Thanks to Mark “Cog” Rodriguez for drawing up a brilliant design for a new kiosk at Concord Park. Ground will be broken soon as part of ongoing trial system maintenance and improvements by AMBC.
GA Marble Workday 3/7/10 Photos
March 8th, 2010A spirited group of seven showed up to continue the rock armoring at Georgia Marble. We loaded and placed a partial dump load of rock and gravel, 3 or 4 wheelbarrow loads we harvested, two pickup loads, Built a small bridge and made some progress on our “technical trail Feature”. Not a bad day’s work for 7 people.
Urban Wilderness Challenge set for March
February 13th, 2010Come out Saturday, March 20 to support the Legacy Parks Foundation by participating or volunteering in the Urban Wilderness Challenge!
“Outdoor enthusiasts will have a chance to explore some of Knoxville’s parks, greenways, wilderness and special places that comprise a part of the Urban Wilderness and Historic Corridor. The Urban Wilderness Challenge will provide three unique activities for adventurers of all levels to play in the recreational, historic and natural assets found along Knoxville’s south waterfront. The event benefits Legacy Parks Foundation and is sponsored by River Sports, Patagonia, Knoxville Volunteer Rotary, Knoxvillager.com, Barley’s, Dewhirst Properties and Appalachian Mountain Bike Club.”
Check out the Legacy Parks Foundation website for more info about the race.
Big South Fork Epic Weekend
January 26th, 2010
AMBC will have a weekend-long camping/riding/trail work trip at Big South Fork on June 4-6. Come up Friday for an evening Grand Gap group ride and camp out. Saturday morning we’ll get up and spend a couple of hours doing trail maintenance; after lunch we’ll spend the rest of the day RIDING! More group rides will happen Sunday.
There will be groups for all levels of riders — nobody will miss out on a chance to ride some of East TN’s best trails.
We’ll post more information and updates here as the weekend draws nearer.
GA Marble work day 1/10/10 Photos
January 13th, 2010Thanks to everybody who came out to work on the new trails at Georgia Marble a cold snowy morning! We had 14 people (and one dog) turn out to help cut through the ice and build some new singletrack.
New AMBC Website
December 15th, 2009Thanks for visiting our new website. We want to make this site a place for East Tennessee area mountain bikers to organize, get and share trail information, and experiences and pictures from rides. If you’re new to the area or SORBA, learn more about us here. Since this site is by and for the East TN mountain biking community, we appreciate your input! If you’d like to see something that’s not here, or have events or photos to share, please contact us and we’ll do our best to get it on the site.
