Membership

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You belong with us!

When you join IMBA-MEMBA, you join the world’s largest mountain biking club and support access and riding on West Michigan’s lakeshore. IMBA-MEMBA members are more than just enthusiasts who love to ride mountain bikes. You’re passionate, concerned individuals who love the peace, beauty, ruggedness, and challenge of the trail. You want to change your neighborhood, your state your region, your country, the world. You want to make it a better a better place for mountain biking.

Thank you for deciding to join MEMBA-IMBA!

MEMBA is an Affiliate Chapter of the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) – when you join MEMBA, you also become a member of IMBA.  Your membership will not only help build and maintain local trails, it will help ensure our voice is heard in local, state and national government as well.

How does MEMBA use your membership dues?

• Insurance for our trail workers and the trail building tools
• Tools and supplies for trail building
• Bringing IMBA Trail Crews into town to train our builders
• Professional trail building consulting
• Feeding our trail crews on workdays
• Legal consultation and representation for local land use and agreements
• Every MEMBA staff and board member is a volunteer (no salaries paid)

MEMBA – IMBA Membership Benefits

• IMBA Welcome Kit (Includes personalized IMBA membership card, IMBA’s Official Dirty Video DVD and soundtrack, a “propaganda-pack” of stickers, and annual subscription to IMBA Trail News)
• A choice of bicycle magazine subscriptions
• More discounts and deals — visit www.imba.com/membership/individual/benefits for details
• IMBA advocacy updates and alerts.  Taking action on these will make a difference.
• Better trails!

Your support is critical in helping MEMBA and IMBA work with local land managers, demonstrating that we will continue to build and maintain sustainable trails AND be responsible trail users.  Most importantly, you will be helping us develop future trail opportunities and improve our current local trails.

Join today and ride with us tomorrow!