Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay - BTCEB.org

Join us for our May Gala Ride at Joaquin Miller Park on Saturday, 5/30, at 9:00 AM. Details and sign up on Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/bicycletrailscouncil/events/314855225/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events

This weekend, Ride Like a Girl is heading to Crockett Hills, to ride the only trails in the East Bay Parks system actually designed with bikes in mind. Spoiler alert: they're fun!

https://www.meetup.com/bicycletrailscouncil/events/311708823/

Disambiguation alert! Turns out Ride Like a Girl is also the name of a fun program from Walk Oakland Ride Oakland that aims to introduce women to bike camping. Their next workshop is this Saturday, May 9, 3-4 pm. Why not check it out?

Walk Oakland Bike Oakland

https://wobo.org/rlag26/

Mike Hess Brewing in Walnut Creek is hosting live music events on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings in May 2026 in partnership with Walnut Creek's "Music for Mental Health" event. When you upgrade your beer to a "charity beer" for $1 more, Mike Loar (the general manager of Mike Hess Brewing in Walnut Creek), the entire staff, and Mike Hess Brewing will each match your contribution to support Music for Mental Health.

Mike Hess Brewing is a sponsor of BTCEB and very supportive of the mountain bike community. Check them out after you ride at Lime Ridge sometime. Check out their event calendar for details on which bands will play for this event throughout the month of May: https://www.mikehessbrewing.com/events/month/2026-05/?tribe-bar-search=walnut+creek

Come and join in on some TLC for Cindy this Sunday.

The East Bay Regional Park District Board is being asked by staff to ‘Accept the Concept Design for the Restore North Basin Strip Project: McLaughlin Eastshore State Park’. We ask that you send a public comment asking the board or directors to accept this concept plan and maintain the long time public bike access at this site. The North Basin Strip is the home of ‘Shred Meadow’ used by many of the local NICA times.

You can submit a comment by email to [email protected] Subject Line : Public Comment Agenda Item I.2 Accept the Concept Design for the Restore North Basin Strip Project: McLaughlin Eastshore State Park. Please send your comment by 3 pm on Monday if possible so it reaches the directors before their meeting. If you can’t make the deadline send it anyways.

Your comment can be as simple as - Directors, I ask that you accept the concept plan for the North Basin Strip Project which includes a bike skills area. I ask that you maintain this long time bike access. Please add any personal thoughts you have on why this access is important or other thoughts on the project.

You can also make an in person comment or a comment via Zoom at their Monday meeting. Details for that are below,

You May Participate in the Meeting as Follows:
1. In person at the Park District Administrative Headquarters (2950 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland)
2. Live via the Zoom virtual meeting platform: https://ebparks.zoom.us/j/93144294953

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Community Hub in Oakland for our recent film night. It was an incredible evening sharing a collection of films from some of the best filmmakers and riders in the sport, alongside inspiring new up-and-comers — all experienced the way they were meant to be seen, on the big screen with FRIENDS!

BTCEB is an all-volunteer organization built around three core pillars to support mountain biking in the East Bay: advocacy, trail stewardship, and community. Events like this help bring riders together while supporting the ongoing work to maintain and expand access to great to trails.

If you enjoyed the event and like what we're doing, we'd love to have you get more involved. Visit our website to learn more about our work, and check out our Meetup page to stay informed about incoming trail work days, rides and other community events.

The planned Hopkins bike lanes in Berkeley are threatened once again. Join a peaceful demonstration at the intersection of Hopkins and Monterey to show the City of Berkeley and the City Council that they need to finish what they started and build protected bike lanes on Hopkins.Gather at 4:15 PM on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at King School Park on Hopkins. The demonstration will be followed by a bike ride to City Hall.

The JMP Castle Park re-route was our 3rd trail work event of the week. Berms and benching on the switchbacks were the focus with some additional tread work to improve flow and head off breaking bumps. Special thanks to and The International School students, parents, and coaches for all their digging, hauling, and compacting.

BTCEB volunteers were out Thursday and Saturday this week installing pavers and rebuilding rollers and berms on Sugar City at Crockett Hills. The pavers will improve a chronically wet area that is often affected by a seep. Thank you to those that carved out a few hours to dig, wheelbarrow, and compact. It was great to meet some new people along with familiar faces. Thank you to EBRPD staff for their continued support.

Staff have started mowing and line trimming. Two Peaks was completed and Sugar City is started.

Thank you .one and for their support.
Thanks to Dave Sturgis for photos. More photos to come.