Board of Directors - CAMBr

Board of Directors

CAMBr is overseen by dedicated volunteers, both elected and appointed, who offer their expertise to steer the organization. If you’re interested in becoming part of our team, please reach out to us. We welcome your involvement!

CAMBr Core
Position	Name	E-Mail
Executive Director	Mike Angus	[email protected]
Treasurer	Tom Varvaro	[email protected]
Secretary	Craig Bresof	[email protected]
Marketing & Grant Director	Brian Louis	[email protected]
IT Director	Mike Godfrey	[email protected]
Race Series Director	Neil Barnish	[email protected]
North Regional Director	Mike Lenz	[email protected]
South Regional Director	Rich Brown	[email protected]

North Region
Position	Name	E-Mail
Regional Director	Michael Lenz	[email protected]
Secretary	Marc Elliott	[email protected]
Treasurer	Tim Johanek	[email protected]
Trail Director Andres Bike Park	Ed Tanhueco	[email protected]
Trail Director Raceway Woods	Robert Shelton	[email protected]
Trail Director Beulah Park	Lance David	[email protected]
Trail Director Paul Douglas Woods	Mike Godfrey	[email protected]

South Region
Position	Name	E-Mail
Regional Director	Rich Brown	[email protected]
Treasurer	Neil Barnish	[email protected]
Secretary	Eric Anderson	[email protected]
Trail Director Palos	Adam Zart	[email protected]
Trail Director The Garden	Jon Schwass	[email protected]
Trail Director Saw Wee Kee	Greg Bollinger	[email protected]
Trail Director Hickory Creek	Jeff LaMorte	[email protected]

CAMBr Current
Trail Conditions

Natural surface trails and bike parks can be easily damaged when they’re soft, wet and/or muddy. All trail users should stay off the singletrack trails and jump lines unless they’re dry, or frozen solid. CAMBr volunteers put in many thousands of hours each year maintaining and constructing trails, and we closely monitor their condition.

CAMBr uses the Trailbot smartphone app to publish trail conditions updates. Trailbot is a completely free, ad-free, easy-to-use trail conditions app for iOS and Android – so you’ll know what to expect before you go, and can make informed decisions when conditions aren’t favorable for hitting the singletrack.

Visit Trailbot.com to download the app, or find it in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Within the app you’ll find not only current trail conditions updates for all your favorite CAMBr trails, but also weather information, trail descriptions, maps, and other useful links. Trailbot updates are also pushed to our website for easy access.

Please respect the trails, and all the work that goes into them, by staying off when they’re soft.

ABOVE ALL – IF YOU’RE LEAVING AN IMPRINT, IT’S TIME TO LEAVE

WHAT ARE FREEZE/THAW RULES?

There’s a season in the Chicago area, typically between mid-November and the end of March, when temperatures will drop below freezing at night and then warm up above freezing during the day. What this means for the trails is when actually frozen they are hard and good to ride. But when the temps go up and the moisture in the ground thaws, the dirt becomes very soft and muddy. This is because the water in the soil expands when frozen and it looses the tightly packed soil. The result is the trails can become very soft and muddy even if there hasn’t been much rain or snow fall.

So, to protect the trails from damage, only ride when the ground is frozen hard, and get off once the ground begins to warm up. South facing trails will usually soften up first, and if the sun it out and the temps get into the 30’s, you’ll probably need to be done by 10AM.

Remember, if you’re tires are leaving an imprint, it’s too soft to ride.