Group rides are a great way to be introduced to both new trails and new riding friends. There was a time when the thought of group rides were less than appealing to me, but after a stint working for a mountain bike non-profit, my point of view has come a long way. Almost every group […]
BTCEB Gala Ride Recap: Del Valle Regional Park
One of the best things about participating in group rides with the local mountain bike club is being exposed to new trails you might not ordinarily seek out to ride. Last week’s Gala Ride with the Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay was a shining example of that, when we trekked out to Livermore […]
BTCEB Ride Like a Girl Jerseys now available
The Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay is a mountain bike advocacy non-profit that works towards furthering access as well as the creation and maintenance of single trail MTB friendly trails in the Bay Area. They offer two group rides every month that are great ways to meet and network with other riders. For […]
EBRPD Master Plan Meeting Recap: Trail Access in the East Bay
The first of six meetings to discuss revisions of the Master Plan that directly affects mountain biking access to single track in East Bay Region Parks was held this week. I (and others) left the meeting last night with a feeling of optimism concerning the future of mountain biking in the East Bay area. Single track […]
Act Now: East Bay Regional Park District is currently updating its Master Plan
The Bay Area is the home place of mountain biking. You wouldn’t know it based on the limited number of bike friendly trails though. Although we live in a place that has the goods to be known world wide as a destination for single track MTB tourism, the area is known for being extremely unfriendly […]
Bishop’s Walk Trail Work at Joaquin Miller Park
This weekend, a major trail project took place at Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park. Bishop’s Walk, a popular entrance and exit point to the park has been eroding for a number of years now. The route follows an old road bed (likely established by Joaquin Miller himself) before diverting off in what essentially was a straight […]
Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland Trail Work Project this Weekend Needs More Mountain Bikers
This weekend outdoors enthusiasts with V-O-Cal, Friends of Sausal Creek, REI and (representing mountain biking) the Bicycles Trails Council of the East Bay, will be undertaking a major reroute & addition to the Bishops Walk trail at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland. For locals who pedal from their doorstep to the trail, it is both […]
BTCEB + MBOSC = Big Group Ride
Recently Inga invited a lot of riders to come out and ride bikes on some of our favorite trails in the extended Bay Area. Specifically, the trail network near Santa Cruz known as Demonstration Forest. To her surprise, nearly everyone she invited came out. We had over 20 riders in the group made up of […]
BTCEB Women’s Ride at Joaquin Miller
Last month I led my first all women’s group ride, and it is likely to be the first of many. I’ve attended many group rides in the past, (once a week while traveling with IMBA) but had never actually led a one. When Karen Lynaugh from the Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay asked […]
Rock Armoring at Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park
Every time we ride the bike friendly trails in Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park we would comment on a particularly bad section of trail. It was essentially a mud bog that stayed wet all winter, even when every other part of the trail was dry. It was so bad that a go-around route had been formed […]