About VORBA

Valley Off-Road Bicycling Association. A local chapter of the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA).

The Valley Off-Road Bicycling Association (VORBA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit membership organization under the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) local chapter program. Its mission is to create, enhance, and preserve great trail experiences for cyclists in the Rio Grande Valley, and to preserve, protect, and promote mountain and gravel bike access for diverse riding opportunities on Texas’s public and private lands through education, communication, and unified action. Our organization is made up of mountain and gravel bike riders, trail builders, trail runners, and community volunteers who want to create and preserve primitive, singletrack off-road trails in the four-county area of the Rio Grande Valley. Trails include but are not limited to Brownsville’s Monte Bella, Brownsville’s Benavides Park Trails, Harlingen’s Arroyo Trails, Mission Trails, and Edinburg Doolittle Nature Park and Trails. In addition, VORBA has helped establish asphalt pump tracks at Harlingen Arroyo Park and Brownsville Benavides Park. VORBA was formed to serve as a voice and to best inform local municipalities and private landowners about trail building and access. As an IMBA Local Chapter, VORBA has unique access to federal grant opportunities only offered to such organizations.