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SoCal High School Cycling League Announces Dates for 2012 Summer Outreach Tour
Learn how to form a high school club For the third year the SoCal High School Cycling League is taking its show on the road and providing a series of informational events to people interested in seeing...
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IMBA Trail Care Crew Report from California
Most applications requesting Trail Care Crew visits originate from mountain bike advocacy organizations. In the 23 visits we have made, this stop in central California was only the second time that a...
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Big Bear Group and USFS Partner for project
The trails around Big Bear Lake, CA, enjoy a rich mountain biking heritage. Big Bear has played host to several World Championships and has the potential to become an outstanding riding destination for...
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CORBA’s State Parks Change in Use PEIR Comments
CORBA has submitted comments on California State Parks Change In Use Programmatic Environmental Impact Report. Our comments are included below. Currently, the Yearling trail has been approved for a...
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Resolve to Solve in 2013
How many of you have New Year’s Resolutions that you are hoping to keep? There is one you can make and keep, guaranteed. It will help you, the mountain bike community, and the trail community at large....
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Be The Solution
By Mark Langton I agree with hikers. I agree that when a mountain biker goes by me too close and too fast, it’s scary and unsettling. And they don’t have to be going fast, just too fast for the...
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Why? Good Question!
By Mark Langton It was recently brought to our attention that newly elected president of Equestrian Trails, Inc. (ETI) Robert Foster, a retired law enforcement officer, donates his time as an...
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Show Us Your Smile
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. We have created this message tag with the help of BikeTags (biketag.wordpress.com) so that we can spread the message of goodwill, peace, and harmony...
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What CORBA Does
By Mark Langton Bikes, horses, hikers and runners. We all love trails. Recently a bicycle club-team representative contacted CORBA wanting to see what more they could do to get more of the trails that...
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Angeles National Forest Recreation Fee Proposed Changes
The Forest Service has proposed major revisions to the Angeles National Forest recreational fees. Similar revisions are proposed for the San Bernardino National Forest, Cleveland National Forest and...
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Action Alert: Save the Palm Canyon Epic
Epic views of the Santa Rosa Mountains Palm Canyon Epic (PCE) is one of the iconic long-distance rides of Southern California. It’s a spectacular point-to-point route in the Santa Rosa Mountains, south...
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State Parks Fire Road Maintenance Upcoming
We have learned that in a couple of weeks, California Conservation Corps Crews under the direction of California State Parks will start brushing the East Topanga Fire Road in Topanga State Park as the...
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President’s Message: 2015 – A Year in Review
2015 has been one of the most active in CORBA’s history. There has been so much happening in our local mountains, in our sport, in our public lands, in the political landscape, and in bicycle advocacy...
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President’s Message: The Wilderness Debate
Currently mountain bike advocacy is facing one of the the most important long-term issues in our history. The issue is whether mountain bikes should be allowed on trails in Wilderness areas. How...
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California Trails and Greenways Conference 2016
The Historic Mission Inn, Riverside, was the official conference hotel. The 2016 California Trails and Greenways conference was held in historic downtown Riverside from April 7 – 10, 2016. The...
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2016: A Busy, Productive Year
2016 is behind us, and what a year it was for CORBA and mountain bikers! We were extremely busy last year, cutting trails, cutting trees, and working on behalf of the mountain bike community to ensure...
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President’s Message: Changes are Coming
Changes are coming. We just need to figure out what is in the best interest of you as mountain bikers, for our members, for CORBA, and finally for IMBA. Since the abrupt loss of Suburu as a sponsor of...
View ArticleMountain Bikers Retain Trail Access in Southern California Forests
April 30, 2007 The most extensive formal appeal in IMBA’s 19-year history has culminated in an agreement that will maintain widespread bicycle access in four National Forest units in Southern...
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Economics and Benefits of Mountain Biking
March 5, 2008 (updated March 14, 2008) IRVINE, Calif. — Enjoying the outdoors is as natural as riding a bike and Shimano American Corporation and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA)...
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Bicyclist in trouble again over illegal trail at China Camp
May 1, 2008 by Gary Klien, Marin Independent Journal A San Rafael man who built an illegal bike trial on federal land in 2001 is in legal trouble again – this time for carving a trail in China Camp...
View ArticleUrge California Decision Makers to Adopt Bike-Friendly Land Protection Measures
June 27, 2008 From the International Mountain Bicycling Association The Assembly Committee on Natural Resources recently passed a bill — authored by Assembly member Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), Chair...
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SoCal Interscholastic Cycling League Launched with Backing from Easton Sports...
August 29, 2008 OAKLAND , CA – The Northern California High School Mountain Bike Racing League (NorCal League) will launch the Southern California Interscholastic Cycling League (SoCal League) in the...
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High School Cycling Gives Thanks
November 25, 2009 BERKELEY, Calif. The NorCal and SoCal High School Cycling Leagues combined raised over $100,000 at their annual CycleFest fundraisers. The SoCal League almost doubled its attendance...
View ArticleSchwarzenegger proposal to help narrow Calif.’s huge deficit would close 220...
By SAMANTHA YOUNG , Associated Press (reported in the Minneapolis – St. Paul Star Tribune) Local parks slated for closure include Malibu Creek SP Topanga SP Will Rogers SHP Pt Mugu SP (Sycamore Canyon)...
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California Bike-Themed License Plates
You can now order a specialty California license plate with a bicycle theme. The money raised by this license plate will provide grants for bicycle education and advocacy to community organizations...
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Happy New Decade! A 20-Teens Retrospective
CORBA has a lot to be proud of this last ten years. It feels like the twenty-teens was the decade in which mountain biking really came of age. The sport has grown and we’ve seen tremendous changes and...
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The California Mountain Biking Coalition
Beginning almost two years ago at the California Trails and Greenways Conference, CORBA President Steve Messer and advocates from around the state have been discussing the need for a statewide...
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Filmed By Bike Festival in Los Angeles
This weekend the 3rd Annual Filmed by Bike Festival comes to Los Angeles. Hosted by the Bicycle Culture Institute, it will be held at the Boomtown Brewery on Sunday, February 9, from 3 – 9pm. There...
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San Gabriels Protection bill Passes House
Last week four bills affecting California passed the House. H.R.3820, the “San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act”, and H.R.1708, the “Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act,”...
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Pedaling through a Pandemic
Illegal overflow parking 1.1 miles from the Sunset Ridge trailhead yesterday. These are unprecedented times. We’ve all been constantly bombarded with reminders to avoid social contacts, maintain social...
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