Silicon Valley Mountain Bikers
1,200+ member South Bay MTB community offering intro clinics and skills courses across Santa Clara and San Mateo county parks near San Jose.
The vibe
Trail skills, South Bay style
Silicon Valley Mountain Bikers is less a group ride and more an on-ramp — a nonprofit IMBA regional chapter focused on getting South Bay riders comfortable on dirt. Their bread and butter is free intro-to-mountain-biking sessions and multi-part skills clinics, held at Santa Teresa County Park in San Jose and Rancho San Antonio in Los Altos.
Day-to-day trail rides aren’t run centrally by SVMTB — instead, they point newcomers toward affiliated local groups like San Jose Mountain Biking and South Bay Mountain Bikers once you’ve got the fundamentals down. Think of this as where you start before you’re ready for those faster-paced rides.
Good fit if you’re South Bay-based, new to dirt, and want structured instruction before you’re bombing singletrack with strangers.