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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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Spring Bike Demo
Update: The Spring Bike Demo TBD for 2022 Demo Day 2020 is May 2nd at Spring Mill Pond Island Lake Recreation Area About this event Now in its 15th year, the Island Lake Spring Bike Demo brings the best bikes in the market to your trail. It’s a great chance to talk face…
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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…
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Congratulations to our 2015 FAFL winners!
Please join us in thanking our MCMBA FAFL winners for 2015! As we announced back in April, we’ve expanded our FAFL volunteer appreciation program to include all volunteer contributions to the chapter this year, not just trail work. To qualify, each of these volunteers reported at least 10 hours of boots on the ground trailwork…
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