This Mountain Bike Organization Has 1,000 Miles of New Trails in Various Stages of Planning

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

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Wilderness, Sports

4.7 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Terry Palmeri is the Executive Director of the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association (SORBA). The organization has been around since 1989 and today SORBA is made up of 48 chapters spread across seven states.

In this conversation we ask:

Why and how did SORBA get its start? What sorts of issues were southern mountain bikers struggling with in the late 1980s?
How is SORBA organized?
How many miles of singletrack trails do SORBA chapters support?
How many individuals belong to a SORBA club? How do you think that number compares to the number of active mountain bikers living in the southeast?
How is SORBA funded?
What is the relationship between SORBA and IMBA?
What are some of the bigger trail projects that are currently in the works?
Are there any unique challenges to trail building in the southeast?
Is there much opposition to mountain bike trail access in the region?
What does the current discussion around e-bike trail access look like for SORBA?
What’s the biggest constraint SORBA faces in carrying out and growing the mission?
What’s next for SORBA in 2022 and beyond?

For more information about SORBA or to make a donation, visit SORBA.org.

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1:14.6	Terry is the executive director of Sorba, which is the Southern Off-road Bicycle Association.
1:21.6	And the group has been around since 1989.
1:24.6	Today the group is made up of 48 chapters spread across seven different states. Thanks for
1:31.1	joining me, Terry. Well, thank you, Jeff. It's a pleasure to be here. So take me back to the
1:36.8	beginning. How and why did Sorba get its start? What kind of issues or things were going on
1:42.9	in mountain biking in the south back then, back in
1:46.7	the late 80s?
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