California’s bicycle clubs organized into a state federation in 1972 to protect bicyclists’ interests statewide and to encourage, maintain, and improve bicycling conditions.

CABO (the “A” is pronounced long) fosters and promotes a favorable climate for bicycling in California by representing the interests of cyclists before the appropriate governmental bodies to protect their rights and promoting laws, policies, and actions that treat cyclists equitably.

In addition to the usual officers, CABO has Area Directors which mirror the boundaries of the twelve Caltrans districts. All are unpaid volunteers.