Strider Sports International is offering free shipping and donating 10% of each sale to the MMBA.

Just use the code Strider2-MMBA at checkout when making a purchase.

Visit stridersports.com for more information!

We already have many sponsors for the upcoming Poker Run, which will be held on May 22, 2010. Location is to be determined.

Click on the images to learn more about our sponsors. Links will open in a new window.

The Iceman Cometh     Kuhl Outdoor Clothing     Strider Sports

Oury Grips     Louis Garneau     Zoic Clothing
Fox Racing Shox               Planet Bike               GU Energy

Squirt Lube            Dirt Rag            Klean Kanteen
Riding During the Spring Thaw Damages Trails

Do not give yourself or other mountain bikers a bad name by riding on trails during the spring thaw. The recent warm weather may be melting the snow, but the sub-surface layers of soil are still partially frozen. Trails are critically sensitive to erosion damage at this time.

Currently, water from the melting snow is unable to sink into the soil, so trail surfaces are muddy. Tire ruts help channel this water and contribute to erosion and muddy spots that can become long-term trail damage.

Please ride on pavement or gravel roads for a few more weeks while the trails properly thaw and dry out. A good rule of thumb is that when the earthworms begin to emerge, the ground is suitably thawed for trail activities. Help us keep trails open to mountain biking by riding in an environmentally sound manner.

If you want to ride and are unsure of the trail conditions, call the park where you would like to ride or check the MMBA bulletin board.

Calling all members and trail coordinators: this is your web site. Use it!

If you’re a trail coordinator looking for volunteers, a membershop wanting to promote an event for MMBA members, or someone else with pertinent information, send a message to Di_bear in the forum, or leave a message on the “Contact Us” page.

Let’s get the word out!

We are looking for a new chapter logo and you happen to be the right person for the job!

Feel free to submit your designs in the “Mid-State Logo” thread of the forum, where other details about what we’re looking for can also be found. Chapter members will vote to determine what the new logo will be.

The MMBA is also looking for 20th anniversary designs as well as new t-shirt designs. Winners will receive prizes for the statewide contests. Check out MMBA.org for more information.

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