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By Scott Bartlebaugh, BTCEB Advocacy Director Cattle grazing and Crockett Hills Regional Park is a story of the the good, bad, and the ugly.  In an ideal world we have normal rainfall every year and plenty of places to put cattle during the wet season that doesn’t involve trail damage.  Ok…

By John Roberts BTCEB Director at Large BTCEB led over 400 volunteer hours doing trailwork at Joaquin Miller Park in 2021.  This was primarily hard work such as moving earth for erosion control, and removing deadfallen trees and major brush off the trail.   Another deadfall near Big Trees. Thanks BTCEB…

by Scott Bartlebaugh, BTCEB Advocacy Director Wildcat Canyon Flow Trail THANK YOU to all of you that signed the Wildcatflowtrail.org petition taking it to nearly 2000 signatures.  After the public comments by us at the EBRPD on December 7th, the staff reports that they have started to study the site further and…

Saturday January 15th – 8:30AM to NoonMeet at Highland Way Parking Lot in Los Gatos 95033 Due to the rain last month the RLAG ride at Demo was postponed to this month.  The trails are back open so the post-holiday edition of our women’s ride series will be a bit…

Saturday January 29th – 9:00am to NoonRockville Hills Regional Park2149 Rockville Rd, Fairfield, CA 94534 Join us on JANUARY 29TH for the BTCEB Gala ride in the rugged ROCKVILLE HILLS REGIONAL PARK! This is a great spot to test your technical skills, climbing and rolling over rocks, roots, and gnarly…

The Holiday 2021 Edition . . . Reminder: As a BTCEB member, you can receive a 10 percent or higher discount for parts at many of the bike shops in the East Bay.  You just have to ask.  Thank you to the many bike shop sponsors for your support! OUR SPONSORS INCLUDE:…

By Michael Massucco The addition of the water tank has enabled us to stay on top of track maintenance. The Track has been in great shape, We can water and fix little problem areas before they turn into big problems. We are planning for more improvements! The photo above is…

By Michael J. Hartlaub The Norcal Cadette Girl Scouts 33519 led by Beth Detwiler came out to the pump track to provide some community service and earn their Silver Award Project by volunteering to build a bike repair work stand and tool box at our newly constructed pump track….

By Rebecca Lewington For the fifth installment of our women’s ride series, a pack of 24 happy dirt lovers joined ride leader Rebecca Lewington on the trails south of Pacifica. Perfect weather and trail conditions made it a day to remember. We took in the amazing views from Devil’s…

By John Roberts, BTCEB Director-at-Large It happens all the time. On the trail, a hiker that is walking towards me from a far distance pulls off the trail. OK, I know that I, as a mountain biker, should instead be yielding to them.   What’s frustrating about this scenario…

By Scott Bartlebaugh, Advocacy Director We’ve been part of an effort working with EBPRD staff on a concept for a bike flow trail at Wildcat Canyon Regional Park (East Bay Regional Park District) for the last year and it’s progressed to a point of needing some broader community participation….

Saturday December 18th – 8:30AM to NoonMeet at Highland Way Parking Lot in Los Gatos 95033 The pre-holiday edition of our women’s ride series will be a bit more adventurous than usual: we’re going to venture into the depths of the Santa Cruz Mountains and ride Soquel Demonstration Forest….