Great Ideas Come from Beers and Buddies

We trade gossip for a plan to fix Oklahoma mountain biking: rally support for OMBA, align race calendars, simplify categories, and build real youth pathways. Sponsors get thanked, Arcadia’s new features get spotlighted, and we outline a statewide board to bring order to the chaos.• OMBA’s role, funding gap, and 50-dollar membership drive• Palo Duro Marathon’s low turnout and event promotion lessons• Arcadia’s dual slalom, Outer Space build, and safety signage• NICA’s growth, parent logistics, and youth progression paths• Mass starts pros and cons based on field size and trail width• Category bloat, sandbagging, and mandatory upgrade ideas• Shorter Cat 1 vs Cat 2 parity, prologues, and course design• Unified calendar with seasons for XC, endurance, short track, and cyclocross• Forming a statewide board to coordinate dates and standards• Practical ways shops, teams, and racers support the trailsJoin OMBA at omba.org. “It’s $50 a year—please do that.” Also: “More very, very exciting news to come very soon. As soon as I can release it, I will release it.”