Romp has wholeheartedly agreed to sponsor the Del Mar High School Mountain Bike Team, located in Campbell. The team is being formed by Kathleen Meyer and will consist of high school students from Del Mar High School. The team will be a part of the Norcal Mountain Bike League. The league consists of more than …
Category Archive: News
Dec 03
Wish List
One of the things that came up at the Club Care Crew Weekend is that in many ways ROMP looks like a very developed, polished organization. We work hard to achieve that. Still, there are plenty of ways other people can help out. We Need You! Tree Decorators We are making ornaments to put on …
Dec 02
close the Bay Trail gap at Moffett Field
The Bay Trail organization (http://www.baytrail.org/) could use letters of support for their effort to close the Bay Trail gap at Moffett Field. I’m asking ROMP, the Cities of Santa Clara, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, San Jose, the VTA and individual members to put their support behind this project. It would be a major connection between the …
Nov 13
Wilderness Act of 1964
There’s a lot of misinformation about the Wilderness Act of 1964 out there. It’s understandable because the law is complicated. In fact the Wilderness Act of 1964 has been amended only once since its inception, and the amendment had nothing to do with bicycle access to federal Wilderness. Properly read, the Wilderness Act does not …
Nov 13
November – January Mountain Cyclist now online
The November – January issue of ROMP’s Newsletter, The Mountain Cyclist is now available on line: Download PDF Inside this issue: Coe Park After The Lick Fire Switchback Basics Celebrate ROMP Ride and Club Care IMBA California Berry Samples Dirt Meet Joe Breeze � Designer of the World�s First Mountain Bike You Are Invited ! …
Nov 11
Why can’t we get along?
State parks has been holdong public workshops for the Empire Mine trail system located in Grass Valley. The event was very positive and super exciting; generally speaking, State Parks has some great plans for new trail and restored trails in the Osborne Hill area of the park. The truly amazing thing is that all user …
Nov 06
Road to SDF to be blocked off 11/8
Santa Cruz County Roads will be putting a K-RAIL (concrete barrier) on Highland Way at the slide about 4 miles past Burrell Fire Station on Thursday, November 8th at about 09:30. The road has been closed to CAL FIRE vehicles since April, 2007. Now it will be closed to all traffic. County roads said that …
