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Michigan Mountain Biking Examiner: Eastgate Park Pump Track Grand Opening was a great success
MMBA Midstate: Eastgate Park Pump Track Grand Opening a Success!
The State News: Bicycle pump track unites community
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Michael Vandeman, 67, assaulted a mountain biker with a handsaw on a University of California-Berkeley fire road on April 18, 2010.
Vandeman is a radical environmentalist who believes that forests should be closed off to humans, especially mountain bikers. He cites studies that “prove” that mountain bikers damage the environment, and ignores studies that show [...]
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The City of Marquette is holding a public meeting tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. at Lakeview Arena to discuss the future of the Heartwood Forestland that contains the Marquette South Trails. The city is considering zoning parcels of land within the forest for development in an effort to increase Marquette’s tax base.
Read more at [...]
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I was quite proud of myself. Not only did I remember to pack my camera, but I remembered to charge the battery and actually place the charged battery back in the camera!
My mom, brother, and I headed to MSU Bikes in East Lansing to take part in yesterday’s Ride of Silence. It [...]
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The family and I drove out to Sleepy Hollow State Park in Laingsburg for a level of road riding that is just a notch above what I have near my Lower Michigan home. Well, I went there for the better road riding. They went there for low-traffic paved surfaces.
Dad had [...]
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I apologize for the really bad quality of these photos. I was using a borrowed camera that I do not feel is very good, and it was horrible in the type of lighting we had at the expo. At least we have the memory.
Six-time Leadville 100 winner Dave Wiens and me.
Dave Wiens talking [...]
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| Tags: Dave Wiens, Michigan Mountain Biking Association, MMBA Annual Meeting and Expo
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Word has it that the Senate Bills 388 & 389 have passed the House of Representatives and are now going to the governor to be signed. Governor Granholm has expressed her support of these bills, in the past. Check here to follow the progress of the bills.
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This is a long post. Please bear with me as it is packed full of interesting information as well as letters to our legislators.
The State Park, Boating Access Site and Forest Recreation Passport Fee tie-barred, Senate Bills 388 and 389 passed in the Michigan Senate and went back to the Michigan House of Representatives [...]
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The following is regarding a survey that takes a few minutes to fill out.
Dear EAC members:
Public involvement is a vital part of many programs administers by the Departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Environmental Quality (DEQ). A successful public involvement process ensures that those who are most likely affected by a decision [...]
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The MMBA recently asked all trail coordinators to remove teeter totters from the trails for insurance reasons. This is a nationwide issue. The MMBA Freeride Forum was full of users who were up in arms over this. After 13 pages of complaining and hating the MMBA, I wrote the following.
It is clear [...]
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| Tags: freeriders, insurance, MMBA, teeter totters, volunteers
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