{"id":399643,"date":"2026-09-14T17:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399643\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T17:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:56:23","slug":"florida-state-mountain-bike-championship-series-kicks-off-in-tallahassee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399643\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida state mountain bike championship series kicks off in Tallahassee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -Several hundred people in the mountain biking community gathered in Tallahassee this weekend to kick off the 34th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/goneriding.com\/events-results\/fsc-series\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/goneriding.com\/events-results\/fsc-series\/\">Florida State Championship Series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The two-day event at Tom Brown Park, hosted by Gone Riding, featured cyclists ages 3 to 70, all racing cross-country through the woods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Race Director David Berger says they choose some of the best places across the state to host these races, and they start in Tallahassee because it\u2019s one of the best.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Berger says bikers will spend the next eight weeks traveling across Florida to compete in the series, with about 80 percent of the same people traveling each week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He says the biking community is something special, bringing people from all over the state together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this for 34 years, so we hope to keep going,\u201d Berger said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen three generations sometimes of racers who started out in the kids race, had children, and then sometimes their children have children, so it\u2019s really a family fun atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The next races will take bikers to Jacksonville, Deerfield, Ocala, Lakeland, Alachua, Alva, and Hialeah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/09\/14\/florida-state-mountain-bike-championship-series-kicks-off-tallahassee\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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