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The 2025 CAMTB Month Dreambike Giveaway closed on June 30 with a bang! A huge congratulations to all of the prize winners and an even bigger thank you to everyone who entered, donated, and supported along the way! Together we raised over $77,000 to protect and expand and enhance cycling, trails, and public…

BERKELEY, CA – The Bay Area’s mountain biking community can look forward to an even more impactful future, as the Board of Directors for the Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay (BTCEB) recently concluded a focused strategic planning exercise. Held on Sunday, May 18, for a half-day session,…

June 2025 The just-after Summer Solstice Edition . . . Photo credit: Pete Godfrey on Unsplash From the (Not So) Dusty Trail . . . 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…

June 2025 is Mountain Bike & Trail Stewardship month for the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) and the state of California! BTCEB is participating with the California Mountain Biking Coalition (CAMTB) on a state resolution for California State Mountain Bike & Trail Stewardship month and has advocated locally…

BTCEB has put in over 400 hours of trail stewardship at Crockett Hills so far in 2025, performed by 45 of our volunteer members.  The bulk of the work has been focused on drainage, hardening, berms, and rollers on the Sugar City trail.  Some additional drainage and tread work…

The North Basin Strip is the portion of the McLaughlin Eastshore State Park located south of the Gilman Sports Fields in Berkeley. This area is approximately 20 acres and includes 2,800 linear feet of shoreline. EBRPD is embarking on a planning project to develop a preliminary design to improve…

The East Bay Regional Park District is in the process of updating their park Master Plan.  This is a roughly once a decade activity that provides direction and commitment by the district to pursue certain things.  This is one of the key points in the public process where we…

This article is reviving the long running coverage of restaurants near Joaquin Miller Park that are friendly to mountain bikers and serve beer.  No friendly indoor parking or no beer, no review.  And hence you can see my parking spot in the picture.  El Agavero in Montclair Village has…

Our advocacy efforts with EBMUD, the East Bay water utility company, continue to make strides. As you know, EBMUD manages vital watershed lands that are open for public recreation, and BTCEB has been actively working to expand mountain biking opportunities within these areas. We’re pleased to report that our…

The East Bay Regional Park District board approved formalizing bike access to 5.75 miles of trails from the Briones Pilot Project. The pilot was a temporary 20 month activity. These include the first bike only directional trails in the EBRPD. The pilot has also closed and restored 5 miles…