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Advocacy, atlanta, bell built grant, Brevard, Downhill, gorges jump line, gorges state park, imba, NC, News, pisgah - April 25, 2015

Bell Built Contestant: Gorges Jump Line, Brevard, NC

For those of you not familiar with Brevard, NC, it is next to Pisgah Forest National Forest, and Pisgah Forest is home to the Pisgah Stage Race, known as one of the world’s best mountain bike stage races. (Catch Part 1 of our recent Pisgah Stage Race coverage, here.) So yes, there’s a lot of mountain biking …

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Video: Bell Built Contestant: Urban Wilderness Gravity Trail, Knoxville, TN

The Urban Wilderness is… well… wilderness adjacent to “urbanness.” Knoxville, TN, to be exact. Aside from being a very cheesy opening statement, it is the proximity of the 1,000-acre Urban Wilderness just minutes from a town of over 180,000 people that makes this project so unique. Granted there are other projects showcasing trail systems in-town, …

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Video: Bell Built Contestant: Cedar Creek DH Trail, Ruidoso, NM

That’s right! New Mexico has two promising candidates for the 2015 Bell Built Grant, each very different and deserving in their own right. In south-central New Mexico, the Village of Ruidoso sits adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest in the shadows of the Sierra Blanca mountain range about 3 hours south of Albuquerque. Like many …

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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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epics, hall of fame, imba, Trails - August 23, 2014

More Info About the IMBA Epic Hall of Fame List

We received a number of comments on our article last week about dozens of IMBA Epic rides being retired to the Epic Hall of Fame list, and clearly many readers were confused about the process and what it means for the overall list. Earlier this week we spoke to IMBA’s Mark Eller about the changes, …

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