MTB Monster Sponsor PMBA
Dedicated mountain bike shop, MTB Monster has very generously supported PMBA by becoming our latest corporate sponsor. Living up to their claim to being passionate...
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PMBA First Aid Course The Sequel
It's been three years since PMBA last organised an outdoor first aid course and the certificates of the people who attended were running out so we decided it was...
Empire Cycles PMBA Enduro Series 2014 Entries Open
Dates and locations for a new series of Enduro races have been confirmed. Based in the north of England - with a toe dipped into southern Scotland - the Empire...
Gisburn Car Parking Charges
It's taken awhile (won't bore you with the details) but parking charges are now fully in force at Gisburn Forest in all the car parks. The meters in School Lane,...
Gisburn Volunteers 2014
The seventh year of Gisburn volunteer trail building got off to a good start in 2014 with 20 people turning out for the first dig day of the year, racking up 101...
Gisburn Trail Builders Update
Time for an update on the Gisburn Trail Builders. Since the last update the volunteers have been pretty busy with a range of things. Repairs for the year have been...
PMBA’s Third Anniversary
It's PMBA's third birthday so it's time for a review of what's been done in 2013 and what we're planning to do in 2014. For us 2013 has been a bit of a coming of...
Hope XC Series – Race 4 Report
The race on Sunday was the conclusion of our sixth series and the weather held off to give a dry race for all. We at Brownbacks go on a lot about being a 'grassroots'...
Planning Submitted for Lee Quarry Trailhead
The planning application has finally been submitted for the new trail head at Lee Quarry. The initial bidding process to find a preferred development partner, issues...
Escape to Gisburn – Did You Make It?
Sunday saw the first major mountain bike event at Gisburn in a while, and the sun shone. Borderline Events sponsored by Escape Bikes put on a 3 stage Enduro taking...
Trail Sanitisation…With Jumps!
The Rolling Boar routes is a project PMBA is currently working on to create a sign posted and mapped series of routes starting and ending at the new trailhead in...
Autumn Events
It's autumn, the trails are damp again, the temperatures have dropped and the nights are closing in. Depressed, you shouldn't be with the range of events taking...
The Enduros are Coming & Cockhill DH Opening
We've got a number of exciting new events coming across the patch in the near future. The first one is the 'Ard Rock Enduro in North Yorkshire on the 29th and 30th...
Hope XC Series Race 1 Report
608 miles. That's how far Phil Lenney (GWB-ACTIV) travelled on Sunday to take part in Round 1 of the Brownbacks Hope XC Race Series for 2013. If you're going to...
Rebound Suspension Sponsors PMBA / Gisburn Donations
Rebound Suspension, based in Bolton have become the latest local mountain bike business to support PMBA with a generous donation. Rebound, run by a mountain biker...
Gisburn Opening – By ‘eck Chief it Were a Tad Damp
Well we did it, Gisburn's new trails, skills loops and car park are officially open despite the weather giving it a determined second go at cancelling things again....
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