NOMBS 2026 Finale at The Thorn!

Welcome back to Vultures Knob for the NOMBS 2026 Series Finale!

Camping available at VK starting Friday night, course open for practice early Saturday.

Event Information

THIS EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE!

Day Of Registration:

While we strongly encourage you to preregister (and greatly appreciate you doing so as it helps the event go more smoothly), there will be "day of" registration. It will be an extra $10 after 6pm Saturday evening, and will close 60 minutes before the start of your event.

Race Day Schedule

• 9am: Registration/packet pickup opens
• 9:30am: Cat 3 Jr Novice U19-U13 & Kids race day of registration closes
• 10am: Cat 3 Jr Novice U19-U13 & Kids race start
• 11:30 am: Day of registration & number pickup closes.
• 11:40 am: Jr Novice podiums and riders Meeting
• 12pm: Cat 1 categories start
• 12:40pm: All remaining Cat 2 and Cat 3 categories start. THIS TIME IS APPROXIMATE!
• 2:30-3pm: All podiums.
• Note: Adaptive racers, we may alter where in the schedule you start as we work with you and learn what works best.

Start Time Notes

In an effort to offer a safer and more fun race environment for all participants we are now starting Cat 2 and Cat 3 racers after Cat 1 and E Bikes have completed one lap. This greatly reduces conflict between very fast Cat 1 and E Bike racers passing novice racers by nearly eliminating lap traffic. The posted start time of 12:40pm for Cat 2 & 3 is approximate. We will begin releasing the remaining Cat 2 & 3 waves after Cat 1 racers go through scoring. Know your wave number!

10am Cat3 Jr. Novice Races

You may have noticed that we are doing Cat 3 Jr novice races early in the day and be asking "hey, what's up with that?" We want to give Jr's, and particularly novice Jr's the best race day experience we can. Separating the Jr. novice races to an earlier start allows us to:

• Reduce congested courses: Fewer racers on course for the race.
• Encourage family support: For families where the one or both parents also race, it gives the parents a chance to spectate and cheer their kids.
• Enhance experience: Novice Jr's get their own start, with more people cheering and spectating. Bring the cowbells!

USA Cycling Licenses, and NOMBS Series Championship rules & eligibility

NOMBS is proud to be bringing a USAC sanctioned series to Ohio and be hosting the official USA Cycling Ohio MTB Championship. Partnering with USA Cycling helps us offer you a great series with structure, consistent categories & scoring, good insurance for landowners, and allows an opportunity for riders with goals outside Ohio to earn USAC points.

USA Cycling Race Age

Your “race age” is the age you will be on December 31st. This rule exists so that a person does not have to change the age group they are entering partway through a race season.

NOMBS Series Championship Eligibility rules

1. A rider must have a current USA Cycling License (need not reside in Ohio).
2. Must race in the season finale race.
3. Scored on best 5 races.
4. In the event of a points tie, the season final race is the tie breaker.

Complete series rules can be found here.

Event URL

For more information about the race, please visit NOMBS 2026 Finale at The Thorn.