If you race road or cyclocross; if you ride a road bike, cross bike, fat bike or mountain bike; if you participated in a race, a club ride, a grand fondo or even commuted by bike this year in New England, chances are you benefited from the work that NEBRA does.  As the recognised USA Cycling racing authority in New England, we’ve been working hard all year to keep your cycling world spinning.

Some of our 2019 accomplishments were:

• Invested in our New England community by Distributing 40% more in grants than 2018, and 89% more than 2017, helping developing events support underserved fields, provide motorcycle referees and marshalls, and rider clinics

• Reduced event costs for Event Directors and helped them put on safer events by resetting the ‘sunset provision’ on moto grants to allow all event directors access to full funding for 2019 to help offset increased mileage costs for motorcycles

• Invested in professional development for our Officiating community by Co Hosting the Northeast Officials Symposium along with NYSBRA

• Rewarded our racing community through our season-long NEBRA Rankings p/b by BikeReg Series- awarding custom Champions Jerseys across 14 categories

• Kept communication flowing throughout the year by expanding our biweekly email newsletter list to more than 3300 subscribers

• Supported the next generation of racers by providing course equipment at USA Cycling’s 2019 New England Cyclocross Talent ID Camp

• Reached out to new riders through our attendance at the RaceMania Multi-sport expo where we promoted NEBRA, USA Cycling and our local events 

• Reduced the amount of paperwork required for Event Directors and speeded the registration process by supporting the roll out of Online Waivers to New England

• Assigned and trained officials, permitted events, and administered racing categories for more than 115 events and 2350 racers in New England

And in 2020, we’ve got more planned:

• NEBRA will be expanding our contracted USA Cycling oversight into mountain biking, supporting Event Directors, coordinating the racing calendar and providing the best possible customer service for all disciplines of the sport

• We will continue to train and educate Officials through the Northeast Officials Symposium and will provide Officials Continuing Education Grants

• Continue to improve our communication, specifically pre- and post-event communication with Event Directors - with more marketing help, and helping make the post event processes simpler

• Support programs bringing diversity and inclusion to our cycling community in partnership with USA Cycling’s Local Association Grant Program

• Continue building a library of Best Practices materials for riders, officials and event directors to ensure consistent quality events throughout New England and across the calendar

• Continue our outreach to the mountain bike, gravel and triathlon communities to promote NEBRA events, NEBRA clubs and membership in USA Cycling 

-The NEBRA Board

The New England Bicycle Racing Association (NEBRA) is a non-profit organization with the mission to o advance, develop and support the bike racing community and the sport of cycling in New England. We are dedicated to fostering an environment that provides lifelong opportunities in the sport for all participants, promoters and supporters.

NEBRA is also contracted as the Local Association for USA Cycling (USAC). NEBRA is charged with administering the race calendar working with clubs and professional promoters, handling upgrades and downgrades of riders, assigning, training, and recruiting officials, and any other task that involves being the face of sanctioned (USAC approved) bicycle racing in New England.