National Off-Road Bicycle Association

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NORBA or the National Off-Road Bicycle Association is the organizing body for the NORBA National Mountain Bike Series. NORBA is a division of USA Cycling, which is itself a part of Union Cycliste Internationale or UCI.


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[edit] Organization

As of 2004, Lisa Nye was the President of NORBA. Jeremy Horgan-Kobleski is the cross-country athlete trustee, and Marla Streb is the gravity athlete trustee. Since cross-country riding is a sport in the Summer Olympic Games, NORBA is entrusted with running the competition to choose the U.S. athletes for that event.


[edit] NORBA National Mountain Bike Series

NORBA runs events in the following disciplines:

  • Marathon - riders compete against each other over a very long mountain course
  • Stage racing - riders compete over a sequence of mountain stages
  • Time Trial - riders compete against time on a mountain track
  • Short Track Cross-Country - riders compete against each other on a short, hilly track
  • Cross-Country - riders compete against each other on a mountain track
  • Downhill - riders compete against time over a steep downhill run
  • Mountain Cross (4 Cross) - riders compete in four-at-a-time races down a gravity course


[edit] Race events

The 2005 national championships were held in Mammoth Mountain, California.

[edit] External links

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