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What kind of mindset do you bring to the trails?  What kind of mindset do you encounter?  What can we all do to make interactions go better?  We each make a difference one way or another in each user we encounter.   Slow and Say Hello, Be Nice Say…

Photo credit – Rebecca Lewington. We’d like to thank the 25 volunteers that came out to Crockett Hills on Saturday November 9th, 2024 to install much needed hardening on Soaring Eagle Trail around the cattle pond. This area has been a drainage challenge for years due to several seeps….

Hey there all you trail users!  We’ve pulled together preliminary dates for spring trail work days at Joaquin Miller Park, Crockett Hills, and potentially Anthony Chabot.   Mark your busy calendars and save the dates.   We’ll be getting sign ups out on Meetup.com in the near future. And…

The upcoming November 2024 elections will have several races with potential impacts on East Bay open space land management and offroad bike access.  We ask that you become an informed voter, research the candidates, and participate in these elections.  Electing decision making officials that are willing to work with…

The results are in! Over $70k raised for Statewide Mountain Bike Advocacy Efforts Thank you for your interest in participating in the BTCEB/CAMTB Ibis Dreambike Giveaway.  The donation window to participate is now closed. If you would like to support BTCEB’s ongoing local mountain biking advocacy efforts in the East Bay, please…

Our indefatigable Advocacy Director Scott Bartlebaugh received a Trail Champion Award at the 2024 California Trails and Greenways Conference recently. The award is “Presented to an individual who has made significant contributions in support of trails or greenways in California.” It’s particularly exciting that the nomination came from our…

June 2024 has been proclaimed East Bay Regional Park District Month by unanimous  resolution of the EBRPD Board.  This local resolution is done in conjunction with the state level resolution ACR 152 CA Mountain Biking Month.  Both resolutions are celebrations of various positive aspects mountain biking brings to communities.  …

The California State legislature is slated to proclaim June 2024 as California Mountain Biking Month.  This is the first piece of legislation that CAMTB has authored and will get passed.  The resolution is being carried by Marin Assemblymember Damon Connolly and Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones with bicameral and…

Support Mountain Bike Advocacy at the State and Local Levels Donate now Bicycle Trails Council and California Mountain Biking Coalition (CAMTB) are thrilled to announce a partnership once again with another iconic California manufacturer, Ibis Cycles, to support California Mountain Biking Month AND our mission of realizing more and…

Last weekend, an energetic and skilled crew of BTCEB trail angels, led by Director Tom Gandesbery, was at Joaquin Miller Park working on the Cinderella Trail. Cinderella, or Cindy to her friends, is one of the funnest and most challenging narrow trails in the whole Bay Area. Cindy is…

IMBA Ride Vibes are an educational, pro-bike advocacy tool to promote respect, inclusivity, safety and enjoyment on the trails. Ride Vibes can cultivate a positive community for all people and all levels of experience within mountain biking, and across trail user groups. Here’s to good trail vibes for all.

Marinduro 2024 was EPIC and we’re keeping the party going! The A4Bikes Crew reports that on Saturday, March 30th, after days of rain over the Marin Coastal Range, 324 shredders came out to play on their beloved home trails at Camp Tamarancho. With a *new* Stage 6, over 80 volunteers, rowdy trails,…