Our mission: to preserve, protect, and promote mountain bike access and diverse riding opportunities on Metropolitan Detroit’s public lands through education, communication, and unified action.
Registration for one of our biggest yearly events is now OPEN!
Enjoy 10-100 miles, group ride or solo adventure, singletrack or pavement, of trails around the beautiful Milford parks. Your registration helps fund our organization's efforts to maintain and grow our trails, and serve our riding community!
If you can't make those times or want to help on a trail closer to you, contact the Trail Coordinator at the bottom of the Contact Us page and ask how you can help!
Volunteers who put in 10 or more hours of trailwork can earn some sweet swag. Be sure to enter your hours worked, we leverage those hours at the parks to cover permit fees for our events.
There are two sure ways to become a better mountain biker: spend a lot of time learning through trial and error; or learn from someone with expertise and training on how to share their knowledge. The latter is a far more efficient way to learn, and usually establishes better form and habits to build on, which is why we're excited to offer new beginner and intermediate skills clinics with certified MTB coaches.
Learn and practice the foundational skills of mountain biking that will allow you to roll through your favorite trail with more ease. Improve balance and confidence on your bike to keep those wheels rolling, then progress to the next level under the supervision of Coach Heather McNamara (BICP Board and Certified Level 2, PMBIA Level 1, First Aid/CPR certified) and her team!
There are only 32 spots available at each clinic, please make sure to add yourself to the waitlist!
Saturday, May 7, 10am – 2pm at Island Lake Recreation Area
Dial in skills to keep wheels rolling over varied terrain, practice in low consequence setting, individual feedback provided to each rider, progress skills to trail in a supervised setting, opportunities for repetition with guidance from your coach.
Skills practiced include maintaining balance on the bike, controlled braking, shifting technique to maintain cadence and keep wheels rolling, consistency and control going up and down hills, navigating tight corners, intro to lifting/rolling wheels over roots and rocks, track stands, skinnies.
Saturday, June 11, 10am - 2pm at Lakeshore Park (Tree Farm)
For this second clinic we will progress skills learned in clinic 1. Riders will have the opportunity to work on skills at their own level and then progress to more challenging terrain when ready. We will introduce higher speed cornering, steeper rolls downs and step-ups, challenging obstacles like rock gardens and log rolls, steeper climbs and descents
Some riding experience is preferred, less experienced riders will be able to opt out of more challenging skills, clinic will be geared toward experienced beginner and intermediate riders
Please join us at for our in-person Spring Chapter Meeting. We'll be celebrating our volunteers, delivering FAFL awards, and we'll talk about plans for the year's trail work and events. Things are happening - it's going to be a busy year, and we need you!
It was a challenging year with storms and surges, but our volunteers came through as always. Our trails are busier than ever, with more and more people growing to appreciate the trails and getting involved in their stewardship. This year saw 204 trail enthusiasts reporting 4340 hours of work – a record on both counts! The Independent Sector values this work at $123,863 – that’s a lot of value that we bring to our area parks and trails.
For over two decades, we have recognized the most significant volunteer efforts with the First Across the Finish Line (FAFL) award. Each of these volunteers has reported at least 10 hours of work on a chapter trail or at least 30 hours of other chapter advocacy work to further our goals. Our 2021 winners are:
Anthony Colard
Bill Hermann
Billy Kittle
Bob Spleet
Brandon Thielen
Brennan Booms
Brian Case
Bryan Garchar
Carl Slindee
Carrie Sirola
Chris Frey
Curtis Kalina
Darin Kowalski
Dave Bastine
Dave Cox
Dave Hurst
Dave Paurazas
David Cook
David Nowell
David Siroonian
Deborah Wheeler
Don Chisholm
Elliot Klein
Eric Kirk
Gary Weak
Gordon Hamilton
Gregory Moore
Hans Bishop
Holly Wright
James Petiprin
Jared Pence
Jason Martin
Jeff Hudnut
Jeff Shotwell
Jerry Cox
John Biehn
John Wheeler
Joseph Mark Foy
Justin Applegate
Justin Duncan
Justin Lang
Justin Wholehan
Kate McLean
Kevin Konkus
Kevin Petts
Leon Masseus
Lisa Flores-Johnson
Loren Konkus
Lori Cartman
Marc Cope
Mark Dombrowski
Mark Viergutz
Matt Sell
Matthew Heirtzler
Michael Shaw
Mike Flack
Mike Kearney
Mike Strozeski
Nathan Helmick
Nicholas Evon
Patrick Torossian
Peter Croce
Peter Lennon
Peter Zobel
Peter Zouboulakis
Rick Compeau
Sarah Vano
Sharon James-Foy
Steve Nowicki
Tammie Philpott
Terry Brown
Terry Young
Tim Reeves
Tim Rose
TJ Tyrrell
Tom Hermann
William Guarino
In appreciation, we'd like to present each of these outstanding volunteers with a custom printed MCMBA long sleeved t-shirt! Please click here to share your sizing preferences by February 14th so we can get the order started.