Moronacity Cycling Journal » Entries tagged with "IMBA"
2009 Midwest Mountain Bike Summit
I made the long journey down to Grand Rapids, last Thursday, to partake in the activities of the Midwest Mountain Bike Summit. After nine and a half hours on the road, I arrived at the Comfort Suites Inn where dinner was being served. We enjoyed a pig roast served by a local caterer. Thursday night was social hour(s) spent imbibing beer provided by Founders Brewing Company, in Grand Rapids, a sponsor of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Advocacy
Build Bicycle Facilities With Economic Recovery Funding
Per the March IMBA-SORBA eNews: Ask Your Governor To Build Bicycle Facilities With Economic Recovery Funding Congress has set aside funding for the transportation enhancement program, which funds bicycle and pedestrian projects. However, states have a time limit. If they don’t identify which projects they want to fund, and obligate the funding to those projects, they will have to give back the money. Call or write your Governor now to ensure that important bicycle and pedestrian projects get built. The League of American Bicyclists has an online form to make sure your voice is heard. Dirt Rag also has a very nice write-up: Help Bicycle Projects Get Economic Recovery Funding. Now for something really cool: the League of American Bicyclists has provided an online form that allows you to select and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Advocacy
Please Apply, Again!
Yesterday’s IMBA classroom work was quite interesting. Today, we applied what we learned. We built a trail on Michigan Nature Association property attaching to the Garden Brook multi-use trail. The results were interesting. The trail crew. I say interesting, because our IMBA trail crew was quite surprised. Let’s consider the facts: 50 people, quite possibly the largest trail school, ever, and the largest this year, showed up; We are the only trail crew they’ve seen … Read entire article »
Filed under: Advocacy
Gotta Get Drunk
It took a while to get out the door, but I finally managed to arrive in Copper Harbor in time for the group ride with our IMBA friends. I really wasn’t feeling it, though. I climbed Garden Brook with everyone, and split from the group to ride down the Red Trail. I . . . was . . . tired. I finally discovered why I’ve been feeling sluggish (girl stuff), and decided to just go with it. There is no shame in doing a short ride (short being 90 minutes) when in Copper Harbor. One thing is for sure, the climbing is there. We finished off the evening with a free spaghetti dinner provided by The Mariner North followed by a one-man band in the park on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bike Culture
IMBA Ride
Kelly and Collins Bishop are visiting the Keweenaw to conduct the IMBA Trail School in Copper Harbor, this weekend. Forty-five to fifty people will be attending this workshop. Kelly and Collins arrived last night and began their introductory tour of the Keweenaw trails this morning. They had a morning ride at Michigan Tech and an evening ride and potluck with the Keweenaw cyclists this evening at Churning Rapids. “These are great trails,” and “this has great flow” were often heard from Collins throughout the evening. They head up to the Swedetown trails in Calumet, tomorrow morning, for a nice, flowy ride followed by a spectacular lunch at the Michigan House. Tomorrow morning, I will finish my packing and grocery shopping, and head up to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mountain Biking
