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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….

*Sunday* December 26th – 9:00am to NoonDeer Park Trailhead199 PORTEOUS AVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930 The Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay (https://www.btceb.org) invites you to our monthly Gala Ride.  THIS MONTH WE WILL BE RIDING ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 26TH IN THE MT TAM WATERSHED IN FAIRFAX!!! Join us on…

The annual trail stewardship event is back on Saturday, November 6th, when we host volunteer projects building and maintaining Ridge Trail all around the Bay Area. If you’ve been itching to get outside and get your hands dirty, all while supporting your favorite regional trail, this is the event…

By Josh Church, BTCEB Director-at-Large If you’ve ever attempted to introduce a new local rider to dirt, you’ve probably had the realization that there’s just not a whole lot of appropriate off-pavement spaces for new cyclists to find their dirt-stoke nearby. To get the most out of a ride,…

By Rebecca Lewington​ Eight dirtlovers joined ride leader Rebecca Lewington at Fernandez Ranch, near Martinez, back on September 18th . Fernandez Ranch is a little gem of a park and has a singletrack trails that are, amazingly, fun to ride in both directions. Which we did, hitting almost every…

By John Roberts, BTCEB Director-at-Large Photo Courtesy Morgan Segal A new Facebook group called “Dirt Kids – Bay Area Parents/Kids MTB” had its inaugural Sunday group ride on 10/17/21. We met at the Oakland Pump Track at 9AM. All nine kids that arrived rode with their parent/guardian. We had a riders’ meeting where…

By Scott Bartlebaugh Here is an update on some of the advocacy activities that we’re working on at BTCEB. You’ll begin to see some messaging from the Trails are Common Ground campaign in our social media feeds.  This campaign has been created by a collective group of trail users including mountain…

Saturday November 20th – 8:30AM to NoonMeet at 5560 Pacific Coast Hwy, Pacifica, CA 94044 Next up in our women’s ride series, we’re going as far West as we can to ride the trails south of Pacifica. The mission of Ride Like a Girl is to have fun, learn…