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by Kip Keylock

Sir Winston Churchill stated: "Sure I am of this - that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves". No friends, this isn't a history lesson - however, it does sum up the efforts of a small group of people who firmly believe 'we can save ourselves!! Exciting and positive events have transpired this last while with respects to our freedoms in our beautiful city - yes we are talking about mountain bicycling.

Tireless efforts from several CMBA members have made a colossal difference for all of us - hikers, cyclists, and others. Kudos to past president Murray Knight and his family for their support. (Look up dedication in your dictionary and you will find Murrays' name and phone number!) Also, thanks to Glenn Krahulic for his calm, cool head when it was needed most. There are many others who have helped out immensely and your fellow cyclists are indeed grateful. Yet we as a group, anyone reading this newsletter, have a lot of work to do!

We need volunteers to share the workload, help with various tasks, including some fun stuff coming up (more in the newsletter). PLEASE, let us know what you as an individual can offer - let your biking friends, and bike shops know CMBA exists and what it is doing. Collectively, we can conquer the apathy that unfortunately exists among some in our city towards the mountain bicycling community. Let's have fun while we do our part to preserve mountain bicycling as we know and love it. Ride on.

P.S. - Great news for all of Calgary - We have unconfirmed sitings of a favorite fellow rider and dedicated CMBA member, back from the Orient, Laura-Lee Dyck - Welcome