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As a Charter Club of IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association), when you join IMBA and indicate The Weatherford Mountain Bike Club as your local chapter you will become a member of the club! Your membership fees go directly to maintaining and expanding our local trails. If you enjoy riding them - and we know you do - you can increase and preserve them by supporting WMBC. |
Rides, Events and Announcements
WMBC in the Media
IMBA Interview with WMBC President Larry Colvin
IMBA talks to Larry about building a Trail Friendly Community. Click here to view article.
Quanah Hill Trail Count Study
Click the link below to check out a story about WMBC on the Eco-Counter site and how we used their product to do a trail count study at Quanah Hill.
www.eco-counter.com/ressources/weatherford-mountain-bike-club-texas/
www.eco-counter.com/ressources/weatherford-mountain-bike-club-texas/
Click here to take a look at proposed plans for establishing new singletrack trail and bikeways to create a cohesive trail network in East Parker County!
eBike Policy Change for WMBC Trails
The City of Weatherford has changed their Park Ordinance to allow Class 1 eBikes on our local trails. Class 1 eBikes are pedal assist only (they have no throttle) and top out at 20 mph. The WMBC Rules of the Trail have been updated to reflect this change.
Parks of Aledo Lakes Trail Now Open
Weatherford Mountain Bike Club (WMBC) would like to announce the opening of an additional 2.35-miles of new singletrack trail at the Parks of Aledo Trails (POA Trails). The new trail called, the POA Lakes Trail, begins at the Jenkins Road trailhead located at 1700 Jenkins Road, Aledo, Texas 76008.
The POA Lakes Trail meanders counterclockwise from the trailhead along Shadow Creek, two small lakes, through a wooded highland overlooking the lakes and the formal parks of the residential neighborhood. 20 signs along the trail provide notices and reminders. The POA Lakes Trail crosses Blackbird Drive before connecting with the existing Gray Trail of the POA Prairie Trails. The trail markers for the POA Lakes Trail are purple.
Please see the Trails page for the new map and trail description.
The POA Lakes Trail meanders counterclockwise from the trailhead along Shadow Creek, two small lakes, through a wooded highland overlooking the lakes and the formal parks of the residential neighborhood. 20 signs along the trail provide notices and reminders. The POA Lakes Trail crosses Blackbird Drive before connecting with the existing Gray Trail of the POA Prairie Trails. The trail markers for the POA Lakes Trail are purple.
Please see the Trails page for the new map and trail description.
The Pit is Open for Riding!
The new kids' skills park and trail at the downtown Aledo Community Center is open and ready to ride! Click over to the Trails page for the map and location, and click here for the story of the creation of this wonderful new facility. Check out the video below for a visual tour of the process.
New Trail, New Parking at POA
The Weatherford Mountain Bike Club (WMBC), an IMBA Local Chapter is happy to announce that the new parking facility to serve the Parks of Aledo Trails (POA Trails) is open. The parking lot is located at 1700 Jenkins Road (approximately 300’ west of Bailey Ranch Road on the north side of the road). The new parking area will serve as the primary trailhead for the POA Trails. Parking along Point Vista Drive will be prohibited. Additionally, an extension to the Parks of Aledo Trails called The POA Bluffs Trail is open! The Bluffs is an approximately 3.7 mile addition to the 6.1 mile POA Trails. Collectively, the POA Trails network is now just under a 10-mile loop.
Tales of the Trails
Mountain Bike trails don't spontaneously appear - it takes coordination between bike advocates, land managers, communities and other stakeholders to bring them from concept to reality. The links below will take you to articles about the origins of our four local trails.
Quanah Hill
Parks of Aledo
Western Heritage Park Trail
The Pit
Quanah Hill
Parks of Aledo
Western Heritage Park Trail
The Pit