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Saturday, June 2nd is National Trails Day, an event sponsored by the American Hiking Society, inspires the public and trail enthusiasts nationwide to seek out their favorite trails to discover, learn about, and celebrate trails while participating in educational exhibits, trail dedications, gear demonstrations, instructional workshops and trail work projects.

NTD also provides an opportunity to thank volunteers, land managing agencies, and outdoor-minded businesses for their support in developing and maintaining trails.

IMBA-CORP is all about trails, and we are hosting an event at Quarry Ridge. Work parties and riding is how our members will spend NTD.

Join in the fun, and participate the NTD IMBA-CORP event at Quarry Ridge.

Log in to the forums for complete details.

Just a reminder for everyone out there to take advantage of the trail conditions and worklog features on the site. Trail conditions allows anyone to report the state of a trail to help other rides know what trails are good to ride on a given day. The worklog is a place for you to enter any trail maintenance or club-related activities that you put time into. This allows us to recognize all the hard work that volunteers put in to the trail, and more tangibly, gives us great statistics that can be used in negotiating with land managers and in grant submissions. Whether it is 30 minutes spent trimming a trail or 4 hours at a work day, we simply ask that you log in and enter the date and number of hours worked.

As you may have noticed, we’ve installed a new discussion forum here on MadCityDirt.com. This new forum is intended to improve the experience for everyone and is also compatible with Tapatalk, the mobile forum application for iPhone/android. We will be putting up an archive of the old forum threads in the near future, but for now, just start using the new one and post up on the Website Feedback board with any issues or suggestions. If you are having login [...]

AGENDA for Monthly Meeting January CORP/IMBA Meeting: Board of Director nominations – We are in need of some new leaders as we expand our organization to welcome in the larger IMBA audience. We especially need board members with fundraising, sponsorship, and grant writing capabilities. Come to the meeting and join in the conversation or nominate yourself for the chance to run for becoming a Board of Director of the 1st official chapter of IMBA in Wisconsin. Battle of CamRock Volunteer [...]

The Midwest’s premier bike swap event is happening on Saturday at the Alliant Energy Center’s Exhibition Hall. This is one of the largest such swaps in the Midwest…you’ll find hundreds of exhibitors ranging from bike shops, to area cycling clubs (CORP), to average cyclists peddling their wares. CORP will be there spreading the word about what we’ve been up to and what we’re planning. Stop by and chat! Come out for the deals and to talk bikes with hundreds of [...]

Trails are closed unless frozen. Really the only winter riding rule. Unfortunately trails do not dry in the winter. With the warm dry weather now the trials still will not be rideable. We need to ride when the trails are frozen. This is easy to do if they are snow covered, because you know when leaving home they will be frozen. It’s a little tricky when they are bare like now. It is best to ride when below 30 degrees and [...]

Come one, Come all.  All mountain bikers are welcome.  Members and curiosity seekers alike.  December 9th at 7PM.  Details in the forums….

Get your mountain bike friends and come on out for a casual and fun recap of the year, plans for next, year, and hang out.  Here are the details you need: We will provide pizza.  You bring a six pack to share (You leave with a mixed set of leftovers!).  Or soda if you’d prefer! Meeting is also a food drive for River Food Pantry!   See prior post or their website for types of food, and bring something.  Our goal [...]