Another place you can check for trail access is East Bay Regional Park district website. They maintain some of the trails in the area and keep PDF's of the maps of the parks on their site. The link to the maps is: http://www.ebparks.org/parks/maps Also, if you live in Contra Costa County 511 Contra Costa will give you some excellent maps for free. You just need to go their website and submit a request. Here is the link http://www.511contracosta.org/bike-ped/bike-maps/ The map request info is near the bottom of the page.
I just finished mapping out how to ride from my place in Concord over the hills in Clayton through Black Diamond and out to Brentwood. It'll be a good test for a new bike that I'll be getting. w00t! Harry On Sep 9, 10:01 am, Jason Lee <jason.ferr...@gmail.com> wrote: > "just be aware that there are a lot of steep hills in the dirt ... be > prepared to walk some" > > I would love the challenge. I have many years on the mountain bike > and for the past year have been using my cross bike as a mountain bike > with 38c tyres. Thanks for the warning - I'm even more excited to get > out there now! > > On Sep 2, 8:01 am, "Jim M." <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm sorry I can't answer 100% positive, but I think I recall a trail > > opening celebration. If you want to be sure, you could call Save Mt > > Diablo. Generally, bikes are allowed on all fire roads, and allowed on > > some single track. I know you can ride dirt from Walnut Creek to Mt > > Diablo 100% legally. If you've never ridden out here, just be aware > > that there are a lot of steep hills in the dirt, especially as you go > > higher up Diablo, and be prepared to walk some. > > > Jim M > > WC, CA > > > On Sep 1, 9:38 pm,JasonLee<jason.ferr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I just picked up a map made by Save Mount Diablo > > > (http://www.savemountdiablo.org/DiabloTrailMAPHomepage.htm) and noticed > > > that > > > it was published back in 2007. In it, the greyed out trails going > > > through Mangini Ranch say "No public access" and the only thing I can > > > find on the internet is that back in 2007-2008 it was accessible only > > > via tour. The only newer information I saw was that the East Bay > > > Trail Dogs did some trail maintenance back on May 9, 2009. > > > > Anyone know if it is open to bikers? I am looking to take BART to > > > Concord (from Oakland) and ride through Lime Ridge, then Mangini Ranch > > > and into the trails on Diablo. I also noticed that these grey dashed > > > lines are listed as "Unpaved road Private" that would let me connect > > > this all together. Not sure if these are now open or not. > > > > I just did a little more research and found out on OpenStreetMap that > > > the trails are listed but mostly > > > un-named:http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.91452&lon=-121.97493&zoom=15&lay... > > > > It seems as though as long as it is legal, I shouldn't have a problem > > > riding mostly dirt from Concord into Diablo. > > > > Discuss please. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
