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Advocacy, Beginners, imba, leave no trace, lnt, mud, rain, Trail, trails, wet trails - March 23, 2016

Riding After Rain: Advice for New Riders

This time of year, mud, snow, and ice cover trails across the continent, and sunshine is in short supply. Most mountain bikers acknowledge that riding soft trails can accelerate erosion and widen precious singletrack into jeep roads. But sometimes, it’s tough to know if trails are dry enough to ride. “It is something that takes some experience,” said …

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Mountain Biking Has an Identity Crisis… And it Affects Us All

Mountain biking is currently in the throes of an identity crisis. This isn’t exactly news, but has rather been an ongoing issue in our sport for many, many years. But I think that soon, very soon, this brewing issue is going to come to a head and will, unfortunately, boil over the top of the kettle. …

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Advocacy Alert: Development Threatens Pristine Region Surrounding Allegrippis Trails, PA

The area surrounding Raystown Lake in central Pennsylvania is special for many reasons, one of them being that it’s home to the Allegrippis Trails, which Singletracks rates as the 15th best trail system in the world. While Allegrippis woos riders with a fast, flowy, and fun stacked loop system that can be enjoyed by beginners …

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Someone Is Sabotaging MTB Trails in BC Again

Last year a woman in North Vancouver, BC was caught and eventually charged with intentionally sabotaging local mountain bike trails. Well, it seems someone is at it again in BC, this time in the Nanaimo area across the water from Vancouver. From globalnews.ca: Police say on Feb. 27, a local woman found wire strung at neck …

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Advocacy, imba, stc, wilderness - March 5, 2016

SDMBA, an IMBA Chapter, Publicly Opposes IMBA’s Wilderness Position

In a statement released yesterday, the San Diego Mountain Bike Association (SDMBA) publicly voiced their disapproval and opposition to IMBA’s stance on not fighting for mountain bike access in Wilderness areas. Despite being headquartered in the metropolis of San Diego, SDMBA argues that the Wilderness issue is critical for all mountain bikers living in California: With …

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