Triangle Off-Road Cyclists (TORC)

TORC volunteers build and maintain natural-surface trails across the Triangle—but much of that work still depends on volunteers bringing tools from their own personal collections. TORC currently owns no power tools, and our limited shared inventory has already forced us to turn away large community groups because we could not properly equip everyone. We are raising $20,000 to create a centrally managed inventory of professional-grade hand tools, power tools, safety equipment, and trail-work supplies—including Backslope, Trail Boss, and Husqvarna equipment. Your gift will help TORC: 🪏 Welcome more volunteers and larger community groups at trail workdays 🪏 Respond faster to storms, erosion, drainage problems, and overgrowth 🪏 Equip crews working across multiple Triangle trail systems 🪏 Depend less on a few volunteers’ personal equipment and availability 🪏 Prepare for significant new trail-building and stewardship responsibilities in 2027 A gift of any size helps put durable equipment into volunteers’ hands. Whether you ride, run, hike, or simply value access to the outdoors, your contribution turns community energy into better-maintained trails. Email Shaun King - director@torc-nc.org - with any questions you may have.

On July 7th, 2025 Tropical storm Chantal dumped so much rain on our area that overwhelmed much of the drainage infrastructure for the surrounding counties. The volume of water dumped on our area washed out culverts and bridges on a number of roads throughout the western edge of the triangle, it destroyed and moved bridges across well loved trail systems, and ultimately destroyed the main bridge connecting the trails at Brumley South between the trail access from the parking lot on Mt. Hope and the intermediate/advanced loops of Springhouse, Buckeye, and Quartz. https://triangleland.org/blog/trail-status-post-chantal TLC has been working with TORC and all stakeholders to restore that access for the property, but rebuilding a bridge of that size takes time, engineering, and resources. Projected cost for replacement will be in excess of $70,000 and could be as high as $100,000+ with a project timeline of 12 months if the funding is raised and all permitting goes smoothly. A project of this size is typically planned and engineered years out... we want to shorten that timeline as much as possible and this fundraiser helps with that goal! The goal of this fundraiser is to show your love and support to TLC with whatever you can afford to help with their effort to replace the bridge and restore trail access for everyone. Every dollar donated will go directly to TLC once the campaign is completed and I will provide whatever updates TLC can share about the progress of replacing the bridge. I am one of the trail coordinators for TORC that is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the singletrack at Brumley South, so I have a personal stake in this and want nothing more than to restore the trails to their full access as soon as possible!