Do you want more advanced-level gravity trails in Portland? Over 10 years in the making — NOW is our chance to tell the Oregon Department of Forestry that we need more Advanced-level Gravity trails on the west side of Portland. The draft Annual Operations Plan (AOP) for the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Forest Grove […]
2018 Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day at Gateway Green
This Saturday Gateway Green, AKA the bike park down the street, was overrun by hundreds of kids on bikes. Or that’s what it would look like to the casual observer. If you’d look a bit closer though, you’d realize you were looking at the future of Portland cycling. The event? Take a Kid Mountain Biking […]
Portland MTB Alert: the Off-road Cycling Master Plan Virtual Open House Needs Your Comments
Portland, Oregon area mountain bikers currently have the opportunity to comment on the new off-road cycling master plan. This is quite possibly the only opportunity in a generation to make your voice heard in forming policy that will guide Portland’s planning and management for the rest of our foreseeable lifetime. If you’ve been following the […]
Timber Mountain Bike Bell
Have you’ve ever wished for a cow bell you could turn off? Thanks to the folks at Timber! Mountain Bike Bells, that product now exists.
Dirt Roads Are Not Trails
Dirt roads are not trails. Period. By any sane definition of the term, a trail is a path or track and is by its very definition, a narrow space. It seems so logical, right? Any mountain biker gets it: Single track is a narrow trail. Double track is two narrow trails, as left by the passage […]
Rise of Enduro Bay Area Premier
The Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay showed Rise of Enduro last night at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland. The event featured special guests Mark Weir, Ben Cruz, Marco Osborn, Kyle Warner as well as MTB Pioneer Charlie Kelly who made an appearance. After the screening of the film and a behind the […]
Cinderella Trail Build Day November 23rd and other East Bay MTB Advocacy News
A lot of gravity-loving Oakland area riders have been pretty vocal about their disappointment with the rerouted section on Cinderella. And yet, when the opportunity came to mold the route into something a lot more inline with the experience many of us want — a ripping descent — not many came out to lend a […]
A Bikepark in Portland? Help Build Gateway Green
Mountain Bikers in Portland, Oregon have access to lots of sweet riding spots— provided you don’t mind driving an hour in any direction. When it comes to local trail riding opportunities though, the options are sorely limited. Local bike advocates hope to change that, and have identified a space in East Portland with 38 Acres […]
Joaquin Miller Park Cinderella Reroute: First Look
Re-routing even just a section of the most popular trail around these parts is bound to result in some resistance from the riding community. Here in the Bay Area we don’t have a lot of (currently authorized) places to go when we want to take a quick spin on our bike after a long day […]
BTCEB Gala Ride/BBQ Wildcat Roll
We’ve been joining the Bicycle Trail Council of the East Bay’s group rides whenever we can. Not only are they a nice way to network with new folks, but we’ve also found ourselves riding places we normally wouldn’t ride. Occasionally we’ll even discover new ribbons of sweet track that are new to us. Last weekend’s ride in […]
This Saturday: Brews 4 Bikes Fundraiser for SF’s McLaren Bike Park Project
SF’s first ever bike park is seriously close to becoming a reality thanks to a $250k grant. Unfortunately it’s just enough to build phase one of the park’s construction. And while a second grant could possibly double down on funds, it would still only be enough for phase one and two. In order to unlock the full […]
Ride Recap: BTCEB Gala Ride at Rockville Park
Each month the Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay puts on a huge social ride event they call their Gala Ride. This month it was held at Rockville Park in Fairfield, California. Although the park is a relatively small area, it’s laid out in a way that offers a lot of variety. It also […]