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Eighteen awesome women joined Rebecca Lewington for a challenging route up, and more importantly, down, the trails on the West side of Anthony Chabot Regional Park.

• JMP Enduro Race Recap
• Fall EBRPD & EBMUD Elections
• Briones Pilot Update
• Roddy Ranch Planning Update
• BTCEB Gala Ride at Chabot
• RLAG at Wilder Ranch
• RLAG Ride Report Chabot
• V-O-Cal at Anthony Chabot
• Biketown
• Reimagine Mt. Tam
• Blood Road Screening Fundraiser for MTB Hall of Fame

In October V-O-Cal heads to the East Bay for a project at Anthony Chabot Regional Park. The project will reroute  a section of the Towhee Trail. Volunteers will be camping at the Lookout Ridge campsite located within the park. You can sign up to camp Friday and…

Here’s a good article from Dylan Renn on 5 steps to better riding whether you’re new or old to MTBs.

Bicycle Trails Council was selected as a grant recipient as part the Two for the Trails 2022 Grant program offered by Athletic Brewing Co. This year 190 applications with requests totaling $6.2 million were received! BTCEB is ecstatic to learn that our organization as been been awarded a Two…

Somewhere in the Santa Cruz Mountains at Ride Like a Girl, July 2022. (Photo: Rebecca Lewington) For August, it’s back to the East Bay at Anthony Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley. Join ride leader Rebecca Lewington on August 20th at 8:30am at the trailhead at Redwood Canyon Golf…

• EBRPD Briones Pilot Program Proposal
• Roddy Ranch Preferred Plan
• BTCED Award Two for the Trails Grant
• EBRPD Director Elections
• Trail Work Days at JMP
• RLAG Signups at Chabot
• RLAG Ride Report at Tilden/Wildcat
• Connection with Land Managers & Trail Advocates
• A Few Spoonfuls of Sugar for Crockett Hills
• RLAG Ride Report at Santa Cruz
• Inspiration: Lost Sierra Ghost Trails
• BFF…

The Ride Like a Girl Crew at the top of the Emma McCrary Trail, Santa Cruz, July 2022. (Photo: Rebecca Lewington) Ride Like a Girl was big fun last Saturday with great trails, perfect weather and friends old and new. Sixteen awesome women joined me for a serpentine feast as…

Exhilaration and Concentration at Ride Like a Girl, Wildcat Canyon, June 2022. (Photo: Rebecca Lewington) Last month’s trails at Tamarancho were tight and tricky, so forJune’s ride we switched it up with a new-rider-friendly double loop at Tilden and Wildcat Canyon Regional Parks in the Berkeley Hills. 15 riders, with lots of first timers (welcome!), joined…

Photo: BIRTH OF BIG AIR directed by Jeff Tremaine and produced by Spike Jonze DEADLINE August 1, 2022Each year, the Bicycle Film Festival programming team reviews over 1000 short and feature length films from all around the world. BFF screens films from established artists to emerging filmmakers who have a…

April rounded out our best start ever to trail work at Crockett Hills.   Two work days were held with San Ramon Valley High School and Oakland Devo mountain bike teams with both days being focused on the Sugar City trail.    We were able to make a significant dent…

East Bay Regional Park District planning has selected it’s preferred option based on public input from planning meetings and site open houses.   The preferred plan contains about 4 miles of multi-use trails with bike access to all trails and 1.6 miles of accessible trails.  The plan contains provisions to…