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Here’s a mountain bike club / advocacy group you may be interested in…

Southern Nevada Mountain Bike Association

I recently communicated with Eric Sullivan (a.k.a. suLLy), President of the club.  I asked him to provide me with details on his club: year formed/history, mission, things they have done and want to do for mountain biking in our community, his favorite trails to ride, and more.  Take a look at the Southern Nevada Mountain Bike Association and join in if you’d like to further the sport of Mountain Biking in our area.

History

The Southern Nevada Mountain Bike Association was founded in 2010. In summer 2011 the SNMBA applied and completed the process to become an International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) Chapter Club.

Mission

Helping to promote, improve and protect mountain biking in and around Southern Nevada.

We do this by:

• Being the voice of Advocacy for Mountain Bikers.

• Continuously looking for new locations to develop trail systems in and around Southern Nevada.

• Providing a source of information on rides, community outreach and other activities related to Mountain Biking.

Our intent is to represent our sport by giving mountain biking a voice in Southern Nevada while creating a community that shares the passion of riding. Our biggest accomplishment to date has been partnering with IMBA as a chapter club. This allows us the access to IMBA’s experience and resources while at the same time providing our membership benefits that would not normally be available for a club our size. Annual memberships are offered a number of different levels starting with the Individual at $30.

Currently our number one initiative is to grow our membership. With that growth will come added involvement from the membership which will allow us to accomplish the club’s 2012 goals. As the goals are attained the club will begin to take on the membership’s vision of our place within the MTB community and what can be done to actively promote the sport in Southern Nevada. One of our main goals is to partner with the BLM to sign and map the trails in the Blue Diamond and Cottonwood Canyon areas.

The most important point of all is the social aspect of the club. Advocacy and promotion is just an extension of our real passion which is to ride our bikes. Examples would be social rides at a chill pace weekend road trips and off the bike events that give us the chance to meet and hang out without our helmets on.

Your favorite trails to ride

One of the cool things about the Las Vegas area is the various types of riding available from fast XC, Trail, All Mountain, and Downhill all within relatively close proximity to the metro area. So there’s not one particular trail system that I enjoy over another. I’m an XC guy, so I do like a narrow ribbon of flowing singletrack that pours into a little bit of chunk, bumps and drops.

Future Events

As we work to build our membership we will attempt to gain visibility wherever possible. The next event on our calendar will have us present for Ladie’s Night at McGhies on April 11. The hope is to build a regular event calendar and ride schedule that would eventually spawn groups that will train for events on the summer riding and racing schedules in the surrounding states.

Please feel free to contact me, Eric Sullivan with any questions, ideas or comments at sully@snmba.org. Everyone is invited to our general meetings which are held every second Wednesday at one of the REI’s.

To stay in touch with the club’s happenings and for more info on joining please check out:

Visit their Website: SNMBA.org

A Chapter of: IMBA.com

Join me, Lisa from BLV, and Shawn Tyrone from McGhies on SUNDAY, May 20th for a free maintenance class for the BikingLasVegas.com community.

DATE: 5/20/12
TIME:  4pm - 7pm
Food starts at 4pm;  Class starts at 5pm

LOCATION:  McGhies Bikes
4035 S. Fort Apache, Las Vegas, NV 89147
(Nearest Cross streets are W. Flamingo and Fort Apache)

Shawn is a certified Park Tool Instructor, and a USCF licensed mechanic, so you will be learning maintenance from one of the best in town!!

The class will cover:
1. Proper tools and their use
2. Chain lubes and how to oil your chain
3. How to clean your ride
4. How to make Derailleur adjustments - front & rear
5. How to adjust your brakes - road brakes & mountain disc brakes
6. How to change a flat

FOOD & PRIZES!

We’re also having a nice BBQ to kick off the night (vegetarians I will have hummus and salad for you), and there will be a raffle prize or two.

HOW TO RSVP:
NOTE: There are only 25 spots available for this class. If you want to come, you must RSVP immediately to ME — LISA (please do not call McGhies as I am keeping the list on my end) to reserve your spot. Email or private message me if you would like to attend with the following information:

–FULL NAME
–PHONE NUMBER
–EMAIL ADDRESS

I need this information because we are limiting the class to the first 25 people and I NEED you to commit to the event.

WAITING LIST:
If for any reason, I get more than 25 RSVP’s, I will place a waiting list in case someone does drop out.  But please, if you do plan on coming, please try NOT to drop out so we can count on your RSVP.

This is going to be a FUN Event!!  Join me!!
Lisa

Come join in on supporting this great law that has been passed by our State legislature, and let’s bring awareness to the public about giving cyclists 3 feet when passing. (Read more on the 3 Feet Law here)

RIDE IS FREE TO ANYONE!
BONUS: THERE’S A BIKE RODEO FOR THE KIDS! — FREE
DOUBLE BONUS: Free Interactive Space Exhibit for the Kids!

Three ride options:

• 6 mile family ride

• 15 mile fun ride

• 29 mile advanced ride

WANT EXTRA MILES? JOIN ME FOR A RIDE TO AND FROM THE EVENT
I plan on doing a Saturday FUN Ride that coincides with the RTC Ride (riding to and from the start/finish) to add some extra miles.  If you’d like to join me, visit the rides forum to RSVP here:
http://www.bikinglasvegas.com/cycling-forum/saturday-fun-ride-dunkin-donuts-rtc-awareness-t2228.html

HOPE TO SEE YOU!