Join NICA New York for Race #4 of the 2026 season at Thacher State Park! Riders from across the league will come together for a weekend of racing, teamwork, and community on the trails.
Interested in helping make the event possible? Sign up to volunteer.
Race flyer and additional event details will be available soon.
GRiT Ride @ 1:30pm at the GRiT Tent.
Contact your region’s coach support to schedule an OTB 101 clinic!
Speed Baranco has been a life-long biking fanatic since his young paperboy days. Speed has taught mountain biking, grades 7 – 12 at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School and currently coaches the SAS mountain bike team. Speed formed a New York high school mountain bike racing league in 2003 and ran it under NORBA sanctioning until the 2008 season. Speed has always been a self-employed entrepreneur and leader. Speed founded and ran a forestry consulting firm and later a real estate brokerage company in Sewanee. Currently, he runs Real Estate Marketing, LLC. He has served as Scoutmaster of his local Boy Scout troop for nine year and has lead youth in many high adventure outings. He attended the 2012 Colorado Leaders Summit and became Head Coach trained while experiencing the comprehensive NICA program at work. He shares the NICA vision and the benefits of the mountain bike racing program for our youth. Speed is excited to share his knowledge and experience with the team.
