RockShox supports IMBA trailwork again in '98

IMBA Trail News
Volume 11, Number 5
November 1998

With a $10,000 grant from RockShox, IMBA has purchased 240 McLeod trail tools and is distributing them to more than 90 affiliate clubs across the nation. Manufactured by Zac Tool Manufacturing of Simi Valley, California, the tools were prepped at no charge by Precision Deburring Services (PDS) of Sante Fe Springs, California, and painted RockShox SID blue by Crest Coating of Anaheim.

Mountain bikers will put the tools to work building and maintaining trails from Eagle River, Alaska, to Bar Harbor, Maine, and from the southern Sierra Nevada mountains to central Arkansas and southern Florida.

"RockShox continues to be an unparalleled supporter of IMBA projects and those of our affiliated clubs," said Tim Blumenthal, IMBA executive director. "Top-quality trail tools make trailwork easier. Volunteer trailwork keeps trails open for mountain biking."

In '97, IMBA member clubs and individuals volunteered more than 150,000 hours of trailwork. With the commitment of RockShox and the support of Zac, PDS and Crest, IMBA clubs will surpass this goal in '98 and again in '99.