HUNTSVILLE BRIDGE BUILDING THIS WEEKEND: The "Huntsville trail work" is
construction of the NWCC/GHORBA bridge, for which NWCC donated $1,500 for
materials. Huntsville State Park is a long-time TMBRA race venue and a local
off road venue where the hard work and presence of off-road cyclists is
appreciated and encouraged.



Preliminary work (the hard part) will be done on Saturday - installing footers
and such, and the rest (runners and decking) will be completed on Sunday.



The Sunday work party meets at the Interpretive Center (just past the Park entry
gate) at 9am. If you have a powerful cordless drill and/or large crescent
wrenches, please bring them. Lunch will be provided by

GHORBA. The last bridge GHORBA built, earlier this year, was completed by
lunch-time on Sunday with a good group of volunteers. For more information, or
if you'd like to help out with the Saturday work, please contact Richard at
kilo9@... or Jimm at schroeder_jimm@...



So come be part of this joint NWCC/GHORBA project! Don't forget to bring your
bike and ride before or after the bridge work!



JACK BROOKS WORK PARTY THIS SUNDAY: Jack Brooks work party this Sunday June 29th
at the usual time of 11:00am till 3:00pm followed by a ride (some people will
ride before the work party as well). Sure the trails will need cleaning up
after all the rain and all the vegetation growth. Be sure to bring mosquito
repellent, wear protective clothing if you are highly allergic to poison ivy, we
will do our best to provide sticks to knock down all the spider webs. The
insects are quick to remind us that they own the park and they are just letting
us use it. The material for the entrances is still in the making, but hopefully
by the end of summer we will have all the entrances done. But sure to tell your
friends and I hope to see everybody at the park. If any body has any questions,
just send an e-mail. And if you plan to make the meeting, send a line to help
us organize drinks and stuff. Adios, Edgar B. focus@...

RIDING CLINIC AT JACK BROOKS JULY 12TH: We will be hosting the annual riding
clinic at Jack Brooks Park. All skill levels are welcome. The participants
will be divided up into groups based upon skill level, beginner, intermediate
and advanced. Helmets are required. You can sign up and pay the $20 fee with
PayPal on the GHORBA website or pay the day of the clinic. (Fee includes lunch
and park permit fee and insurance).

Beginners group will focus on items such as:


Safety and basic maintenance of the bike

Getting acquainted with gears and brakes

Correct riding positions

Clipping in and out of pedals

Look where you want to go, not where your trying to avoid

Balancing and being able to ride slowly

Turning

Going over obstacles


Intermediate/Advanced group will focus on items such as:


Balancing at slow speeds and in difficult conditions

Bunny hopping small and large obstacles

Jumping and crossing over bigger obstacles, drops off ledges

Wheelies and getting your wheel over an obstacle on a climb

Turning at speed and advanced use of brakes


Lumberjack Challenge




For those wanting to see just how skilled they really are, check out the Lumber
Jack Challenge!




Kids Bikes


Kids ride free with paid adult admission

There will be a limited amount of kids bikes available


Directions to Jack Brooks Park:

30 minutes South of Houston on I-45 & 15 miles North of Galveston Island. Exit
I-45 at exit 15 for Gulf Greyhound Park, go southbound on the feeder through the
light at 1764. About 200 yards down , you curve to the right on 2004. You will
drive right behind the greyhound track. The park is about 2 miles down on the
right. Go to the first stop sign past the sports complex and turn left to
Veterans Pavilion and park in the parking area. Trail head is 100 foot directly
west toward Highlands Bayou.



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