when & where does your group ride?  i'd like to meet and ride w/ them.  i am an intermediate/advanced rider who does mainly road riding.

 is there a standing schedule? 

From: "L. Daniel Levy" <dan@...>
To: CCC_Bicycle_Club@yahoogroups.com
CC: dan@...
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 04:19:00 +0000
Subject: RE: {Disarmed} Re: [CCC_Bicycle_Club] Major Trailwork Project
- Need Volunteers and Volunteer Leaders

Hi Jane, BTCEB does trailwork about 1x/month during the winter and spring seasons.  The event on the 6th and 7th will be the largest trailwork event we’ve had in a long time and will kick off the season.  We expect that we will have trailwork days at Garin, Pleasanton Ridge, Del Valle and Mt. Diablo and potentially a few others. We have “Mountain Bike Basics” classes periodically.  They are intended for brand new mountain bikers and teach the basics of bike set-up, shifting, braking and trail etiquette.  More information is here: http://www.btceb.org/basics.htm As for intermediate “classes,” we don’t usually go that far.  However, someone who has basic skills can ride on one of our beginner group rides.  If there is no beginner ride, we can recruit a ride leader and organize one.  We also have the pulse on several weekly recurring rides in the area of various skill levels. Regards, Dan From: CCC_Bicycle_Club@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CCC_Bicycle_Club@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jane Call Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:02 PM To: CCC_Bicycle_Club@yahoogroups.com Subject: {Disarmed} Re: [CCC_Bicycle_Club] Major Trailwork Project - Need Volunteers and Volunteer Leaders hello, dan, are there other dates for similar work days? we are not available for oct 6 and 7 but may be at another time also wonder if there will be mtnbk beginning or intermediate classes scheduled sometime thanks, jane --- "L. Daniel Levy" <dan@...> wrote: > In case you haven't heard, the Bicycle Trails > Council is leading a huge > effort at Joaquin Miller park in Oakland to reroute > several trails in an > effort to improve safety and better design erosion > trouble spots. > > Joaquin Miller Park, in case you don't already know > but I'm sure you all do, > is THE premier legal singletrack mountain biking > oasis of the East Bay area. > JMP boasts the most miles of legal singletrack in > any single park in the > East Bay and the trails range from interesting to > downright difficult in > both technicality and aerobic fitness classes. > Because of this, BTCEB has > fought long, hard battles to keep this park open to > mountain biking. > > For the last few years, we have taken part in a > Trails Working Group to > figure out how to make the park more friendly for > all users and one of the > ways was to redesign certain trails so that they > deter trail user conflicts > by design. > > In the last few months, BTCEB has worked with the > City of Oakland, > Volunteers for Outdoor California (V-O-Cal) and Jim > Jacobsen of BTC Marin to > reroute some trails. The culmination of these > efforts will occur on October > 6th and 7th under the supervision of V-O-Cal. There > will be camping, hot > food, music and other entertaining factors to > consider between the hard days > of work. > > I urge you to get involved, represent BTCEB and your > riding clubs and help > us to fulfill our vision. > > V-O-Cal will be offering Volunteer Trail Crew > Training tomorrow, Saturday, > September 29. Please RSVP if you are able to > attend. > > Joaquin Miller Park - City of Oakland [Sign Up] > <http://vocal.civicore.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewevent&id=31&dateid=31> > > > > * > > Join us for this volunteer trail stewardship > weekend in Joaquin > Miller Park, a favorite East Bay Park. Help create > safer trail connections > using hand tools. Enjoy great fun, tasty food and > evening entertainment for > teens and adults. Enjoy great people, tasty food and > feel a sense of > accomplishment and satisfaction. > * Volunteers camp for free Friday and Saturday > nights. Camping is > optional and you can participate one day but we > encourage you to come for > the whole weekend. It's important you arrive by 7:30 > a.m. to enjoy > breakfast, make your lunch, sign waivers and attend > the safety talk. No > prior experience is necessary. Tools and training > provided. Youth 14 and > over only please. Youth 14-16 must be accompanied by > an adult. Date: October > 6 & 7, 2007 > Size of Project: 200 volunteers > Level of Difficulty: Easy to Moderate > Agency Partner: City of Oakland > * Joaquin Miller Park - City of Oakland > October 6 & 7 [Sign Up Now] > <http://vocal.civicore.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewevent&id=31&dateid=31> > > > We need volunteers! Join BTCEB for a trail > stewardship weekend in Joaquin > Miller Park October 6-7. We'll be working on > reroutes for Big Trees and > Sequoia Bayview which should further enhance the > best singletrack in the > East Bay. Trail work is fun, rewarding, a great > workout and it helps assure > continuing trail access for our sport. > > In anticipation of a great turnout Volunteers of > Outdoor California is > providing Crew Leader training this coming Saturday, > September 29th. If you > enjoy being a volunteer and are interested in > leadership, join the Crew > Leader Program. As a crew leader, you will guide > small groups of volunteers > on a section of the JMP project to produce > high-quality reroutes for > everyone to enjoy. You will receive special > training, customized to your > level of experience. Crew Leader training topics > include leadership, safety, > tools, and technical skills, such as trail > construction and habitat > restoration. Training is free and we think you'll > have so much fun you'll > want to do more. In the near future BTCEB hopes to > build NEW SINGLETRACK! We > need an experienced crew to do this type of work. > > To signup for this Sundays Crew training contact > Cathy Moyer, Executive > Director, Volunteers for Outdoor California at > cmoyer@v-o-cal.org. To sign > up for The Joaquin Miller Park trail day October > 6-7, visit > http://v-o-cal.org/proj/current.html. > > Regards, > Dan > > L. Daniel Levy > Vice President > Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay > (925) 383-7436 > > <http://www.btceb.org/> http://www.btceb.org >