Trail Building

Flow Trail Test Ride: BTCEB Girls Take a Test Run

Last week, at the BTCEB’s monthly Ride Like a Girl group session at Tamarancho, the ladies received a bit of special treatment in the form of sampling the newest addition to the trail network, the flow trail. The trail isn’t due to open for a few more weeks, but it seems that being a lady [...]

03.15.2013 BTCEB Read the full story →

Tamarancho Flow Trail Construction Reaches the Final Stretch

Building a trail packed with features is a time consuming affair, even with the mechanical help of a Sweco mini-dozer and ST-240 trail building machine to doing the bulk of the heavy lifting. Even after the shaping is done, each roller and berm needs to be compacted properly to result in the desired riding experience. [...]

03.08.2013 Tamarancho Read the full story →

Flow Check! Tamarancho Flow Trail Update: 1/20/13

It feels like this blog has been all about this one new trail and nothing else lately. And it’s probably an accurate reflection what it’s like to have a conversation with those of us that were in the mix from the start. I know for a fact I’m currently not doing nearly as bad as [...]

01.24.2013 Tamarancho Read the full story →

Tamarancho Flow Trail: 1/12/13 Build Update

January progress on the flow trail initially has been slow due to the grade in the transition area through the trees. Although we now have Kevin and the ST 240 working in overdrive to cut the new trail in, retaining walls needed to be built on a number of the turns in order to make [...]

01.17.2013 Tamarancho Read the full story →

Tamarancho January Trail Work Schedule Posted (updated)

Build days for the new flow trail at Tamarancho have been officially posted, as well as build days for trail maintenance for the main loop. If you’re interested in having any input into the trail, we recommend you attend, as paying for a pass simply provides you with access to the trail. If you aren’t [...]

01.05.2013 Tamarancho Read the full story →

Tamarancho Flow Trail Construction Update

If you weren’t stoked on the prospect of the Bay Area’s first flow trail currently being under construction and mere months or even weeks away from being a rideable reality, perhaps these images of our roughed in route will change that. Sunday, December 16th was a cold and foggy morning. After getting soaked on an [...]

12.18.2012 Tamarancho Read the full story →

Bay Area’s First Flow Trail Under Construction Now (And You Can Help)

The Bay Area has always been a bit behind compared to the northwest when it comes to the amazing new single track experiences that are being created. After our stint traveling, riding and building trail everywhere from Texas to Fairbanks to Saskatoon, (way out there!) and landing back in the Bay Area (after a stretch [...]

12.11.2012 Tamarancho Read the full story →

Bishop’s Walk Trail Work at Joaquin Miller Park

This weekend, a major trail project took place at Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park. Bishop’s Walk, a popular entrance and exit point to the park has been eroding for a number of years now. The route follows an old road bed (likely established by Joaquin Miller himself) before diverting off in what essentially was a straight [...]

06.12.2012 BTCEB Read the full story →

Rock Armoring at Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park

Every time we ride the bike friendly trails in Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park we would comment on a particularly bad section of trail. It was essentially a mud bog that stayed wet all winter, even when every other part of the trail was dry. It was so bad that a go-around route had been formed [...]

04.24.2011 BTCEB Read the full story →

Defining flow for the masses

Ask a die-hard mountain biker what “flow” is and you’ll likely get an enthusiastic response. Compare the answers though, and odds are you’ll find them to be very different. Ask a random person off the street what flow is in context to the mountain biking experience, and who knows what kind of response you’ll receive. [...]

03.20.2011 Trail Building Read the full story →

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