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Volunteer Mountain Bikers Rally to Support National Public Lands Day
For Immediate Release: Oct 7, 2003
Thirty-nine IMBA affiliated clubs in 24 states participated in the IMBA/BOB Trailers Trailwork Challenge on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 20. BOB Trailers encouraged IMBA club involvement by donating an IBEX suspension trailer.
National Public Lands Day is one of the nation's largest hands-on outdoor volunteer effort. This year's 10th edition supported 520 projects leading to an estimated $8 million in public land improvements.
The Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Association (SAMBA) was picked to receive the BOB Trailers award. SAMBA worked with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on newly created Swatara State Park near Lickdale, Pennsylvania. SAMBA is repairing eroded trails and building seven miles of new singletrack there.
"The response to our trailwork challenge was great," said BOB co-owner Damon Noller. "Thousands of mountain bikers participated in National Public Lands Day and improved trails coast-to-coast."
In addition to sponsoring this annual challenge, BOB offers IMBA clubs discounted trailers and accessories to aid their trailwork efforts.
Participating IMBA clubs included:
- Valley Mountain Bike Alliance - Palmer, Alaska
- Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay - Berkeley, California
- Mammoth Area Mountain Bike Organization - Mammoth Lakes, California
- San Diego Mountain Biking Association - San Diego, California
- Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers - Santa Barbara, California
- Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association - Montrose, Colorado
- Diamond Peaks Mountain Bike Patrol - Timnath, Colorado
- New England Mountain Bike Assoc., Connecticut - Granby, Connecticut
- Panama City Flyers Cycling Club - Panama City Beach, Florida
- Southwest Idaho Mountain Bike Association - Boise, Idaho
- Central Idaho Mountain Bike Association - McCall, Idaho
- Chicago Area Mountain Bikers - Stickney, Illinois
- Hoosier Mountain Bike Association - Indianapolis, Indiana
- Northern Indiana Mountain Bike Association - South Bend, Indiana
- North Iowa Mountain Biking Association - Mason City, Iowa
- New Orleans Metro Area Mountain Biking Organization - Metairie, Louisiana
- Mid-Atlantic Off Road Enthusiasts - Waldorf, Maryland
- New England Mountain Bike Assoc., Wachusett - Princeton, Massachusetts
- New England Mountain Bike Assoc., Greater Boston - Belmont, Massachusetts
- New England Mountain Bike Assoc., White Mountains - N. Conway, NH
- Atlantic County Trail Volunteers - Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
- Save Mercer and Ride the Trails - Princeton Junction, New Jersey
- Ramapo Valley Cycling Club - Haskell, New Jersey
- Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists - Glen Head, New York
- Blue Ridge Bike Club - Cedar Mountain, North Carolina
- Southern Appalachian Bicycling Association - Hayesville, North Carolina
- Brushy Mountain Cyclists Club - Wilkesboro, North Carolina
- Oklahoma Earthbike Fellowship - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Association - Cleona, Pennsylvania
- Chattanooga Bicycle Club - Cleveland, Tennessee
- Mid South Trails Association - Memphis, Tennessee
- Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association - Denton, Texas
- Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association - Sanger, Texas
- Camino Real Cycling Club - San Marcos, Texas
- Color Country Cycling Club - Cedar City, Utah
- Moab Trails Alliance - Moab, Utah
- Eastern Virginia Moutainbike Association - Lanexa, Virginia
- Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association - Cable, Wisconsin
- Laramie Bicycling Network and Medicine Bow Bike Patrol - Laramie, Wyoming
IMBA is a leading partner in National Public Lands Day. To learn more visit: http://www.npld.com
Contact: Jenn Dice, IMBA government affairs director
jenn@imba.com, 303-545-9011end
