Category: News
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Mountain View Bike Skills Development Center Update
I have been pushing on Mountain View’s Department of Parks and Recreation to develop a bicycle skills center (AKA Bike Park) in MV. Funding and even a location has been identified, but approval of an easement on PG+E lands has been dragging. Here is the proposed location under a set of power lines by the…
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La Honda Creek OSP Draft Master Plan Open House Report
Mountain Bikers were out in force to object to the near total ban on bikes in La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve. Good Job! Thanks Everyone who came out to The Mountain Terrace owned by our friends at Alice’s Restaurant. Francois was kind enough to show a few pictures for those of you who could…
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Romp Sponsors a Norcal High School League Team!!!
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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