community. The discount for volunteers if available for people who are committing to more than the one-off shifts.
Meet the RAR NAR Organizing Chapters
Meet the RAR NAR Organizing Chapters
RAR New Haven (CT)
RAR New Haven (CT)
RAR Champlain Valley (VT + NY)
RAR Champlain Valley (VT + NY)
RAR Philadelphia (PA)
RAR Philadelphia (PA)
Isn't collaboration beautiful? These three Northeast chapters of Radical Adventure Riders have been working together for the last two years to make this event a reality. RAR NAR is inspired by two summits that RAR put on in 2018 and 2019 as well as similar RAR chapter events like RAR Gravel Camp.
We are so proud and exciting to be coming together as these three RAR chapters to bring this beautiful event to you!
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