The Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay held their annual fundraiser Thursday, February 27th at the Grand Lake Theater. The feature screening was Rising from Ashes, a film about war-torn African athletes who rise to competitive road racing, narrated by Forrest Whitaker. In addition to the film was a raffle with the grand prize: a Giant […]
Sunset Trail, $2 Hill Reroute completed
Although there is still a bit of fine tuning that could be done, today was a pretty good day for trail riders in the East Bay. Earlier today the Bicycle Trails Council busted some major butt to wrap up construction on a trail that has been in the works for a long time. We’ve already […]
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 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 […]