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Maybury Trail Day
Please join us for a Spring Cleaning trail day at Maybury State Park this Saturday, April 27th starting at 9:00 am. We’ll be meeting at the Day Camp Shelter area (as we did last year), which is by marker 9 on this map. Please use the 8 mile parking lot and ride in along the…
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Lakeshore Trail Day
We are having a trail work day at the Farm this Saturday at 9:00 AM. This is mostly going to be a cleanup type of trail day where we do some trimming, rut repair, deberming and trash cleanup. We are also going to get rid of the old bridge coming back from Swamp Loop. Lunch…
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New bridge at Highland
The DNR and MCMBA joined forces this last weekend on a project to replace an old bridge on the Highland Recreation Area trail. Bridge work this time of year is a cold, wet, messy business… but the end reward is worth it! The new completed bridge is high and dry and looks great! Thanks team!
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It’s trail day season again!
It’s been a long, cold winter, and we can’t wait to get riding! In the daylight. Without studded tires. Without Moose Mitts and frozen toes. Once again this Spring, the MCMBA is hosting a series of trail days at our area trails. These trail days are a great time to clean up winter deadfall, work…
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Detroit Bike City
It was great to see everyone at http://www.detroitbikecity.org/ ! There was a lot to see at the show this year, and we signed up some new members! See you next year?
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Next chapter meeting
Please join us for our first MCMBA chapter meeting of 2013. We’ve got a lot to talk about – trail day planning, 2013 races and events, Detroit Bike City, and some cool special initiatives. Also, we’re pleased to host a special guest for this meeting: Andy Williamson, our IMBA Director for the Great Lakes region.…
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Donate a Plank!
Long ago in an age shrouded by the fog of time, someone had an inspirational vision to help fund the development of some new bridges at Lakeshore Park with a “Buy a plank” program. For a small donation, a bridge plank was inscribed with the donors name. Today, every rider at Lakeshore still rides over…
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Seize the Snow
Fat Bike, Mountain Bike, … Just go ride! Need help getting started? There’s a lot of great advice on clothing, tires, and other winter riding topics in the MMBA Tips and Techniques forum.
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See you at the Expo!
Sunday, Jan 27th Michigan State University Pavilion 4301 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824 This year’s Expo will feature: Indoor riding arena Championship Points Series (CPS) awards Raffle Swap meet MMBA Annual Meeting Concession stand serviced by MSU 8 a.m. Setup 8 a.m. Mountain Bike Patrol meeting 9 a.m. Expo opens for swap meet, vendors,…
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Michigan Comprehensive Trails Plan – Call to Action!
The DNR has announced that a draft of the new Michigan Comprehensive Trails Plan is available online for public review and comment. Read the draft at: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/draft_mi_trail_plan_12-2012_406477_7.pdf and submit comments using the survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7YM69D2 This plan is 140 pages in length, but the MTB trail-specific content begins at page 97 and ends at page…
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