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CORBA Fat Tire Fest 2010 is Coming!
CORBA Blog
Angeles Crest Highway closures cause confusion and frustration- July 28
CORBA on BikeSport Radio - July 27
REI
Supports CORBA - July 22
Roger’s Road Trail Maintenance Report - July 21
Photos
of trailwork on Rogers Road - July 17
Saturday July 17 CORBA trail maintenance day at Will Rogers State
Historical Park
CORBA Endorses Prop 21 - July 10
CORBA Supports High School Mountain Biking - July 10
The Great Outdoors Initiative Comes to L.A. - July 9
Albertson and Montgomery Fireroads Graded - July 8th
Los Angeles County trail access meeting July 20 – mark your
calendar!
July Skills
Clinic Gallery
eTerraTimes for July
CORBA Participates in Subaru Ready for Adventure Event- June 29
Photos of Subaru's
"Ready for Adventure" Event at Malibu Creek State Park - June 29
Special thanks to Youth Adventures program supporter – Simi Cycling
Center - June 29
Backbone Trail Maintenance June 2010 - June 25
Art’s Trail Closure Update - June 23
Trailwork Days: Doc Larson Trail June 26, July 10
Subaru “Ready for Adventure” Event This Weekend - June 17
Update on the Art’s Trail Closure- June 16
200 Acres of New Open Space in Calabasas - June 11. The dedication ceremony in on Saturday, June 12.
Sullivan Canyon Closure Update - June 8
June
Skills Clinic Photos
Las Virgenes “Tar Pits” are a Natural Phenomenon - June 4
eTerraTimes for June
More Unauthorized Trails “Closed” - June 3
Nature Valley donates 10¢ per wrapper to support the National Park
Service - June 2
Angeles National Forest Recovery Plans - June 1
New Millennium Trail Maintenance Report - June 1
Photos
of work on the New Millennium Trail in Calabasas - June 1
Angeles National Forest Opens Campgrounds, But Few Trails - May 26
CORBA has adopted Conejo Open Space Los Robles Trail West (aka
Space Mountain to Potrero Rd.) - May 22
Fire-danger level being raised at Angeles National Forest - May 22
Malibu Creek State Park Trail and Plant Rehab - May 21
“Ride of Silence” to be May 19th
A push to preserve the San Gabriels - May 16 Topanga State Park General Plan Meeting CANCELLED - We will let you know when the meeting originally scheduled for
May 11 will take place.
Verdugos: City Requests Illegal Features be Removed - May 9
Sullivan Canyon to Experience More Closures - May 5
Report from CORBA Trail Crew – Santa Monica Mountains Trail Day
4/24/2010 - April 28
eTerraTimes for May
Happy Earth Day: Now Ride Your Bike to the Trails - April 22
Public hearing on plans for Rancho Potrero to take place April
27
San Gabriel Watershed Study Comments Released - April 21
CORBA’s Temporary Home - April 21
Red-Flag Protocols Are Changed to Reflect Local Conditions - April 19
Amgen Tour of California Ends May 23 in the Conejo Valley
Pot plants, seeds seized in Malibu Creek State Park - April 15
State
Trail Day in the Angeles Forest on April 17
Mountain
Biking Setback in Montana - April 12
Youth
Adventures Ride at Cheeseboro Canyon - April 8
April Skills
Clinic Photos
Arroyo Seco Assessment of Health - April 4
eTerraTimes for April
1
CORBA
Seeks Office Space - April 1. We're looking for inexpensive
or donated space in a central location from which to operate
Aquatic Snails Infest Santa Monica Mountain Watersheds - April 1
CORBA Youth Adventures ride report – March 2010 - March 31
Notice to users of the Los Robles Trail - March 31
Rwanda Fundraiser Ride is Saturday, April 10th
Join
CORBA for the State Trails Day in the Angeles Forest April 17
Join
CORBA for the Santa Monica Mountain Trails Days April 23 - 25
Snakes ‘scared to death of us’
- March 31. Rattlesnakes are coming out of hibernation about now
Mexico City bicycle program pedals uphill - March 31
MBU volunteers take Advanced Skills Clinic
- March 30. CORBA president Mark Langton drills MBU recruits on
advanced mountain biking skills
COSCA
Spring Trailwork - March 29. Report on Saturday's work on the
Mountain Creek Trail in Newbury Park
Welcome to CORBA's Blog
- March 26. Our new blog is a tool for us to stay in touch with
our visitors...
