Category: Blog
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Next up – Maybury Time Trial
August 28th, 2016 Championship Point Series The 11th Annual Maybury State Park Time Trial is Race #9 of the 2016 MMBA CPS series, brought to you by Trail’s Edge and the MCMBA. See 2016 Champion Point Series page for more information. The Course The course this year includes some awesome raceday only singletrack. This will be…
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Tree Farm Relay!
Thanks to everyone who joined us for one of the best Tree Farm Relay races ever! We hope you had as much fun racing as we did hosting! Results are available at http://www.newtontiming.com/results2016.html
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July 2016 is Relay Month!
A resolution to declare July 2016 as Tree Farm Relay Month.Whereas, the Motor City Mountain Biking Association and Team Tree Farm hosts a benefit race in July; andWhereas, MCMBA mountain bike races are a vibrant affirmation and expression of Michigan?s finest traditions, operating as volunteer-based events and raising funding for developing and maintaining Michigan trails; andWhereas, mountain…
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Next up: Milford Trail Challenge!
Registration at http://mcmba.org/index.php/events/milford-trail-challenge-info
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Island Lake Spring Demo Day, May 7th
Started in 2006 by local industry veteran James Knight, the Island Lake Spring Bike Demo is now in its 11th year bringing the best bikes in the market to your trail. It’s a great chance to talk face to face with people who live the life: building, riding, and maintaining the bikes you want to…
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Spring membership drive
IMBA has a spring membership promotion running, with perks for joining/renewing members and potential $ for the chapter! We’re close – so close – to our growth target. Just a few more new members joining (or existing members renewing early!) in the next few days and the chapter will receive a nice $ bonus –…
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Sapling Loop
Congratulations to the City of Novi and our volunteers for winning the Michigan Recreation and Park Association’s Design Award – Outstanding Park for the Lakeshore Park toddler singletrack! Now formally named the Sapling Loop, this beginner trail will provide tomorrow’s mountain bikers a safe, fun place to develop balance and skills. This is your award, for a trail…
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Volunteer of the Year 2016
Congrats to our MCMBA volunteer of the year – Michael Faulk! For the past several years Michael has invested much of his life into building and polishing Lakeshore Park’s trail features, especially the signature Pump Track. If you’ve ridden Lakeshore you’ve probably seen him out there, shovel in hand, tweaking a lip or berm until…
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Chapter Meeting
Our next Chapter meeting is on March 10th at 7:00 PM at the Claddagh Irish Pub (17800 Haggerty Road, Livonia). We’ll be discussing upcoming trail days, improvements for each trail, and other MCMBA events for the year! See the meeting AGENDA for more details.
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Michigan Air Line Trail
Want to ride from Island Lake to Stony? The Commerce, Walled Lake and Wixom Trailway Management Council would like to invite you to participate in the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Grant and MDOT/SEMCOG Transportation Alternatives Grant Public Input Meeting. Please join them at the Commerce Township Offices to explore ways to improve the Michigan Air Line Trail. A…