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It’s been 10 years since the last phase of trails was built at Crockett Hills, including Sugar City, Tree Frog, Warep, and Goldfinch.   It’s nearly 10 miles of singletrack, and it’s the largest legal access singletrack system in the East Bay. Through that time it’s suffered from grazing…

Advocacy and Trail Stewardship Leaders Meet The first Singletrack Summit Central Coast was held October 10 – 12 in Fairfax. The Eureka to Redding trail stewardship/advocacy organizations have been holding Singletrack Summits for four years now. CAMTB has visited those events for the last couple of years and BTCEB’s…

Are you a Basementeer at Sports Basement? Sports Basement’s membership program offers members 10% off of every item you buy, and they donate 10% of the profits from your purchases to the charity of your choice. BTCEB is a recipient of donations from this program, and it’s easy to…

Alameda-Tesla Classification & General Plan In case you haven’t heard of it yet, Alameda-Tesla is a California State Parks property in eastern Alameda Country directly adjacent to Carnegie OHV SRA, and it’s currently going through the Classification and General Plan creation process. As part of that process, California State…

Take action! Please participate! California State Parts will hold a virtual workshop this Tuesday, September 30, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. We need your help to get more mountain bike access. Land manager planning processes are long and slow but we are at an important point in the…

Bay Area Ridge Trail Day of Service event – Saturday, November 8 Join us for a trail work day at Crockett Hills on Saturday, November 8, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. BTCEB is partnering with the Bay Area Ridge Trail and East Bay Regional Park District for this…

Take action! Please participate! We’re all advocates and here’s an easy way for you to participate and advance mountain bike access in our region. The Alameda-Tesla property is adjacent to the Carnegie OHV Park southeast of Livermore and west of Tracy, and the California State Parks are working through a…

August 2025 The just-after Back to School Edition . . . Photo credit: Tim Foster on Unsplash About BTCEB Bicycle Trails Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 1987 by a dedicated group of volunteers who fought the impending closure of almost all bike trails in the East Bay. Today…

(Photo: Rebecca Lewington) Are you passionate about mountain biking, trail stewardship, and building a strong East Bay riding community? Do you have leadership experience or simply the desire to step up and make a difference? BTCEB is currently seeking a few volunteers to join our Board of Directors. Why…

AKA what it takes to get just one trail built in the Bay Area … TLDR (but it’s really worth the read if you care about new trails in the East Bay): We’re asking you to take two actions to keep this project moving forward.  First, send an email…