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The PMBA Activities Committee has spent the winter planning an exciting schedule of rides, trips and clinics for the spring and summer months. Each month will have at least one "road trip" to great local biking areas like Fair Hill, Middle Run and others. An overnight camping trip is planned for French Creek in May. And two major long-distance trips are planned - one to the Kingdom Trails in northern Vermont and the other to Fruita Colorado. Several bike clinics are also planned for the Wissahickon.

PMBA membership is not required for the one-day events, although anyone participating in multiple events is strongly encouraged to join PMBA. Membership will be required for any multi-day events, including the trips.

Check the "PMBA Official Events" section of the Events schedule on the PMBA website for information on these events. More information will be posted as the dates approach.

We are proud to let everyone know that Elizabeth Oliver with "The Review" wrote an excellent article on us (PMBA) and our partnership with the FOW and our work to help preserve the trails in the Wissahickon Park, our baby. The article appeared on the front page of their Feb 4th issue, but it is also on their website at THIS LINK. Big thanks go out to Rob Krotee, PMBA VP, who called the paper and asked them to attend the Bike Shop Outreach event that we hosted at Valley Green with the FOW. It was an excellent event and we really believe our momentum is still growing as word gets out to all the positive contributions this club is making to everyone's benefit. The text is below. Enjoy!

Biker-Friends partnership has big plans    By Elizabeth Oliver 

For more than a decade many area residents believed that mountain bikers were to blame for the deteriorated state of the trails that wend through the Wissahickon Valley section of Fair-mount Park. It turns out that, not only are biking enthusiasts not at fault, but the Philadelphia Mountain Biking Association, a dedicated army of more than 250 volunteers, are actually making it their mission to protect and preserve the park's trails for future generations of bicyclists, dogs walkers, equestrians, nature-lovers, and runners.Members of the PMBA joined members of the Friends of the Wissahickon on Feb 1 at the Valley Green Inn, to review their achievements from 2008 and to discuss plans for projects in 2009. The PMBA and the FOW have been partnered in their efforts to preserve the park's trail system since 2006.