Sugarbottom Scramble 8/29

The Sugarbottom Scramble is being held on 8/29. No rain all week so the trails will be great. More information here.

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GIANT For Women Demo Truck 8/28

3 Opportunities To Ride:

Saturday, August 28, 10-2 @ Northtowne

The Giant for Women Demo Truck is coming!

All Ladies: August 28 from 10-2 at Northtowne Cycling and Fitness. Women’s 2011 road and mountain bikes will be here!

Saturday, August 28, 11:30-2 Starting @ Northtowne/Beverly

Special Hosted Ride for the First 4 to Sign Up:

There are four women’s 2011 mountain bikes available for demo; they will go to the first four women who email their interest to info@northtownebikes.com. Be at Northtowne at 11:30, van leaves at 12:15 for Beverly Park trail system and will return about 1:45. All other ladies, bring your own bike to Beverly Park and meet us at trail head at 12:30 for a women’s ride led by Michelle. Don’t forget your helmet! (Weather permitting, of course).

Sunday, August 29, 1-3 @ Cedar Valley Nature Trail Boyson Road Parking Lot

Be at the parking lot at 1pm for a one hour women’s clinic, followed by a ‘No Drop’ group ride and refreshments. The ride will leave at 2 – be there to ride even if you can’t make the clinic.

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Trail Day, Sunday, Aug. 15 12:30PM – 3PM

NEW TRAIL – as of right now it is looking like we’ll install the final phase of the sustainable grades west meadow reroute.

Meet at the end of King Drive SW this Sunday, 12:30-3:00, don’t be afraid of parking in the ITT lot…

Who knows what the weather will do, but dress for the sun. There will also be some conservation / environmental projects going on if you’re not into working in the meadow. We will have eats & drinks, but always a good idea to bring a little of your own.

For more detailed information on this project click HERE, the link is a bit older since the project has been in the works for a while, but the idea has not changed.

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Saturday Aug 7 CR Farmers Market Bike Corral

Bike Day at the Farmers Market. LAMBA is covering the bike parking duties and is setting up some fun skills items like a roller ramp, skinny, and teeter totter. Ride your bike down and park it with us.

Farmers Market runs from 7:30AM to Noon.

We still need volunteers to help cover the whole morning. Send us an email LAMBA07@gmail.com to sign up for a time.

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Iowa Trails Summit 2010 Fri – Sat, June 18-19 Cedar Falls/Waterloo

http://www.iowadot.gov/iowabikes/trailsummit.html

The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is joining 18 other state, local and regional groups to promote outdoor recreations in Iowa at the state’s first Trails Summit, June 18 and 19 in Waterloo.

Summit registration, brochure and agenda

This conference involves a diverse group of trail organizations representing virtually every trail user group, including motorized and nonmotorized, equestrian and water sports. There will be an emphasis on strategies, policies and development opportunities vested in unique partnerships promoting creation of new trail opportunities.

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Trail Work Day Sunday June 13th 12:30P–3:30P

Here is a (trails) project list for the scheduled June 13th trails & conservation day.

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• Project “Sustainable Grades” – Trail 6c reroute
• Yellow Brick Road repair / extension – Trail 4c
• May apple relocation / flow improvement / trail reclamation – Trail 2b
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BIG project… “Sustainable Grades”, HWY 30 side trail reroute from citizen mowed west meadow trails to area near garbage pile.

Click here for more information.

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Iowa City, IA Subaru IMBA Trail Care Crew Visit

https://www.imba.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=16#

Thanks to on-going sponsorship from Subaru of America, the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew program is crankin’ again in 2010. Two teams of trail experts will travel year-round throughout North America and beyond, leading trailwork sessions, meeting with land managers, and working with IMBA-affiliated clubs and members to improve mountain biking opportunities.

The International Mountain Bicycling Association is coming to Iowa. Steve and Morgan Lommele of the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will be in Iowa City for a Trailbuilding School with ICORR. The Crews teach “sustainable” trail building, which means building trails that last a long time and require minimal maintenance. This helps reduce trail damage, protects the environment, and enhances visitor enjoyment.
Trail Care Crew Logo

Please register for Saturday’s Trailbuilding School online. For more information, please contact Jim Yoon.

