Youth Mountain Bike Adventures 2008 dates
Stay tuned for the upcoming 2008 dates this Spring. Rides typically are scheduled May-Oct.
All rides meet at the trailhead at 9:45 and end at approx. 2:30. Lunch provided for all!
Check out Group Rides Calendar for up to date info on all our YMBA rides.
At Youth Mountain Bike Adventures we take a group
of inner-city kids on what is sometimes their first visit to
an East Bay Park. We teach them the basics of safe mountain
biking, provide a healthy lunch, and give them a helmet and
a T-Shirt to take home. More importantly these kids get a great
sense of accomplishment and satisfaction from mastering the
trails and the hills and their bikes which we also maintain
and provide.
Every kid gets an adult BTCEB member guide who accompanies them
throughout the ride. The guide explains the basics of trail
riding and also shows them the beauties of the parks where we
ride. Many trips in Wildcat Canyon and Tilden include a visit
to the nature center and little farm in Tilden.
Please come ride with us and
have some fun showing these kids a good time. Please
RSVP Jeff Edmonston or 510-325-2417.
We always welcome
and encourage riders (BTCEB members or not) to come and ride
with us to learn about the program and see how much fun we have.
You do have to be a current dues paying member of BTCEB to be
a "
guide" for one of our youth riders.
Many of our rides are done with groups that don't have outings,
this may the only opportunity for the kids and the group to
take a trip. Often, it is their first experience in an EBRPD
Park or open space. View pictures of past rides and then come see for yourself how YMBA open participants eyes and shows then a whole new
world.
BTCEB provides this program free to organized
youth groups throughout the East Bay. We raise funds from businesses
and charities that support youth outreach programs like ours.
If you know of a kid or a group that could benefit, or a company
or non-profit that might want to donate, please contact the
Youth Mountain Bike Adventures
Coordinators, Jeff Edmonston at 510-325-2417 or Tom Zang at 925-989-7913.
