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Black Diamond Mines
A ride that provides a heaping dose of mining history and a heaping dose of fire road riding, through admittedly interesting terrain (though not from a mountain-biking point of view).
9.5 miles
2050' climb
2.5 hours
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Briones Regional Park
A short fire-road loop over the roller coaster of rolling East Bay hills.
8.5 miles
2150' climb
2 hours
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Coyote Hills
A small but scenic park with mostly flat dirt-road riding with a handful of short and steep climbs thrown in.
13 miles
1250' climb
2 hours
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Del Valle
A bit of a hidden gem in the amount of available singletrack with respect to other East Bay parks, though that's only true for this one route. A scenic, non-technical ride, for those who are okay with some steep climbs.
14 miles
2700' climb
2.5 hours
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Joaquin Miller
A small city park with trails for all skills levels, most of them singletrack.
11 miles
2200' climb
4 hours
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Lake Chabot
Starts out as an easy and paved lake-shore ride. Continues as a moderate fire-road climb and hill-side stroll.
14 miles
2200' climb
3 hours
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Mission Peak
An undistinguished short fire road ride up to a popular East Bay mountain peak that's worth it just for the views.
8 miles
2500' climb
3.5 hours
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Morgan Territory
A ride whose appeal is limited to lovers of nature and the outdoors, and whose climbs are meant for masochists and superhumans.
12.5 miles
3350' climb
4 hours
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Mount Diablo
A killer climb that takes you to a killer mountain peak with killer views. While the ride is mostly on fire roads, you'll still get to flex some technical singletrack riding and tricky loose descent muscles as well.
15 miles
3900' climb
5.5 hours
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Pleasanton Ridge
A substantial ride in one of the more popular East Bay mountain biking locations. There's a ton of climbing and the singletrack amount is negligible, but it's still worth a try.
18.5 miles
3700' climb
5.5 hours
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Redwood Regional Park
Ride virtually all bike-legal fire roads in this East Bay park in one medium-length medium-difficulty ride.
10.5 miles
1850' climb
3 hours
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Round Valley
A flat meander through a wide open East Bay meadow.
10 miles
1300' climb
2 hours
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Shell Ridge
A fire-road ride on the fringes of Mount Diablo that features some of the best rolling landscape during the green-grass season and includes a treat for creek crossing fans.
11 miles
1900' climb
2.5 hours
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Tilden Park (into Wildcat Canyon Park)
A long but easy ride in these conveniently located parks with first-class views as a bonus.
16.5 miles
2200' climb
3.5 hours
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Tilden Park (southern trails)
A fire-road ride that weaves back and forth across most of the bike-legal trails available in the southern portion of this park. Plenty of climbing and good views, but true mountain biking appeal is slim.
11.5 miles
2900' climb
3.5 hours
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