I ride the Rio Hondo path every Saturday and I never encountered any
problems. There are many bike riders that take this path so I think
it keeps the danger away.

Alex

--- In bikepaths@yahoogrou ps.com, "John Dailey, Jr."
<john.w.dailey@ ...> wrote:
>
> I rode there yesterday... I just moved to the LA area (Pasadena)
and
> it was my first ride of any distance since getting here (I went from
> the north end of Rio Hondo trail, to San Gabriel trail, which I took
> south till about mile marker 10, then turned around and took San
> Gabriel trail up past the Santa Fe Dam)
>
> Anyway, it looks like it is scheduled to be closed until April. I
got
> directions from a pedestrian who told me to take Rosemead to the
first
> light, and turn right (on Garvey), then take a left at the first
light
> (Lee). Follow Lee all the way to the end, and take a right (Rush)
and
> that goes back to the path, right after the closure ends...
>
> After getting home I was doing some reading online (which eventually
> led me to joining this group...) and I was shocked to see that the
> area I biked through was listed as dangerous on
> http://www.nearfiel d.com/~dan/ sports/bike/ notes/hazards/ index.htm.
>
> Is this info up to date? How dangerous are we talking about (is it
OK
> if you ride with someone, and only on weekends during the day...?)
>
> -John
>
> P.S. Is there any kind of resource for people to figure out what
> area's are safe in general? I am having a hard enough time figuring
> out how to get around here, let alone worry about what area's are
gang
> territory...
>
>
>
> --- In bikepaths@yahoogrou ps.com, "hotndahaus" <hotndahaus@ > wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have any info regarding path closures or detours
along the
> > L.A. River, Rio Hondo, or San Gabriel Rivers? Is there a website
> > where that information might be current and readily available?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>