This weekend Portland Metro Composite raced bikes in our second cross-country mountain bike event, put on by our new NICA, Oregon League as a team at Mt Hood Ski Bowl in Government Camp, OR. It was another stellar weekend of fun for a stellar group of middle school and high school Portlanders. It started Saturday,... Continue Reading →

Portland Metro Composite (PMC) is Portland, Oregon's first interscholastic mountain biking team now comprised of 10 "student-athletes" grades 6-12 coming from a variety of private, public schools from across the Portland metropolitan area. This past weekend the team competed in the new Oregon Interscholastic Cycling League's first ever NICA sanctioned RACE event in Newport, Oregon. The... Continue Reading →

Hey Team, You're all back in school or headed back next week! Hopefully you're excited...and good luck getting the school year rolling! Heads-Up! Our first RACE in Newport--on the Oregon Coast--is coming up on Sunday Sept 9th and last night at the parents and coaches (+ a few of your teammates) met and began making... Continue Reading →

Hey Team! Welcome to week # 7! For most PDX kids, this is your last week of summer. We hope you've all had plenty of fun being out in the world, playing hard, resting up and spending quality time with your families. And now, we hope you're ready to get back into the groove as... Continue Reading →

We're having FUN, and the season is barely underway! Some shots from last week's practices... Now, let's get in some more on-the-bike practice, but this week and the week after, we will only have Thursday practices--on Aug 9th & Aug 16th. They will both be held at Powell Butte Nature Park led by Coach Lisa,... Continue Reading →

Hey team, nice work last week! Let's have more fun on bikes this week, and mix things up a bit... We would like to practice at Gateway Green again on Wednesday, when we'll follow the same plan used last week. Read the details here...but we'll gather at the same spot by the Gateway Max Station... Continue Reading →

Hi all, It's week three and it's time for on-the-bike practices this Wednesday and Thursday evenings at Gateway Green! Still not collecting team dues yet (probably starting next week) but we MUST have signed NICA Participation Agreement & Liability Waivers on hand for every rider, coach and any parent who would like to ride along for... Continue Reading →

Thanks to the riders and parents who made it out for our first two information sessions last week! Our website has a new pages where the information from the first session can be reviewed... Bikes, Equipment & Apparel And below, are some links to some videos that we watched when we talked about the R.A.C.E.... Continue Reading →

Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6:15pm! We're kicking off our season NEXT WEEK with some "off-the-bike" team meetings at Irving Park... For our first 4 nights of instruction, we'll meet up for ~60 minute informational sessions at 6:15pm and start presenting no later than 6:30pm. Our riders and their parent/guardians are encouraged to attend...as well as... Continue Reading →