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Tree Farm Relay Weekend
Well, it’s finally here. The Tree Farm Relay is this Saturday, and it promises to be the biggest and best relay ever! Over the years, this event has grown until it’s become the chapter’s largest fundraiser. They money is important – it’s over 1/2 of our budget for the year – but what always touches…
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Relay Month!!
Resolution No. 103. A resolution to declare July 2012 as Tree Farm Relay Month. Whereas, the Motor City Mountain Biking Association, Dark Horse Racing, and Team Tree Farm hosts a benefit race in July; and Whereas, MCMBA mountain bike races are a vibrant affirmation and expression of Michigan’s finest traditions, operating as volunteer-based events and…
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Ongoing Training…
Recently, we hosted a Stihl Chainsaw Safety and Maintenance course at Maybury State Park for our trail coordinators and interested volunteers. Our thanks to Fred Rinke at Bryan Equipment Sales and the staff at Maybury State Park for making this possible. In the coming months we hope to be able to resurrect the MMBA “Trail…
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Trail Trimming Time
It’s a common refrain this time of year… “Trail was awesome yesterday but lots of face slappers and blind inside corners at speed.” “The trail was great, but the over growth was getting out of hand.” “Just like every other trail out there – there are way to many face slappers.” Warm weather, sun, rain…
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Donate
Donate Money can’t buy you love, but it can sure help build great trails. Your dollars really help. Volunteers need to be fed and watered to grow strong, and they are much more effective when we provide them with the tools that they need. Bridges need to be built, kiosks raised, signs need to be…
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Let’s Ride!
This Spring has seen a lot of successful work on our trails. We’ve held 3 formal trail days and have already logged over 600 hours of trail work by 57 volunteers, and it’s only May! There’s more to do, and we’ll get back to that, but for now… It’s time to ride! If competition is…
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It’s trail day season!
Along with our fellow chapters, 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 on special projects, and generally get the trails ready for the peak riding season. Working on a trail you love to ride can be…
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Trail Work FAQ
Trail Work FAQ The trails we love don’t just happen. Most of our trails were created by mountain bikers and are maintained by mountain bikers – just like you. Working on a trail you love to ride can be very rewarding. Each time that you ride the trail you’ll look back at your work with…
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Welcome
We’d like to bid a warm welcome to our new friends! This website provides a framework for information about the chapter: our mission, our trails, our calendar and events, and so forth. But the real chapter isn’t on the internet – it’s people like you, enthusiastic mountain bikers. You’ll find the chapter out on the…
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Report your hours
This year, we’re joining our fellow chapters in collecting volunteer hours online. Choose the “Report Volunteer Hours” from the “Our Trails” menu, or go directly to the form: http://mcmba.org/index.php/get-involved/report-volunteer-hours Note that we’re not only collecting FAFL qualifying trail work hours, but we also would like to capture all volunteer activities in support of the chapter…
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