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Advocacy, banned, bike protest, illegal, mountain bike ban, News, portland, River View Protest Ride, RVNA - March 17, 2015

Portlanders Protest New Mountain Bike Ban

Is it the mud? Is it the plant life? Is it to protect hikers? Maybe it’s that lawsuit? Ask any one of the 300 bike-wielding Portland protestors on Monday and they’ll tell you it isn’t for any of those reasons. They will, however, vehemently argue the city of Portland’s sudden ban on mountain biking in River …

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News: Rocky Mountain National Park To Allow Limited Mountain Biking

In a recent announcement that marks the successful culmination of lobbying by local mountain bike advocates as well as collaboration between Grand County, Colorado State, and National Park Service officials, a two-mile stretch of the East Shore Trail will soon be open to mountain bikes. The East Shore Trail is six miles, two miles of …

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Advocacy, no bikes, oregon, portland, Trails - March 10, 2015

Is Portland the New Marin?

Marin County, CA, is if not the very birthplace of mountain biking, at the very least one of the cradles which gave birth to our sport. When Joe Breeze threw a fat (by road bike standards) tire on a frame and he and his buds, including Gary Fisher, began riding Mt. Tamalpais on homemade modifications, …

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Advocacy Alert: Boulder-White Clouds National Monument vs. Wilderness

Idaho’s Boulder-White Clouds area north of Sun Valley remains one of America’s largest and most stunning unprotected natural areas. As such, this area was to many an obvious choice for Wilderness designation, but such a designation would prohibit cycling, which has traditionally been a large part of the area’s draw. In an open-minded show of …

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News: Bell Built Grant to Award $100,000 to Build an Expert Trail in 2015

The Bell Built Grant is back in 2015, with a twist. In past years Bell has helped fund three $33,000 trail projects constructed by IMBA’s Trail Solutions company. But this year, only one trail project will win, but they’ll get a whopping $100,000 grant! Also interesting to note is that this year the grant is …

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