Join or Renew for a Chance to Win a 2023 Norco Optic C2! We are thrilled to announce an exclusive giveaway for new and existing NMBC members!  Join or renew your membership with us, and you could be the lucky winner of brand new 2023 Norco Optic C2 (valued at $6,199 CAD). How to Enter: New Members: Join our community by signing up for an NMBC membership. Simply visit our website (link) and follow the registration process. Every new membership automatically enters you into the giveaway. You don’t have to live in Nanaimo to buy a membership! How great is that? Existing Members: Good ne ..read more

We’re excited to let you know that in accordance with Step 3 of BC’s Restart Plan, group rides are back by popular demand.   Based on discussions with community members, volunteers, and bike shops, we’ve ironed out a new plan that will be in place for the next few months:    Available Rides Intermediate rides will run on Tuesdays at 6:30, departing from various locations. These are indicated in blue on the event calendar. These will be organized by community volunteers and routes will be decided by group consensus during the ride.  Beginner rides wi ..read more

It was nearly 1 year ago that unsafe features were assessed and removed from Mary Jane, Flow Show, and The Simple Life. Let’s preface this by saying: feature removal is not something anyone at the NMBC enjoys doing, especially because we enjoy riding the features too. That said, many of the features removed were rotten and structurally compromised, while others were simply poorly constructed and not up to the safety standards required by landowners. All of this comes down to safety and fulfilling our duty of care to prevent hospital visits resulting from compromised and unsafe structures. Wh ..read more

Fine China, Nanaimo’s first machine-built flow trail, will be undergoing its first official refresh since its construction in 2013. A significant update has been scheduled for some time, but after recent harvesting activities forced the popular trail to close, the project was expedited to the top of the list.  With funding from Rec Sites & Trails BC, the NMBC has hired two of the original builders: Mason McGarrigle and Bill McLean to complete the work in a one-month timeframe; between March 1st and April 5, 2021.  The work will begin on Upper Fine China, and progress to Lower F ..read more

Credit: Dave Silver Photography Day 4 of this year’s BC Bike Race will be held in Nanaimo.  After two years of racing in BC’s interior, the 7-day mountain bike stage race will return to it’s Island roots for a week in July. The Nanaimo stage’s course designer is none other than our NMBC trail director Ryan Smith, who’s worked on BCBR Bike Patrol for 8 years. Ryan has big plans and wants to make sure the Nanaimo stage will be one to remember. Head over to the BCBR website for additional details and to register for the race. The post BC Bike Race is Coming to Town in 2023 appeared f ..read more

From February to October 2021, researchers from Vancouver Island University collected data in an online survey.  The goal of the project was to identify the economic impact of mountain biking, management considerations, and trail user characteristics. The results of the project can be found in the following report (link to document). The post Nanaimo Trails Survey appeared first on Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club ..read more

The NMBC is hosting a Women’s Enduro on Saturday, May 28, 2022.  Registration will be $65 for adults (19+) and $35 for the youth (under 19) and rookie (19+) course.  We will also be hosting an after party at a local brewery for an additional $30. Keep your eyes on this page and our social media feeds for more information.  We will be sure to give you plenty of heads up so that you can be first in line to sign up! If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the volunteer form at the following link.  The post NMBC Women’s Enduro 2022 appeared first on Nan ..read more

Join us for the 2021 Annual General Meeting. All members are invited to listen, participate, and vote for the 2022 Board of Directors. When: October 26, 2021 (6:30pm) Where: Virtually – https://nanaimomountainbikeclub.my.webex.com/meet/agm Become A Board Member There are currently several board seats available. We are a working board, so many roles will require volunteer time in addition to meeting attendance. Any member can apply to be a board member, but the NMBC is especially looking for folks with backgrounds in marketing and communications, project management, and Board Governance experti ..read more

Time is drawing to an end for the NMBC’s first ever paid trail crew program Here’s an update on everything that was accomplished over the past few months:  Doumont Part of the vision that prescribed the work in Doumont was to create a corridor on the south side of Weigles Rd to compliment the corridor on the north. The majority of days were spent in Doumont, building a new climbing trail to bypass the deteriorating road known as Killer Climb.    Unbroken Souls – *NEW* An all-new, seemingly machine-made climber connecting the bottom of Scotts to the top of Banshee Boulevard ..read more

Doumont Our Winter Trail Crew has been hard at work since the end of November and has made solid progress over the first 5 weeks. Our crew consists of 9 individuals and started with experience ranging from established builders to just learning the trade. December saw us getting the crew getting trained up on trailbuilding methods and applying these skills to two reroutes at Doumont to meet the NMBC’s maintenance commitments and improve upon the user experience of the network. We began by rerouting the hike-a- bike section of Banshee Blvd, near Killer Climb, with an approximate 200 m new seg ..read more