All things IMBA Canada, ON
Trail build #2 for the season is happening this Saturday.
Originally we we’re going to do some improvements to the Pottery Road trail head trail on top of the ridge, but this has been changed. Instead we are going to do some work in and around the Loblaws trail head, hand finishing the work that Sustainable [...]
The big news from the summit, at least from a Canadian point of view, is the announcement of the MOU that IMBA Canada and Parks Canada have signed. The MOU was signed this past May, but the announcement was held until the Summit so that more mountain bike advocates could hear of it at one [...]
I’m off to the IMBA Summit 2008 for the rest of the week. Don’t know about the summit? I went to my first last year in Whistler. Here’s how it breaks down: eat breakfast, talk about bikes, bikes, trails, how to keep trails open, how to build trails, how to open more trails, more talk [...]
Last week, Chicopee Ski Resort in Kitchener had the opening of it’s brand new bike park. Our very own Mark Schmidt helped with the design and construction of the park. They couldn’t have been in better hands, after all Mark’s “other” job at Capilano College is teaching people how to build bike parks. Add on [...]
As you can see posted here, Kelso is seeking input from the trail user community about what improvements and changes they’d like to see. If you’ve ever ridden at Kelso, or plan to, now’s your chance to have your voice heard. What do you want to see? Personally I’d like to see more single track, [...]
Each year for the past nine years the University of Toronto Mountain Biking Team has lead a trash cleanup day in the Don Valley. This year the event was the biggest yet. Here’s a write up on what went down.
By Valerie Iancovich
As the day broke on Saturday morning, over 200 volunteers joined the Varsity Blues [...]
Many of you will no doubt know and have ridden with Jim Best. Jim is a long time rider, trail builder, bike builder, mechanic, etc. Lately he resigned his post as an IMBA rep and has kept a low profile. He’s done this because of a terrible medical problem. Jim has been diagnosed with multiple [...]
This just in from the Durham Mountain Bicycling Association:
June 7, 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM Biodiversity and Sustainable Trail Event
Since the DMBA started working with the TRCA on their Glen Major complex of properties, they’ve been impressed with what sustainable trail techniques can do, and also the turn out from the mountain biking community. For [...]