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Subject: Mountain Bikers: Rate Your
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06/26/2001
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For Immediate Release
June 26, 2001

Contact: Dan Vardamis, IMBA ­ dan@... (303) 545-9011


Online Voting Highlights 2001 Report Card

Think mountain bicycling is better where you live than anywhere else in the
United States? The 2001 IMBA Report Card is the chance to prove it.
Mountain bikers everywhere will get to grade trail access in their home
state this summer via an online poll at http://www.imba.com.

The Report Card is a second-year program designed by IMBA to provide an
overview of mountain bike access across the U.S. In addition to a grade,
each statešs trail riding opportunities and challenges are summarized by
short, additional descriptions. Grades are based on a number of factors:
estimated miles of singletrack, land manager attitudes, relations with
other
trail user groups and the long-term outlook for mountain biking.

Online voting results combined with input from IMBA staff, state
representatives and local mountain bike advocates will determine a statešs
final grade. The IMBA Report Card poll will be open for voting on the web
from June 22 to August 1, with live minute-by-minute results. At the end
of
the polling period, IMBA will tally the results and provide a detailed
analysis of mountain bike trail access in the U.S.

"Itšs important that the entire mountain bicycling community help determine
grades for IMBAšs report card," said IMBA executive director Tim
Blumenthal.
"The report card is a great tool for gauging advocacy progress, focusing
attention on areas that need help, and recognizing places that lead the way
in mountain bike trail access."

Grades for each state from last yearšs IMBA Report Card can be seen below.
Contact IMBA for more information.

A States
Idaho

A- States
South Dakota

B+ States
Alaska
Arizona
Maryland
Michigan
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
West Virginia

B States
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
Florida
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oregon
Texas
Virginia
Wyoming

B- States
California
Georgia
Mississippi
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin

C+ States
Hawaii
Indiana
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Tennessee

C States
Alabama
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
New York
Rhode Island
South Carolina

C- States
Connecticut

D States
Kansas
Louisiana
Ohio