Meet Our Skills Clinic Coaches!
Melissa Colflesh
Melissa Colflesh has been mountain bike riding since 1997. She became a mountain bike skills coach in 2023 and has really enjoyed helping others gain the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on the trails through the Fundamental clinics. Melissa considers skills coaching a very rewarding experience and enjoys meeting new cyclists along the way. Melissa is also Wilderness First Aid and AED/CPR certified.
Jamie McKinney-Brown
Jamie, like so many others, didn’t find mountain biking until her 30s. Riding in the back of the pack, she remembers what is like to be a true beginner. After her first year of riding, she became completely obsessed with the community, building skills, and riding any singletrack she could find! In 2022 she got her mountain bike instructor certification though BICP and loves coaching! In 2023, she founded Lady Parts Mountain Bike Team. Jamie loves to race all around the state and travel with her husband, Dave, to all MTB destinations! In addition to biking, she loves gardening, camping and playing with her dog!
Anne Grofvert
Anne Grofvert has a passionate commitment to make cycling fun, safe, and inclusive for everyone. She is a skilled cyclist, certified coach, and accomplished mountain bike and cyclocross racer. Anne has also logged thousands of hours in service to Mid-Michigan trails, working with the Mid-Michigan Mountain Biking Association (MMMBA) as a board member and trail coordinator to design, build and maintain challenging and sustainable singletrack. She has also developed maps, signage and wayfinding systems for many trails.
Anne shares her passion for riding and the outdoors by leading frequent group rides and skills clinics. She also led the development of Dirt School at Ingham County’s Burchfield Park – a mountain bike playground and skills area designed to help beginning riders build the skills and confidence to tackle more advanced trails.
Lisa Flores-Johnson
Lisa began cycling to work at age 18, when biking was her only form of transportation. Although her career in video production left little time for riding, she rediscovered her love for cycling through mountain biking—mentoring her children in the sport, where they quickly excelled. Together with her husband Norm and their sons, Lisa raced for Cycletherapy Racing.
A botched spinal fusion made racing difficult, but her passion for the sport never faded. Even after undergoing more invasive surgeries, Lisa continues to channel her love for mountain biking into everything she does. As a certified Level 1 coach, she’s especially passionate about helping riders build confidence by focusing on skill development rather than self-doubt.
Lisa now serves on the board of directors for the Motor City Mountain Biking Association (MCMBA), where she’s a tireless advocate for growing diversity in mountain biking—especially supporting more women in the saddle.
Kate McLean
Kate McLean has been mountain biking since 2019 when she walked into a random bike shop on a whim. As a nurse and solo parent of two awesome pre-teens, Kate found herself in search of a new hobby for better work/parenting/life balance, and to say biking has changed her life would be an understatement!
A few months later, Kate began dabbling with racing, originally with XC races and time trials, and has since expanded to include enduro, fat bike, gravel, and ultra-endurance races. Biking events are some of her favorite activities throughout the year, especially for the experiences and camaraderie, but mostly for the shenanigans, and she’s proud to say that she finished the Marji Gesick 50 in 2023.
The clinics she has taken over the years have substantially impacted her biking journey and have led to increased confidence, improved biking skills, and invaluable friendships made. In 2023, Kate became certified through BICP as a Level 1 Fundamental Skills Instructor so she could help more people gain skills and confidence on their bike. She’s also on the board of the Motor City Mountain Biking Association and works at a bike shop (Cycletherapy in Waterford) for fun!
As a middle-aged, mid-size mom from the Midwest (credit to TikTok creator @Laurelladeville for the phrase), Kate is doing things she never could have imagined. What she enjoys most about mountain biking is that there is no finish line. The mental and physical challenges, opportunities to step outside of her comfort zone, friendships created, and endless adventures keep her coming back for more. Mountain biking is one of the most effective gateways to physical and mental health and wellbeing and should be accessible to all ages, genders, races, body types, and abilities. Kate’s goal as an instructor is to provide a safe and inclusive space for riders to grow, connect with others, and elevate their personal biking journey. Happy trails!
Vikki Brown
Vikki didn’t start riding until her late 20s, but when she did, she dove in headfirst.
Jimmie Colflesh
Jimmie started riding a bike when he was a kid with friends around the neighborhood. They used to set up jumps and rode to other places like gravel pits. When he got a little older, Jimmie started working at a local bike shop and saved money to buy his first mountain bike. At the time, mountain biking, although newer, had become a very popular.
His friend Rick was racing at the time and Jimmie went to one of Rick’s races and participated in a trials competition while there. Later that summer, he participated in his first XC race. After that, Jimmie spent years training and racing mountain bikes in Michigan and many places throughout the US while working a full-time job after graduating high school.
Years ago, Jimmie held two clinics at Stoney Creek Metro Park and Maybury State Park for beginner-level riders. They covered basic bike handling, cornering, and line selection on the trails. Jimmie is excited to be a volunteer and help others new to the sport gain confidence and the necessary skills to ride terrain here in Michigan.