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Photo L-R: Josh, Tom G, Rebecca, Scott, David, Jared, Jeff, Lauren, Alan, and KC For the first time since the world was turned upside-down by the pandemic, the BTCEB’s board of directors (well, most of us) actually rode mountain bikes together! We had a blast on the scenic and…

BIKE DONATIONS NEEDED for Pleasant Hill’s Community Service Day Bike Build-A-Thon. We need used bicycles that we can refurbish and distribute to needy foster kids and other kids in need. Have a bike you can donate? Drop it off at Pleasant Hill Police Department, 330 Civic Dr before September…

The trail angels at Joaquin Miller Park have been busy from removing deadfalls abound to even repairing a storm ravaged bridge near Lower Palos. Many thanks to Henry Mitchell, Gary McCormick, John Roberts, and even the intrepid Stan Dotson along with the many unnamed angels for all of your…

BTCEB would like to hear from our community about the MTB environment and needs in the Bay Area. We’ve created a survey that will help us learn about how we can make improvements in our priority setting and our operations. This will translate directly into more effective advocacy when…

A group of local riders and trail stewards at EBRPD Briones Regional Park are organizing under the Stewards of Briones name.  This group was informal prior to the Briones Pilot but is now creating a formalized organization.  They have been developing a relationship with Park District staff and collaborated…

Back in May BTCEB hosted a pop-up ride in Briones to showcase the trails in the Briones Pilot Project in Briones Regional Park that had opened officially in late April of 2023 and features some of the only (now) legal downhill, enduro style single track. Ride Leader and BTCEB Events…

BCTEB trail stewardship advocates met with EBPRD trails program staff to discuss expansion of volunteer trail opportunities.  BTCEB has been working in partnership with EBPRD since 2015 at Crockett Hills on volunteer trail work ranging from large trail work days, smaller group work sessions, to individual work sessions.   BTCEB…

Help us build a new trail segment in the Tilden Park’s Botanic Garden to provide new planting opportunities. This trail is in a steep section of the garden and we will build a stone retaining wall to anchor the trail. In addition, we will work on tread, drainage and…

BTCEB advocates reached out to EBRPD board members ahead of their July 21st  planning workshop.   Each board member discussed their particular top priorities for the district at this workshop in the series.   We met with 5 of the 7 board members either virtually, by phone, or in…

Photo Courtesy TeslaPark.org The  California State Parks planning process is moving forward and they’ve got a mailing list, website and Facebook page up.  The project is a planning effort to incorporate over 3,000 acres of land, located on Tesla Road in eastern Alameda County and known as the Alameda-Tesla…

In case you’re not aware of the Briones Pilot Program here’s a little background first.  After 100’s of hours of meetings and trail tours with EBRPD planning staff and members of organizations that have historically advocated against increased bike access on public lands, BTCEB is thrilled to report on…

The Briones Pilot Project is the result of a broad variety of actions from a number of stakeholders from different user groups who in many cases are not particularly connected.  As such this perspective certainly won’t reflect everything that has happened or everybody that has played a part.  We…