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2014 Milford Challenge
Join us at the 9th annual Milford Challenge, a family friendly celebration of the great singletrack trails surrounding scenic Milford. Bikers pick their own course: Highland, Milford, Island Lake, Kensington, Proud Lake, Hickory Glen – easily rideable from Milford with great paved bike paths and a minimum of road riding. You can tailor this anywhere…
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Milford Trail Challenge
12th Annual Milford Bike Festival Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 Join us in “Celebrating a Michigan Cycling Destination”. The event is a family friendly celebration of the great trails surrounding scenic Milford. Explore the connectivity of our trail network from Milford. Enjoy several singletrack trails and paved paths with minimal road riding. Not sure…
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New Hines Park project
Wayne County Parks and MCMBA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding allowing us to develop mountain bike trails in Hines Park. Hines Parkway is a contiguous park of varying widths along Hines Drive and the Middle Rouge River from Northville to Dearborn Heights. Along this parkway is a heavily used paved recreational pathway of approximately…
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Detroit Bike City Expo
A day to celebrate everything that is bicycles. Saturday March 29th come down to Cobo Center and be ready to have your eyes opened. Detroit Bike City is the largest consumer based bike expo around. Not only can you see whats coming out, but you can actually buy one off the floor. Old or new,…
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Chapter meeting
Please join us for our first MCMBA chapter meeting of 2014. We’ve got a lot to talk about – trail day planning, races and events, and some cool special initiatives. If you earned a FAFL award last year and were unable to pick it up at the Expo, this is your chance! Monday March 10th…
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MCMBA Volunteer of the Year – 2013
Please join us in congratulating Don Chisholm as the MCMBA Volunteer of the Year for 2013! A couple years ago, we had a leadership vacuum at Maybury State Park. We had many willing volunteers, but no one at the helm. Don volunteered to fill that role, working to coordinate work days, address issues on the…
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Sponsors
Please support our MCMBA sponsors These sponsors support us through donations, race support and swag, and lots of volunteer time from their racing teams. Send some business their way, and say “thanks!” next time you visit. Area Local Bike Stores We’re fortunate to have some other really great local bike stores in…
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2013 Volunteer Summary
On behalf of the thousands of area mountain bikers who enjoy our trails, I’d like to give a huge thanks! to our members who made it possible. In 2013, 120 volunteers recorded 2057 hours of volunteer time in our chapter, most of it doing boots on the ground trailwork. A special thanks goes to our…
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Michigan Bicycling Expo
The Michigan Mountain Biking Association is teaming up with The League of Michigan Bicyclists and the Michigan Trails & Greenways Association to present the first annual Michigan Bicycling Expo! When: January 26, 2014 Where: Michigan State University Pavilion 4301 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824 The Michigan Bicycling Expo is open to the general public.…
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MDOT Cycling Survey
The Michigan Department of Transportation is conducting a research project that will attempt to quantify the economic and community benefits of bicycling in Michigan. Part of this project is a detailed online survey on your cycling and spending habits and contributions to the Michigan economy. http://surveymonkey.com/s/MDOTsurvey So many of us spend thousands each year biking,…
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