At last, the words that bring looks of confusion from anyone you tell what you are doing this weekend are gone. At last, we ditch that Dungeons and Dragons, Beard and Lemon Curd branding of ‘The Trail Cyclists Association’. At last, the governing body of the sport I love is brought up to date with a great new image and a fantastic new website.
At last, foot orienteers will sit up and take seriously this growing discipline. From now on all ‘Trailquests’ will be known as ‘MBO Score’ and all MTBOs as MBOs (but I suspect MTBO will stick). The new website masterminded by BMBO Chairman John Houlihan is slick, provides all the information needed by riders and also behind the scenes makes the life of an organiser much easier.
Launched on the 1st of Jan 2010 the site may take a while to fill out with events and content (Iv’e got a few bits to do yet on MTBO) but it looks fresh and the new name ‘British Mountain Bike Orienteering’ follows the trend of British Cycling and British Orienteering, its closest stablemates.
Oh, and yes, I know the acronym is going to be shortened to Bimbo, but why not ! www.bmbo.org.uk
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