One of the world’s premier cycling cities, Utrecht, hosted the 2026 EuroVelo conference last week, ECF’s annual leisure and bicycle tourism gathering. I was there to present key findings from the 2026 IMBA Europe rider survey and to hear from...
Women remain underrepresented across the mountain bike ecosystem – from trail associations and trail crews to guiding, advocacy, tourism, academia, industry, media, and leadership roles. Many find themselves as “the only one” in their...
Mountain bikers have a reputation for being independent characters. We spend all our time, many would say, finding secret trails, building unique bikes, and paying little attention to mainstream society's concerns. But that picture isn’t...
We’re excited to welcome Much More Trails as one of IMBA Europe’s Trail Advocacy Partners!
Based in Spain, Much More Trails offers a wide range of professional trail-building and maintenance tools, from hand tools and marking equipment to...
The summer of 2026 has been a difficult one for many, as wildfires rage across Europe and record heatwaves plague huge swaths of the continent.
The effects of climate change are hardly news to European mountain bikers, but perhaps...
IMBA Europe has announced that Bike Innovation Scotland – a partnership between Edinburgh Napier University and South of Scotland Enterprise – has been selected to host the 2027 IMBA Europe Summit in the Tweed Valley, Scottish Borders.
The...
Creating a more diverse and representative mountain bike community requires commitment from across the sector. Advocacy organizations, trail associations, event organizers, and industry partners all have a role to play in reducing barriers to...
Dates: October 8-10th (IMBA Europe's Members' Day)
Location: Borderless Border Trails, Sebnitz, Germany
If you're planning a trail project in 2027, managing an existing trail network, advocating for mountain biking, or working to grow the...
Take Care of Your Trails is proud to announce Maurizio Rossi of North n Line trail crew as the winner of the very first Trail Advancement Award, a new initiative launched by IMBA Europe to invest in the next generation of trail advocates and...
IMBA Europe advocacy officer Hans Stoops last week joined over a thousand cycling professionals working to make our societies more bike-normative and sustainable. While the focus of this conference is always urban cycling infrastructure and...
