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Journée de sentiers avec Les Amis des Sentiers de Bromont
Apr 17, 2012, 8:03 am
Eric Leonard
Quebec
francais | trail building

Les Amis des Sentiers de Bromont est l'organisme reconnu par la Ville de Bromont pour tout ce qui à trait au réseau de sentiers de la municipalité. Fondé par Marie-Claude Cabana, conseillère en marketing et ex-conseillère municipale, l'organisme s'est donné pour mission d'offrir, aux résidents et visiteurs, des sentiers accessibles à l'ensemble des usagers non-motorisés. La force des Amis repose sur le fait qu'ils agissent pour l'ensemble des usagers tout en reconnaissant les usages spécifiques à certains groupes.

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Your insurance questions answered
Mar 19, 2012, 7:22 am
IMBA Canada Team
Central | East | North | Ontario | Quebec | West
Resources

We have now added IMBA Canada specific FAQs for the new bike theft/all risk insurance program offered by Oasis, called Pedal Power. IMBA Canada supporters and members of IMBA-affiliate clubs qualify for the discounted rates, while individual IMBA Members are eligible for competition coverage.

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2012 Trail Care Crew schedule in progress
Mar 13, 2012, 12:14 pm
Deanne Lazaruk
West | Trail Care Crew | Quebec | Ontario | North | East | Central
Trail Care Crew

Over the wet West Coast winter I sat down with 65 applications, a 2012 calendar, and a large map of Canada and started plotting out the 2012 Trail Care Crew schedule.

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Show me a sign
Feb 6, 2012, 2:46 pm
Rachael Raven
West | Quebec | Ontario | North | East | Central
signage | best practices

We've all been there: riding on a great trail system for the first time – its got great flow, sweet technical sections, and you're having a blast.

But where the heck are you? Do you go right, or left at that fork ahead?

Signage (or lack-thereof) can make or break a ride.

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Trails survey for Mont-Tremblant
Feb 3, 2012, 3:22 pm
Eric Leonard
Quebec | Ontario | East
IMBA Club

The board of the Mont-Tremblant Bike Club (Club de Vélo Mont-Tremblant) is hosting an online survey to help them improve and expand their trail network. If you ride in the area, or can see yourself taking a trip to la belle province, please take a few minutes and respond.

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Putting the 'I' back in IMBA
Jan 23, 2012, 12:37 pm
Lora Woolner
Central | East | North | Ontario | Quebec | Trail Solutions | West
International

Big things are on the horizion for IMBA Canada in 2012.

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Trail Care Crew: A look back on an epic year
Dec 19, 2011, 10:54 am
Chad and Deanne Lazaruk
Central | East | North | Ontario | Quebec | Trail Care Crew | West
Trans Canada Trail | Parks Canada | Interactive map

ep·ic adj \ˈe-pik\ : extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope.

One word to describe the 2011 Trail Care Crew season; epic. Thirty two official visits, 9 provinces, 290 days on the road and over 50,000 kms travelled. We drove through snowstorms, a hurricane, a tropical storm and endured a heatwave. We started the season digging into frozen ground, we finished the season in a wind storm.

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Trail Care Crew application deadline extended till Nov 21st
Nov 15, 2011, 10:25 am
Rachael Raven
Central | East | North | Ontario | Quebec | Trail Care Crew | West
Clubs | Trail Care Crew applications

In light of some technical problems with imbacanada.com over the past weekend, we've decided to extend the 2012 Trail Care Crew application until Monday, November 21st.

If you've applied already, please double check the list below to verify that we've received your application.

If you have questions about the Trail Care Crew, or your application, please contact me: Rachael.raven[at]imba.com, or call at (705) 340-5234.

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Less than one week left to apply for a 2012 Trail Care Crew visit
Nov 10, 2011, 9:46 am
Rachael Raven
Central | East | North | Ontario | Quebec | Trail Care Crew | West
Clubs | Trail Care Crew

Our Trail Care Crew travels across the country, meeting with clubs like yours each weekend, providing free training on trail building, and having an awesome time along the way.

Has you club applied to host the Trail Care Crew in 2012 yet?

Visits are free for IMBA member clubs and shops (club membership costs only $50). But hurry, the deadline for online applications is Tuesday, November 15th at Midnight EST.

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ADSVMQ launches RLAC in Québec (CQS)
Nov 2, 2011, 7:34 am
Eric Leonard
Quebec
ADSVMQ | CQS | RLAC

Following the recent hire of a development (agent) on the wake of the first Québec Trail Summit in April (pictured above), ADSVMQ is proud to announce the implementation of this program in order to link up advocates throughout the province.

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