PMBA Member Meeting and Open Forum

• When: Monday, February 6th
• Where: Residence Inn (across from Costco off of Lee Blvd) 
• Time: 6:00 PM 
• Beer: FREE

We hope everyone has been enjoying this warm January, the trails are in amazing shape right now... great conditions for this time of year!!

If you are part of the biking community you really need to be at this meeting.  You don’t have to be a member of PMBA to come to the meeting just a current paid member to vote. Please feel free to invite others you know that might not know about PMBA!

Many of you may be familiar with what PMBA is and does but, for those who are not, these are some of the things we accomplished last year:

• Helped complete the Constellation Trail
• With lots of help from the Over the Hill Gang we completed the Wolverton Trail... which is another section of the Circle Trail
• We put in over 750 man hours into our trail maintenance and building last year.  A big thanks to those who all came out to trail work days!
• We Donated $500 to the Prescott Food Bank
• We put on our very first “Bike Festival”.... The Wonderschlautt
• We had a booth at the Whiskey Off Road along with providing race volunteers
• Held lots of group rides
• Held PMBA Pint Night
• Held BBQ’s 

The purpose of the meeting is to recap what we did the previous year and let you know what we are working on for the 2012 year.  This is also the time for you to speak up and get involved in the biking community, and let us know what you would like PMBA to do on your behalf.

We have three open spots on our board this year. If you are interested in being on the PMBA board please email us and we can let you know what kind of time and commitment you can expect.   We are hoping to have a few people to vote on that night.

If you are a mountain biker and want to help preserve, protect and promote mountain biking in Prescott... please think about being on the PMBA board.   Side note, only those members that are current on their dues are able to vote for the new board members.  If you are not sure if you are current please email us and we will let you know your status.

We will be offering FREE BEER while it lasts as well as snacks! 

Thank you to New Belgium Beer and our Beer Ranger Grant Dunstan!  

See you there!!!

Whiskey Offroad discount registration night

Stop by the Raven on January 11th to take advantage of a $20 discount on Whiskey Offroad registration.  Must be present to register and receive discount.

Roller Races will also be going down.  $2.00 per race.  Bring your friends and challenge them to grudge matches or compete straight up with brackets.

Races start around 6:30 with registration open from 6:00 to 9:00PM

Wheels 4 Life Movie Festival and Fundraiser

Come out and help support "Wheels for Life" with the showing of four cyclecentric flics.

The presented films will be:

• Freedom Riders (presented by PMBA)
• Still we Ride
• Summer of Shred
• Wheels for Life the Film: A story about giving

Prizes include a bicycle donated by H.U.B., Osprey hydration pack donated by Manzanita Cyclery and Raven Cafe gift certificates.

Tickets are only $5.00 and this includes movie admission, raffle and food.

Event starts at 5:00 PM and is to be held on Saturday (December 10th) at the Prescott College Mariposa building.

For more info about this charity, please visit www.wheels4life.org

Prescott National Forest Trail Names

Have you ever ridden Javalina?

Maybe you've looped Ridge Top to Pine Lakes before hitting Garden Grove?

Cold Springs to Potts Creek and then descend High Valley Ranch?

Some riders have expressed a curiosity as to what the official PNF names for their favorite local trails might be.  The following is a short list of more popular sections... but a larger more encompassing list of a majority of the PNF trail system can be downloaded as a PDF by clicking here.

T48: Aspen Creek
T95: Salida Gulch
T264: West Spruce
T297: Smith Ravine
T305: Homestead
T307: Groom Creek Loop
T316: Pine Lakes
T317: Ridge Top
T318: West
T326: Thumb Butte Bypass
T327: Potts Creek
T332: Javalina
T345: Mint Wash
T346: Willow Connector
T347: Willow
T348: Chimbley Water
T349: Balancing Rock
T350: Surprise Spring
T351: West Lake
T352: Mint Wash Connector
T371: Camp 28
T372: Twist and Shout
T373: Apple Blossom
T374: Hidden Valley
T391: High Valley Ranch
T392: Garden Grove
T393: Cold Springs
T396: Goldwater Lakes

PMBA Scavenger Hunt Number Two now underway!!

UPDATE: This hunt was solved on Tuesday (10/18) by Steve B and is no longer active.  Please keep an eye out for our next scavenger hunt in November.

Do you know where this spot is?  If you do, and if you are the first person to get there and locate the card you are going to be the lucky recipient of a $40 gift card from Manzanita Outdoor.

Here is the pic (click to enlarge):

Once you locate the place, look for some orange ribbons and you will find the PMBA scavenger hunt card.  There will be a code written on the card, and the first one to post this code on the PMBA Facebook page will be the winner.

Sample card:

Good luck!!