Remember your first mountain bike?  Those big tubes, 21 gears, and that cast-iron frame?  Born of cutting edge, NASA technology (thicker tires and flat handle bars) it allowed you to break away from the road, onto the dirt, and into the sport that you love today.

That bike helped you learn switchbacks, weight transfer, and how poorly your body bounced on packed dirt.  It taught the reward of a hard-fought climb, and the thrill of a ripping descent.  You learned together-and worked those trails like one body.

But as the years went on, you may have found that disc brakes, rear shocks, and lighter frames took your riding to new levels-ones that you just couldn't reach with your old bike.  Maybe it just didn't seem like as much fun as your new bike.   So it slowly moved further back in the garage.  But you never stopped using what you learned together. 

Remember our first website?  That flashy 1998 technology that offered you all the Washington State mountain biking info your AOL dial up could handle?  Well we learned a lot there too. 

Visitors to the Evergreen site may have noticed a big change this past weekend-and now we're pleased to officially announce the new  Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance page! After 16 years of duct-taping-and-crazy-gluing the previous site, we're excited to take what we've learned and launch the new go-to-resource for Washington State mountain bikers.

The new site not only looks sweet, but it also brings a ton of new features and loads of behind-the-scenes functionality to help us better serve our community.   We've kept much of the old site structure but have added in a blog for articles and releases, updated information pages, integrated it with our Trail Guide, and even included social media feeds so you can follow pictures and activities--plus much more. 

It's a very exciting time to be a member of Evergreen, and we're glad you support us as we deliver on our commitment to better riding around the state.  As we continue to grow, we always appreciate those who've helped us get there.  Maarten van Dantzich, who kept the previous site going as long as it did, as well as Pavel Dolezel, who spent endless hours building the site you see now--were indispensable (as were countless others).  

As the old site takes it's place further back in the garage (so far back you cant see it) and as Evergreen moves forward, we'll continue to use what we've learned together to serve Washington mountain biking for years to come. 

Interested in volunteering your time to improve the site? Please contact us!  Notice a bug or a need for functionality?  Contact the webmaster.