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The Value of Cycling Beyond Metrics

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...

From Guidance to Growth: WiMTB Mentoring Program Enters Its Impact Phase

Women remain underrepresented across the mountain bike ecosystem – from trail associations and trail crews to guiding, advocacy, tourism, academia, industry, media, and leadership roles....

Advocacy in the spotlight – building alliances in unexpected places.

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...

New Trail Advocacy Partner – Much More Trails

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...

Our Trails, Our Future: Why Mountain Bikers Must Protect the Places We Love to Ride.

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...

Bike Innovation Scotland to host IMBA Europe Summit in the Tweed Valley

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...

Best Practice in Action: How Industry Partnerships Can Help Build a More Inclusive MTB Community

Creating a more diverse and representative mountain bike community requires commitment from across the sector. Advocacy organizations, trail associations, event organizers, and industry partners...

Is the IMBA Europe Meet-Up for you?

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,...

Meet Maurizio: Winner of the Inaugural Trail Advancement Award

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...

Why should mountain bike advocates consider attending the Velo-City conference?

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...