March 9, 2021

Reflections and the Trail Ahead

Thank you all for the continued support of California Mountain Biking Coalition and our efforts to build a statewide voice for mountain bikers in California. For those interested, I have included some CAMTB summary highlights, which outlines our recent work and key points of focus for 2021. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you the past 8 months […]

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August 1, 2020

Fund New Trails. Support CAMTB. Win this bike.

$5 Entry. $16,525 Bike. Easy Steezy. Update: Contest closed Now more than ever it is apparent how precious access to our public lands is. Your $5, $50, or $5,000 contribution to the Easy Steezy campaign will help build trails and support the California Mountain Biking Coalition, and earn you a chance to win a limited edition Specialized S-Works Turbo Levo SL Founder’s Edition […]

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June 23, 2020

CAMTB Becomes Official!

We’re pleased to announce that on June 22, 2020, CAMTB received our nonprofit determination letter from the IRS. We are official!* With the challenges to getting things done during a pandemic, this took much longer than expected. The delay didn’t prevent us from getting things done: commenting on federal policies and rulemaking processes, supporting legislation that bring more resources to […]

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CAMTB Statement about Electric Bicycles
June 10, 2020

CAMTB Statement about Electric Bicycles

In Spring 2020, CAMTB conducted a survey of mountain bike organizations around California, to help inform the development of public comments on the Department of the Interior’s rulemaking process for Electric Bikes. The findings were presented in a public virtual conference call, and CAMTB submitted comments to the four agencies under the Department of the Interior. Our submitted comments are […]

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CAMTB Strategic Planning Session
January 30, 2020

CAMTB Strategic Planning Session

With a founder’s round of funding well underway (thank you donors!) the CAMTB board of directors have been busy planning our next steps. We’re all eager to ramp up our advocacy and lobbying efforts as we put together the administrative base for the organization. To that end, on January 28, 2020, we held an all-day strategic planning session with a […]

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August 19, 2019

AB1111 Lobby Day Report

Representatives from the newly established California Mountain Biking Coalition participated with over 120 other outdoor recreation leaders in the state on August 19 in Sacramento to voice support for Assembly Bill 1111 which would establish the California Office of Outdoor Recreation. The establishment of this office is good for the State and for mountain bikers. It would improve access to […]

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February 1, 2019

CAMTB Formative Meeting and Call to Action

February 2019, CAMTB posted its first call to action, asking California mountain bike advocacy groups to log on and get involved. Big news everyone! We are excited to announce that we’re publicly launching CAMTB.org today in anticipation of the collective formation of a formal California Mountain Bike and Trail Advocacy organization. This is an invitation to all California bike and trail organizations […]

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