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Join us for the 2024 MMMBA BeatDown
All MMMBA members are invited to this free member event.
Please register here to help us plan for the end of day cookout.
Ride and be sure to pick up a bracelet from each of the trails you ride and hang onto them. There will be an award for riding all six trails and even if you don’t ride them all, you’re still going to want those bracelets at the cookout.
Plan to take selfies at each trail with the sponsor signs and post them to our Facebook page that will have a post made that day to add them to. The trails for this year include Ingham Conservation District (South trails), Bennett Park, Fox Park, Anderson Park, West Lansing Trails with the finish at Burchfield Park for our group ride and cookout! Beatdown is a great time for our members to get together, put some wheels down on all our local trails and have some good hangs to finish out the day! Ride em all, or just a few but don’t miss the Beatdown.
Not a member and want to ride the BeatDown? Here’s your link: Join the MMMBA. Only $39/indivdual or $75/family for a 12-month membership and you’re helping support the improvements and maintenance of your local trails.
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Safe to say Mid- Michigan was well represented at one of the hardest Mountain bike events in the country this past weekend. Well done riders.
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That has to be a new record number from here! Congrats to all of you and your support teams!
Hell yeah! Nice work all! I got to ride the final about 15 miles with Christian Irvine after helping him fix his rear axle. I didn't get to say thanks for the ride with him make sure he knows I appreciated having a friend in the woods.
I no you don't! We claim Adam Wickham to the west side of West Michigan Mountain Biking Alliance (WMMBA) ever since he moved over here and joined our shenanigans. 😂🚴 Though for compensation, we will give you a couple of knuckle heads that annoy us!😂😂😂
To all of the local riders in the UP this weekend: best of skill and to a great time racing and riding. We're looking forward to hearing your stories!
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Big thanks to everyone that came out for MMMBA Beatdown 2024. What a fun day! Thanks again for our sponsors helping make this day happen! Carpe Diem DestinationsDenny's Central Park BicyclesEric's CycleFull Throttle MotorsportsJEB FarmsJeffrey HammondScooters Pro CycleShady Acres CampgroundSpin Bicycle Shop
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Thanks for organizing this event and for all you do each year with maintaining and updating the trail systems!
Thanks for organizing the event again this year.
Headed up to MI in a few weeks wondering where a guy might find some flow and jump lines? Any guidance for near Lancing / Dewitt would be appreciated.
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Fat Flannel Ride Feb. 24, 9am.
Do you have that flannel ready?
Fat Flannel Ride Feb. 24, 9am.
MMMBA Fat Flannel Ride Feb. 24, 9am at ICD South Trailhead lot 1300 Hawley Road, Mason, MI
Join us at Ingham Conservation District (ICD) for MMMBA’s monthly ride. Put on your favorite flannel “digs” and come ride in the Fat Flannel Ride celebrating fat bike season and all things plaid! Since it’s a fat bike ride, we will be serving FAT donuts for anyone who’s hungry! After the ride anyone who rode wearing flannel will be entered into a random prize drawing! Wearing flannel is NOT required in order to ride, but is if you want a chance to win prizes. Get this one on your ride calendar! It’s going to be fun!
January MMMBA ride "enhanced" with melting snow and high river levels
Fantastic turnout for January MMMBA group ride! The river trail was significantly “enhanced” but that added some enjoyable adventure to the ride! Thanks for coming out and thanks to Laura Delgado for organizing this ride.
Burchfield Park: Winter Bike Closure
The winter closure at Burchfield Park is coming up. If weather cooperates it'll be open until EOD 12/15 and then closed to bikes until notice is posted in the spring. That means no bikes in the park on any of the trails and that includes the 2-track, singletrack, hiking trails, etc. even if you think conditions are okay. Ingham County Parks asks for your cooperation and observation of the winter closure. Thanks.
Global Fat Bike Day 2023
Lack of snow didn't stop well over 250 riders of all ages from enjoying a fantastic (if slightly muddy) day at Sleepy Hollow State Park. Make plans now to be there next year.
Thanks to the many business and individual sponsors who supported this event. Shout out to EPIC Mountain Bike, Sleepy Hollow State Park, Denny's Central Park Bicycles, Eric's Cycle & Fitness, Trek Bicycle Grand Ledge, Adventure Team Lansing Area, SPIN Bicycle Shop at the island, and all of the volunteers and event organizers who made another fantastic GFBD possible. Who's ready for 2024, it'll be on Dec. 7, 2024.
MMMBA supports you, our trails, and our community
Dirt School at Burchfield County Park receives mParks Design Award
Dirt School, a bicycle playground and mountain bike skills park located in Burchfield County Park, is a wheels-on-the-dirt learning journey – taking a child from nervous peddler to confident off-road explorer. Children can develop a skill that challenges, inspires confidence, fosters independence and can be a lifelong activity (particularly for the 63% of kids who never play a team sport). The skill-building loop offers varied surfaces and features for riders to master, preparing them for the park’s singletrack trails.
This entire project is one of partnerships and wouldn’t have been possible without those. A willingness to try something new resulted in a fantastic outcome. The MMMBA has partnered with Ingham County Parks for nearly thirty years developing a robust mountain bike trail network during that time. The MMMBA provides maintenance, regular trail inspections and works with the park to improve the trails.
Funding sources were also one of partnerships. The primary funding source for this $200,000 project was from a Capital Region Community Foundation IMPACT grant. This grant proposal was jointly prepared by ICP and the Mid-Michigan Mountain Biking Association (MMMBA). We were awarded a $67,000 matching grant. The match was successfully raised and leveraged with $25,000 in funding provided by Ingham County Parks. $7,000 from the MMMBA, a $5,000 grant from the DALMAC Fund, a $2,000 grant from the League of Michigan Bicyclists along with generous donations from private and business donors. The overall budget and funding includes a budget for future maintenance and repairs.The Capital Region Community Foundation had never funded a project of this type. Another unique collaboration of this project is that it brought together three major stakeholders in recreation and expanded the reach of Dirt School as soon as it was completed. In addition to ICP and MMMBA, the third stakeholder was Capital Youth Cycling (CYC).* Dirt School has provided a space for the growing Capital Youth Cycling’s programs for kids 5-17.
*CYC is now Adventure Team Lansing Are
The Dirt School Playground and Skills Park is open to ride when Burchfield Park is open.
Visit the park and ride, swim, kayak, play a round of disc golf or hike.
881 Grovenburg Rd, Holt, MI
If we have significant rain the trail may be closed the following day.
Kid-sized bikes and helmets are available to borrow if you need one.Bikes and helmets can be checked out from the boat rental building on the far side of the swimming pond.
Hours to borrow bikes and helmets are the same as boat rental:
Monday and Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday & Thursday: 11am-6pm (all bikes back by 7pm)
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, & Holidays: 9am-6pm (all bikes back by 7pm)
Visit the Ingham County Park website for more details:pk.ingham.org
Thanks to all of our supporters
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- Celebrate this new addition to outdoor recreation in our region – a partnership between Ingham County Parks, Mid-Michigan Mountain Biking Association, Capital Youth Cycling and the Capital Region Community Foundation.
- Additional supporters include mParks/MDHHS,Tri-County Bicycle Association DALMAC Fund, League of Michigan Bicyclists,The Brett Miller Project, SPIN Bicycle Shop and many generous donors.
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