The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) is a non-profit educational association whose stated mission is to create and preserve trails for mountain bikers worldwide.
The IMBA promotes mountain biking, trail building, and trail maintenance. The IMBA has developed a set of principles known as the "Rules of the Trail", which promote responsibility on shared-use and single track trails.[1]
The IMBA was formed in 1988. The founding clubs were the Concerned Off Road Bicyclists Association, Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay, Bicycle Trails Council of Marin, Sacramento Rough Riders and Responsible Organized Mountain Pedalers. Gibson Anderson, of Sacramento, was elected IMBA's first executive director.
In 1993, IMBA hired Tim Blumenthal, a former IMBA board member and cycling journalist, as its executive director. When Blumenthal began, the organization had roughly 1,200 individual members and about 60 affiliated clubs. The headquarters moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 1994.[citation needed]
In the late 1990s, an international summit was held in Switzerland in 1997. It has an educational outreach programs, such as the Trail Care Crews, which was sponsored by Subaru Corporation. At the end of 1999, IMBA had more than 28,000 individual members, 14 staffers and a budget of $1.2 million.
In 2006, IMBA's membership grew to 32,000 members, with more than 600 affiliated clubs and patrols and a staff of 26.
IMBA has created a "Ride Center" designation whereby IMBA recognizes and rates sites that feature "extensive trail networks".[3] IMBA staff selects candidates for "IMBA Ride Center" recognition on an invitation-only basis.[4] As of December 2013, the following is a list of IMBA Ride Centers:[5]
On July 9, 2013, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced that a Richmond Region Ride Center would open in 2014 in the Richmond, Virginia metro region, as the first legacy project of the Richmond 2015 bike race.
Outside Magazine August 1999 Hey You!, Get Off of My Trail!
Summit Daily News: IMBA to visit Breckenridge
Rocky Mountain News: Mountain bikes might be possible in national parks
January 01, 1970
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The International Mountain Bicycling Association IMBA is a non profit educational association whose stated mission is to create and preserve trails for mountain bikers worldwide IMBA logo This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view August 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message The IMBA promotes mountain biking trail building and trail maintenance The IMBA has developed a set of principles known as the Rules of the Trail which promote responsibility on shared use and single track trails 1 Contents 1 History 2 Affiliated organizations 3 Ride Center 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe IMBA was formed in 1988 The founding clubs were the Concerned Off Road Bicyclists Association Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay Bicycle Trails Council of Marin Sacramento Rough Riders and Responsible Organized Mountain Pedalers Gibson Anderson of Sacramento was elected IMBA s first executive director In 1993 IMBA hired Tim Blumenthal a former IMBA board member and cycling journalist as its executive director When Blumenthal began the organization had roughly 1 200 individual members and about 60 affiliated clubs The headquarters moved to Boulder Colorado in 1994 citation needed In the late 1990s an international summit was held in Switzerland in 1997 It has an educational outreach programs such as the Trail Care Crews which was sponsored by Subaru Corporation At the end of 1999 IMBA had more than 28 000 individual members 14 staffers and a budget of 1 2 million In 2006 IMBA s membership grew to 32 000 members with more than 600 affiliated clubs and patrols and a staff of 26 Affiliated organizations editCincinnati Off Road Alliance 2 Jersey Off Road Bicycle Association Minnesota Off Road Cyclists Northwest Trail Alliance formerly Portland United Mountain Pedalers Southern Off Road Bicycle Association SouthWest Association of Mountain Bike Pedalers SWAMP Valley Mountain BikersRide Center editIMBA has created a Ride Center designation whereby IMBA recognizes and rates sites that feature extensive trail networks 3 IMBA staff selects candidates for IMBA Ride Center recognition on an invitation only basis 4 As of December 2013 the following is a list of IMBA Ride Centers 5 Park City Utah Gold level Bike Taupo Taupō New Zealand Silver level Oakridge Area Oregon Silver level Sun Valley Idaho Silver level Copper Harbor Michigan Silver level Central Savannah River Area Forks Area Trail System FATS 6 Bronze level Hot Springs Arkansas Bronze level Cuyuna Lakes Minnesota Bronze level Harrisonburg Virginia Bronze level Helena Montana Bronze level Mt Buller Victoria Australia Bronze level Santos Florida Bronze level Singltrek pod Smrkem Czech Republic Poland Bronze level Snowshoe Highlands West Virginia Bronze Level Redlands California Bronze level On July 9 2013 Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced that a Richmond Region Ride Center would open in 2014 in the Richmond Virginia metro region as the first legacy project of the Richmond 2015 bike race World summitEach year IMBA has a bike race in places worldwide Some locations have included Steamboat Springs 2014 7 and Bentonville Arkansas 2016 8 See also editMountain Biking Single track mountain biking References edit https www imba com rules trail Archived 2014 02 18 at the Wayback Machine IMBA Rules of the Trail Cincinnati Off Road Alliance http coramtb org Retrieved 30 April 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Pocahontas State Park to Develop Regional Biking Center Richmond com Outdoors Richmond com 2013 07 10 Retrieved 2015 04 17 Ride Centers International Mountain Bicycling Association Imba com 2011 08 19 Retrieved 2015 04 17 1 Archived December 14 2012 at the Wayback Machine Forks Area Trail System International Mountain Bicycling Association Imba com Retrieved 2015 04 17 International Mountain Biking Association World Summit headed to Steamboat in 2014 13 November 2013 Retrieved 28 September 2017 Hundreds Hit NWA Trails During International Mountain Biking Summit 9 November 2016 Retrieved 28 September 2017 This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message External links editOfficial website CNN Idaho tops states on IMBA report card Outside Magazine August 1999 Hey You Get Off of My Trail Summit Daily News IMBA to visit Breckenridge Rocky Mountain News Mountain bikes might be possible in national parks Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title International Mountain Bicycling Association amp oldid 1216749767 Ride Center, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
