NMBA is pleased to announce their participation in the Penns Valley Gear Swap Sale & Fundraiser, to be held on Sunday, November 13, 2011, from noon to 4pm, at 105 E. Main Street, Millheim, PA. 

The goal of the gear swap is to be an annual fundraiser for the Penns Valley Conservation Association http://www.pennsvalley.net/cms/ and to help promote other outdoor-based organizations and businesses in the Centre County region. 

NMBA is currently looking for DONATIONS of items to sell at the Gear Swap.  The following is a list of suggested items to donate:  bicycles of all sorts, bicycle parts of all sorts, bike trailers, car carriers, jerseys, hi-tech clothing, unused water bottles, shoes that still have many years of life, and pretty much anything you would find in a bike shop.   Other non-bicycle related items that may be donated are camping gear, skiing gear, hiking gear, backpacks, binoculars, telescopes, GPS and cameras.

25% of the proceeds generated from the Gear Swap will go to the Penns Valley Conservation Association, and the remaining 75% of the proceeds will go directly to NMBA. 

Raid your closet, your basement, your garage and your shed to find items worth donating!  We ALL have bicycle clothing that is practically brand new that we just don’t wear for some reason; let’s clean out those drawers and donate them to a worthy cause! 

When you’ve gathered your items that you wish to donate, please contact Terri to schedule pick up/drop off.  Items will be accepted up until November 11th.   

Please help to make this fundraiser a successful event for the Penns Valley Conservation Association as well as NMBA!

FreezeThaw Cycles presents UK Night at ION Gallery, 209 West Calder Way, State College.

Featuring... one night only specials on select products from Brooks, Endura, Velocity, hope, Reynolds 853 and Brompton!  Test ride the Bromptons indoors!

$10 raffle tickets will be sold to suppport NMBA - a set of Veolcity Blunt SL 29" Rims and complimentary J.Wag-approved wheel build labour (you buy hubs, spokes & nipples) and CRBC - $250 towards Endura clothing.

Elk Creek Cafe & Aleworks will be on ON TAP!

Construction on the reroute of Maguire Trail has begun.  This is a full monty reroute with only about 5' of old trail to remain in use.  At this time, you can still enter Maguire through the old entrance off of Bald Knob Ridge (when complete, the new entrance will be a few feet beyond the old entrance).  As you start going down you will see a rerouting to the left.  At that point you will begin riding the new rerouted sections.  Please use caution when riding the reroute as the lower 3/4 of the reroute is rideable - but it is not by any means complete.  There are still turns that need to be adjusted and sections that need to be tweaked.  This new reroute is going to be very fun and flowy and will hopefully last for decades with little to no erosion problems.  It really is awesome!  Once the reroute is complete, the old sections of Maguire will be closed off completely to allow for regineration.

Sunday, October 30th, from 9am-5pm will mark the next NMBA Trail work day where we will again be utilizing community service workers.  At that time, we will work towards completing both the Maguire reroutes and the New Laurel Run Trail reroutes.  We will need to have as many NMBA members on hand as possible to keep the 30 community service workers on task.   It is very important to have the expertise of our members when it comes to adjusting turns and tweaking the trail towards the specifications of mountain bikers. 

Members of the Penn State Cycling team will also be on hand on Sunday, October 30th, to help with the completion of the reroutes.

DCNR will be providing NMBA with more hand tools so everyone should be able to keep busy.

Please note that you do not have to be present for the entire trail work day.  If you can only volunteer some of your time, that is fine.  If you are able to attend (for any period of time) please let either Terri ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Dave ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) know your availability so we can start a sign up sheet.

Again, please use caution when riding the Maguire reroute and remember work still needs to be done on both the Maguire and the New Laurel Run reroutes to reach completion.

Thank you!