Schedule

Friday
5:30 PM: Group ride at Beverly Park.
Directions: from I-380, take the 33rd ave exit, head west on the new 33rd AVE extension bridge, turn left at 21st st sw, turn right onto 37th ave, Beverly Park will be on your left
Saturday
9:00 – Noon: Trailbuilding School Classroom session at Social Center at University of Iowa Macbride Nature Recreation Area
1:00 – 4:00 PM: Trailbuilding School field session at Sugarbottom Mt Bike Trails

Sunday
Group ride!

Group camping will be available at Sugar Bottom Campground

The Trail Care Crew is proud to be supported by:

Subaru

Yakima

Trek

When
June 5th, 2010 9:00 AM through June 6th, 2010 12:00 PM

Location
University of Iowa Macbride Nature Recreation Area
2192 Mehaffey Bridge Rd NE
Solon, IA 52333
» Register Now

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LAMBA and the Internet

LAMBA has a growing presence on the internet. We use social media, the website, and the forum to try to convey all the information and activities in the Linn County, Iowa area. We also have a traditional phone line that we try to keep up to date with the latest trail conditions. The left column of the main website has links to some of the ways we try to connect and interact with members of our community.

Report a trail issue via an online form.
Check trail conditions or report a trail issue by phone: (319) 244-8682
Enter your volunteer time with a Volunteer Log form.
Just email us: lamba07@gmail.com

Get involved with the group a little deeper by joining the forum:
LAMBAonline Forum

Follow the quickie updates about trail conditions and other comments with any one of these links:
Buzz
Facebook
Identi.ca
Twitter

In the future we’re hoping to utilize these networks to route short notice group bike rides to people.

Tag videos with Beverly Park or see some Beverly Park videos with these links:
Vimeo
Youtube

Most of the website updates are automated so we can present as much information as possible with the least amount of work by our dedicated volunteers. Utilizing these websites and services we can send 1 notice and people can receive it how they choose. Email, instant message, text message, or just straight from the website are all viable options.

Another great thing about our current website and forum system is the use of RSS feeds. RSS feeds are like creating your own newspaper with only the information you want to see. This newpaper updates as often as you want but typically it is hourly. Using an “RSS aggregator” like Google Reader you can view the updates as headlines only or with the full body of text from the article. When you see a website you would like to read on a regular basis but don’t want to have to go back everyday to check for new stuff, you can add its RSS feed to your RSS aggregator program. Our forum and our website publish this RSS feed every 1 – 4 hours with our latest updates. You don’t even have to come back to our website to check for updates. All the updates from all of the websites you think are interesting are brought together in 1 place.

The details of how we make all these things work together are generally boring and involve bash scripts on a Linux computer. We are happy to tell you how they work if you email us or use one of the services listed above to contact us.

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May 15/16. Saturday Workday, Sunday Trek Demo

May 15 Saturday from 12:30 to 3:30PM we will be out at Beverly Park getting it ready for the Trek Demo day on Sunday. The storms that have come through recently will mean stick, branches, and possibly some trees to move off the trails. There are also sections that need some mowing and weedeating to clear the trail corridor.

May 16 Sunday from 12PM to 5PM is when the Trek Demo crew will be out at Beverly showing off their line of bikes. This is your chance to test ride the newest, coolest, high-tech, high-performance bikes from Trek and Gary Fisher!

NEW 2010 Trek and Fisher Mountain and Road bikes.
Bring your helmet and shoes and be prepared to be amazed!
Bikes Scheduled to be available for test ride:

Road Bikes
* Trek 6 Series Madone Full Carbon
* Trek 5 Series Madone Full Carbon
* Fisher Cronus Full Carbon

Mountain Bikes
* Fisher Rig 29″ Single Speed
* Fisher Superfly 100 29″ Full Carbon Full Suspension!
* Fisher Rumblefish 29″ Full Suspension
* Trek Fuel EX Full Suspension
* Trek Top Fuel Carbon Full Suspension
* Trek Remedy Long Travel Full Suspension

And Just for the Women, the Trek WSD Truck will be here, with Women’s Specific Designed Trek 6 Series Madone Full Carbon Road Bikes and Trek Fuel EX Full Suspension Mountain Bikes!

Don’t forget….bring your helmet, your cycling shoes and be prepared to have a GREAT TIME!

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LAMBA @ Beverly Park, Sunday 4/11 12:30-3:30

Wanna ride? Bring your bike.
Wanna work? Bring gloves.
Wanna hang out? Bring a chair.
All three? Sweet.

We’ll be out there from 12:30-3:30 Sunday, April 11th.

Barring significant rain the trails will be good to ride, and there’s always plenty to do if you want to keep busy…

Calendar Link

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