Photos of a
Youth Adventures ride - March 26
Cobb Estate (Sam Merrill Trailhead) Public Meeting
- March 25
Griffith Park Neighborhood Council Elections
- March 18
Angeles National Forest Update
- March 17
Cyclists take on one of L.A.’s steepest hills
- March 15
Report on the 2010 National Bike Summit
- March 15
List of LA City
Parks - March 7. Mountain biking is banned in all of them, even
on dirt roads.
Google Maps adds bike routes
- March 11 March
Skills Clinic Photos
eTerraTimes for
March 4
Support Rails to Trails
- March 3. Act would improve trail, walking and biking networks
around the country CORBA has a
new Calendar - February 16. We're now using Google calendars
so it's easier to share
eTerraTimes for
February 4
Trailwork Report – Backbone Trail
- Feb 1.
L.A. Bike Plan Update
- January 26 January
2010 Skills Clinic Photos
eTerraTimes for
January 1, 2010
CORBA has an online form to
help mountain bikers petition for off-road bicycling in LA City
parks - December 21. Fill out the
form and send it in today because the comment period
closes on Jan 8, 2010.
The Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy denies the claims of impropriety aimed at
CORBA - December 7. A letter from the Chief Deputy Director
of the SMMC corrects the record regarding improper claims about
the acquisition of Mandeville Canyon and CORBA's role
December
Skills Clinic Photos
eTerraTimes for
December 3
Facts ignored
in article that promotes
anti-mountain biking agenda - December 2
Mountain Biking Grew 10.2% in
2008 - December 2
High School
Cycling Gives Thanks - November 25
November
Skills Clinic Photos
Sullivan Canyon
reopens Nov 6th
The National Insterscholastic
Cycling Association and IMBA form an alliance - November 5
eTerraTimes for
November 5
Physician
convicted in bicycle crash case - November 3
Fat Tire Fest Photos - October 25
2009 Draft LA Bike
Plan Leaves Mountain Bikers in the Dust - October 22
Fat
Tire Fest eFlash - October 20
COSCA
Trailwork Day photos - October 17
Fat
Tire Fest eFlash - October 16
Fat
Tire Fest eFlash - October 13
October
Skills Clinic Photos
Photos
of Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day
eNews
for October 1
Take a Kid Mountain Biking
Day is Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Malibu Creek State Park,
9:00 am
Fat Tire Fest eFlash
- September 30
San Gabriel
Watershed and Mountains Special Resources Study - September
3, 2009
September
Skills Clinic Photos
eNews for September
3
Dirt Rag Magazine
Credits CORBA with first volunteer mountain bike patrol group
- September 1, 2009
Public meeting
on Sullivan Canyon closure to be held on
Monday, August 31 - August 28. At this meeting, the Gas
Company will explain the project and address questions
from the public.
San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study
- August 24
Sullivan
Canyon Alert - August 22. Southern California Gas Company
will be starting on September 1 a pipeline project through
Sullivan Canyon that will result in the construction of
a 12' wide road and impact 185 protected trees, including the
removal of 31 sycamore trees. The
project will continue through October or longer.
