Mongoose Cargo Cat Trailer Grants Awarded For Trail Workers

IMBA Trail News
Volume 11, Number 1
March-April 1998

Twenty-one Mongoose Cargo Cat bicycle trailers were awarded in February to IMBA-affiliated trail maintenance clubs, volunteer mountain bike patrols, and land managers.

The trailers attach to the seat post of a bicycle and have a large multi-level rack assembly that can carry up to 100 pounds of gear. The trailers will be used by volunteer mountain bike patrols and maintenance crews to carry first aid equipment, trail tools, food and other supplies. The Cargo Cats are manufactured under Mongoose's accessory brand, Advent.

The twenty-one Cargo Cat recipient groups are:

1. Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club; Kirkland, WA
2. Western Washington Mountain Bike Association; Mountlake Terrace, WA
3. Eastern Virginia Mountain Bike Association; Hampton, VA
4. Friends of Off-Road Cycling; Bettendorf, IA
5. Bicycle Trails Council of Marin; Sebastopol, CA
6. Potawatomi Chapter of Michigan Mountain Bike Assoc.; Dexter, MI
7. New Jersey Cycling Conservation Club; Marlboro, NJ
8. Appalachian Mountain Bike Club/ Big South Fork MTB Patrol; Dandridge, TN
9. Pike's Peak North Slope Patrol; Colorado Springs, CO
10. New England Mountain Bicycling Assoc.; Acton, MA
11. City of Pleasanton Parks MTB Patrol; Pleasanton, CA
12. Bridgerland Mountain Bike Patrol; Logan, UT
13. Kettle Moraine State Forest; Eagle, WI|
14. National Mountain Bike Patrol of Western New York; Fairport, NY|
15. Grand Valley Mountain Bike Patrol; Grand Junction, CO
16. North Central Mountain Bike Patrol; Anoka, MN
17. Ramapo Trail Riders; Haskell, NJ
18. Moab Patrol; Moab, UT
19. Front Range Mountain Bike Patrol; Aurora, CO
20. Austin Mountain Bike Patrol; Austin, TX
21. Trail Users Rights Foundation (TURF); Chicago, IL