Mar 30
Each year ROMP hosts a swap meet. The swap meet is a fund-raiser for ROMP and a place where cyclists can purchase road and mountain bike parts, tools, frames, complete bikes, clothing and accessories. Admission charge is $2. The meet will be held on Sunday, April 25th, behind the Cupertino Bike Shop, 10493 S. De …
Mar 08
The Northern California Mountain Biking Association (NorCAMBA) is pleased to announce that it has hired Sue Fry as Executive Director, making the club one of only a handful of regional mountain bike advocacy groups around the world with professional leadership. Sue comes to NorCAMBA with a passion for improving bicycling opportunities for all individuals. Sue …
Mar 01
The facts Soquel Demonstration Forest is threatened with staff and budget cuts, and as a result potential closure. This would mean the loss of one of the best places for mountain biking in the San Francisco Bay Area. Soquel Demonstration Forest was on target to become a self-sustaining forest unit through its 2004 timber harvest …
Mar 01
The trail use group F.O.R.E.S.T has hosted three volunteer workdays on the Table Mountain Trail in Stevens Creek County Park so far this season. We have been very successful in that we have been able to install dips and drains on the upper two miles of trail that will keep water running off the trail …
Feb 24
IMBA’s Trail Care Crews (TCCs) came to Santa Clara County this weekend. We held a Friday night informative program and trail building classes on Saturday and Sunday morning at Specialized, and did tral work on Coe’s Anza, Grizzly Gulch, and Spike Jones trails. Friday night’s guest speaker, Steve Karlin, a naturalist from Wildlife Associates (http://www.wildlifeassociates.org/index.html), …
Feb 18
Your comments are needed by February 20th! The planning process and concept alternatives presented in the document, http://www.nps.gov/pore/home_mngmntdocs_GMP2003concepts.htm, regarding the future of Point Reyes has excluded the bicycling user group completely. Currently this National Parks unit allows limited access for bicycles. At the same time, horses have abundant access, even though their activities in the …
Feb 18
California mountain bicyclists need to write the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) immediately to save mountain bike trail access at Lake Oroville. Public comment ends Feb. 29. A proper trail management decision at Oroville will protect trail access in other California state parks. This is an issue that affects everyone who rides in California. Please …