KABC
Ch 7 interviews CORBA founder Jim Hasenaurer on bikes in LA City
Parks - August 7
August
Skills Clinic photos
eNews for July 30
July
Skills Clinic photos
eNews for July 2
Photos
of National Trails Day at Mt Wilson - June 24
Mt Lowe Truck
Trail Closure - June 19. A rock slide closes a section of the
trail for a year
June
Skills Clinic photos
eNews for June 4
State proposes
closing 80% of State Parks - June 1. The closure of all the
State Parks in the Santa Monica Mountains would provide insignificant
savings to help with the current budget crisis
Sierra Club
continues to support the ban on mountain biking in LA City -
June 1
Working to reverse the
ban on mountain biking in LA City - June 1
Calabasas
trailwork photos from May 23
eNews for May 8
MBU Volunteers
at the advanced skills clinic April 26
Beginners
Ride photos from April 24
Team CORBA
photos at the 2009 Sea Otter Classic
May
Skills Clinic Photos
CORBA in the
News: Volunteers wage weekly fight with mountain trail erosion
- April 12. An article from the Ventura County Star
Channel
Islands High forms SoCal Mountain Bike Club - April 12. An article
from the Ventura County Star
Urgent eAlert for
April 15
April
Skills Clinic Photos
eNews for April
2
List of Closed Trails
- March 24. These trails are closed to mountain biking. Please ride on open trails only.
2008
FTF Volunteers Rides and Lunch - March 18
Suburu/IMBA
Trail Care Crew Visiting Santa Barbara March 26-29 - March 7
March
Skills Clinic Photos
eNews for March
7
COSCA Seeks
Volunteers for Trailhead Outreach - March 2
Latest
Terra Times available on the web (Vol 17, #1) - February 27
CORBA now has
Student memberships for $15 per year - February 11
February
Skills Clinic photos
eNews
for February 6
Photos
from work on the Backbone Trail near Latigo Canyon Road
- January 31
Popular Energy
Bars Recalled Due to Salmonella Contamination - January
31
eNews for January
9
January
2009 Skills Clinic Photos
Youth
Adventures ride photos - Dec 6.
December
Skills Clinic Photos
eNews for December
5 - Ergon grip giveaway continues
Mountain
Bike Action magazine article on CORBA's Jeff Klinger - From
MBA, December 2008
Ergon Grips
Giveaway - Nov 7.  New
members, and CORBA members who encourage them to join, get a pair
of free Ergon Grips (for a very limited time)!
eNews for November
7
November
Skills Clinic Photos
Photos of
the COSCA Trailwork Day - Oct 18
eNews
for October 17
Fat Tire Fest Photo
and Video Galleries - Oct 15. What you took part in and what
you might have missed! Pics and vids of our hugely successful Fat
Tire Fest last Sunday. Can you find yourself in them?
All News Items
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CORBA is an all-volunteer non-profit organization serving  the mountain bicycling community of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas including southern Ventura County. We are dedicated to preserving open space, maintaining public access to public lands, and creating more trail opportunities for all to enjoy.
We are affiliated with the International
Mountain Bicycling Association.
Ride. Inform. Preserve.
We are passionate about the mountain biking experience and the mountains and trails that are available to us. We are also committed to our community and offer several programs that give back and contribute to positive trail experiences for trail users.
Whether you ride twice a year or twice a day, you understand how precious trail access is to your well-being and lifestyle. Join the CORBA community today…after all, what would living in the LA area be like without great mountain bike trails?
 Rules of the Trail
1. Ride on open trails only.
2. Leave no trace.
3. Control
Your Bicycle!
4. Always
Yield the Trail to Other Trail Users.
5. Never
Scare Animals.
6. Be
Prepared and Plan Ahead.
7. Take
the Opportunity to Give Back to the Trails - The CORBA Trail Crew.
| Quote of the week
“Mountain biking kicks your ass
and soothes your soul.”
Mandible Jones, poet, author of
Carpet Particles short story collection
from
"The
Quotable Cyclist" by Bill Strickland
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Why ride a mountain bike?
- It's great exercise and improves health
- It improves balance
- It reduces stress
- It helps us appreciate the beauty of
nature
- We can see wildlife and wildflowers
- We will escape the noise of the
city
- We find great camaraderie
- There are no cars to get hit by
- It's fun!
- Kids think it's fun!
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