For Immediate Release
1-14-09
Contact: Mark Eller, Communications Director
markeller@imba.com
303-545-9011
The SRAM Cycling Fund has granted $200,000 to the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), its second award since forming the Fund in September 2008.
"It is hard to imagine where mountain biking would be today without IMBA's trail building and restoration efforts over the last 20 years," said Stan Day, SRAM president and CEO. "(Executive director) Mike Van Abel, his staff and hundreds of IMBA grassroots volunteers have a proven track record. We are confident that SRAM's contribution to IMBA will be a powerful investment in the future of mountain biking."
During the next five years, the fund plans to award $10 million in grants to support cycling advocacy around the world.
"We are extremely excited about SRAM's US$200,000 contribution to IMBA," Van Abel added. "These new funds will allow IMBA to build more new trails and build them quicker. We will invest $150,000 to add professional staff on a regional basis to bolster local clubs capacity to build and maintain trails, and $50,000 in our new grassroots fundraising program, Team IMBA, which also funds new trails."
IMBA, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, is a non-profit educational association whose mission is to create, enhance and preserve great trail experiences for mountain bikers worldwide. Since 1988, IMBA has been bringing out the best in mountain biking by encouraging low-impact riding, volunteer trailwork participation, cooperation among different trail user groups, grassroots advocacy and innovative trail solutions.
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