How the Mid Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts Get Things Done
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Ernie Rodriguez is the president of MORE, the Mid Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts. MORE has been around since 1992 and the group maintains and advocates for trails in Maryland, Virginia, and the Washington, DC area.
- Why and how did MORE get its start? Did it start as more of a social club, or were there advocacy concerns in the early 1990s?
- How is MORE organized?
- How did you become the president of MORE?
- How is MORE funded?
- What is the relationship between MORE and IMBA?
- What are some of the more popular trails your group supports?
- Which trail projects are you the most proud to have helped support?
- Is there any opposition to mountain bike trail access in the region?
- What does the current discussion around e-bike trail access look like for MORE?
- What’s the biggest constraint MORE faces in carrying out and growing the mission?
- What’s next for MORE in 2023 and beyond?
Connect with MORE at more-mtb.org.
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| 0:39.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. |
| 0:41.9 | My name is Jeff and today my guest is Ernie Rodriguez. |
| 0:46.2 | Ernie is the president of Moore, the Mid-Atlantic off-road enthusiasts. |
| 0:51.5 | Moore has been around since 1992 and the group maintains and advocates for |
| 0:55.9 | trails in Maryland, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C. area. Thanks for joining me, Ernie. |
| 1:01.9 | Thank you. I appreciate being on. So tell us why and how did Moore get its start. |
| 1:08.2 | So before I do that, can I give you our motto? Because I liked your introduction. |
| 1:12.1 | Sure. |
| 1:12.8 | But really, our motto says it all. |
| 1:15.5 | It's riding bikes and building trails since 1992. |
| 1:19.7 | Now, you're asking about how we started? |
| 1:22.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:23.0 | So it's kind of funny because I found it the other day. |
| 1:27.4 | I was looking through our communications folder and found an ad where we had put an ad in |
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