We are on a roll!  KyMBA Louisville board has just learned we have been awarded a $20,000 IMBA planning and design grant.  Applications went in around the country and our initiative to  become the first Urban city to lay claim to 100 miles of singletrack came out on top.
The grant should allow us to complete a comprehensive trail plan for JMF Moreman Hills as well as  a solid Road Map for developing the entire 100 mile initiative.
First we receive the $30,000 grant from David and Betty Jones for developing trails …

Clinic Loop at Waverly Park that is!

 
The KyMBALou volunteers have been hard at work dialing in the south leg of the Clinic Loop.   Check out a few of the new berms we dialed last week

 
This one got touched up as well

 
And many more highlights await you at the Clinic!

 
Enjoy, and maybe we should do the front?
 
 

On August 12, Bicycle Sport/Rooibee Red Tea Racing, in partnership with KyMBA and its many volunteers, presented the Cherokee XC MTB Race, part of the Kentucky Point Series. This endeavor brought a record number of local and regional racers out to our local trail system. A good time was had by all, and the proceeds were donated to the KyMBA Louisville Trail Initiative. Thanks to Stephanie Wallen and the Rooibee Red Tea Racing Team, Bicycle Sport’s Matt Harris, and the many KyMBA volunteers who worked tirelessly to ready the 5-mile …

Our vision is to develop 100 miles of Human Powered Sports Trails in Louisville.  This will put Louisville on the map as the premier urban trails city in the eastern United States.  As part of this vision we have developed the Iroquois Park Trail Concept Plan.  This plan was created as a tool to gain valuable feedback from the community in order to complete a trails master plan for Iroquois Park.  The video is 20 minutes so it takes a bit of commitment but I hope you find it informative …

Thanks to to tireless dedication of so many KyMBA Louisville volunteers working under the auspices of Olmsted Parks Conservancy we are proud to be closing in on the completion of the much discussed “No Net” reroute.  It certainly a challenge to accommodate a burgeoning mountain bike community with only a few available trails to ride.  When one of the most beautiful and challenging sections needed to be rebuilt sustainably it definitely made us pause and consider all the ramifications.   No Net is still beautiful and still has some nice …