Hey everyone! Our next meeting is scheculed for FEB 15th at 6:30 pm at Vertucci's in East Peoria. Come early if you would like to eat, drink and socialize. Topics will again include the race series, fundraisers, trail maintenance, social happenings and merchandise.

It's official! Pamba's 2nd winter Spin Social date is set. This event is sponsored by PAMBA and is free to all members. Please RSVP on this forum and add the following information to your calendar now! 

WHAT: Enjoy an extended Les Mills RPM class lead by our own Carrie Kerr

DATE & TIME: Friday, Feb 19th, 2010 @ 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm - (that’s after work….what a great way to unwind!)

WHERE: Five Points in Washington

SPECIFICS: We still have 9 bikes available. Those who have already requested a bike from Carrie's previous post include: Robin, Mike S, Bret, Nick, Betsy, Mike H, James D and Bob G. About ½ of the bikes are SPD /Look compatible. Please RSVP on this forum soon and we'll save a bike for you! Bring your own towel and drinking water. Locker rooms are available.

EXTRAS: Let's further extend our RPM class and head out for drinks and food afterwards. In fact bring the whole family! **For a small fee, they may use the Five Points pool or take advantage of the babysitting services while you are spinning.

We have a great opportunity coming up on Saturday February 20th to learn about trail building. Mike Staub and Terry Carter, both PAMBA (Peoria Area Mountain Bike Association) leaders and IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association) certified trail builders, will be leading a trail building & care training session at Wildlife Prairie Park to teach others how to lead efforts in properly building trails. This will be an 8 hour session with 4 hours of classroom type training a lunch break then 4 hours of in the woods training. This is a rare chance to get an understanding of how to help create and maintain the trails that we all enjoy.

The class will cover topics from maintainable/non-eroding trails on hillside slopes where the path should be cut, how it's made, what tools are used, and much more. Wildlife Prairie Park not only provides a whole new playground scene, but has some huge benefits for mountain bikers and other users of the trails and woods.

The class will follow the format of the Subaru IMBA Trail Care Crew trail school. imba.com/tcc/trailschool.html

Please let me know if you have any questions or interest in supporting this effort. Even if you aren't available for this training session you can still come out with us at other times and learn some trail building skills. There will be MANY other trail care dates in the future. You can always check the PAMBA site later for updated date information.

http://www.pambamtb.org/

Some important notes are:
> this class is limited to the first 30 participants that sign up

> TO SIGN UP FOR THIS SESSION PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL

> the only session scheduled at this time is February 20th with an EXTREME weather date 'rain date' being February 27th that following Saturday

> a nice lunch will be provided for all those attending and assisting with the trail training

> There is potential for a second session on March 13th if there are more than 30 people interested in the first session. Please let me know if you would like to attend the trail training, but can't make the Feb 20th date. No promises, but it will help to know.

Thanks for you interest,
Laura & Wildlife Prairie Park trail crew

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