Thanks again for all the help. I will try to get out there and start cleaning so
the trails will be ready for my mountain bike class that starts May 16. As for
the City of Pasadena and the bike cops, they shouldn't give us too many
problems. Everybody in the class is police, fire, or ems personnel. If anything,
they would probably join us.

Have you ever heard of The International Police Mountain Bike Association
(IPMBA)? I'm working with La Porte Police and Fire on May 16, 17, 23, and 24.
Although I would prefer to ride at JB or Memorial Park, we don't have time in
our schedule for that. Maybe we'll try a ride after class is over.

Next time you go riding at the Fairmont Trails, give me a call.

Thanks,

Josh
281-450-5383

--- In jack_brooks_trails@yahoogroups.com, "d0nindp" <donsut@...> wrote:
>
> The Fairmont trails (that's what we call them) are less technical than
memorial park. They are good to practice and just get some saddle time.
Definitely better than driving 25miles after work to go to JB or Memorial. With
that being said, I'd much rather ride JB.
>
> We were out there today. They are trashed and muddy. Not even worth going
right now. Lots of trees and limbs and trash all over the place. Not to
mention the standing water in spots. If we get no rain this weekend they should
be to go by Monday. Definitely need some work on them though.
>
> One thing about working on these trails, it's kind of like The Ant Hills. The
trails are on public property and are part of the park (Pasadena) but nobody is
officially "authorized" to do work on them except the city. Wrong, right or
indifferent we just kind of repair them as needed. I think some kids built them
a long time ago and they just grew into what they are today. The Pasadena bike
police are out there occasionally looking for dirt bikers tearing up the gravel
trail and stop and BS with us when we are making minor repairs. Some teenage
kids are trying to build a little huck section up by the parking lot but the
rain keeps knocking out their progress.
>
> Also if you want to do a little pseudo-trail riding when it's wet, you can
park in the lot (as mentioned earlier) and then take the gravel trail to Bay
Area Blvd. It's nice and scenic. Pasadena built the gravel trail and it runs
along Redbluff all the way to Bay Area Blvd and then you can take the bike trail
along red bluff (backside of Armond Bayou) to the next light or go down Bay Area
to Bike Barn. The good thing about that ride is that there are only two lights
the whole way and except for those two lights you don't share the path with any
cars. The first light is at Genoa Redbluff the next at Bay Area. You can ride
the gravel trail just about anytime it is built nicely and the city does a VERY
good job of maintaining it.
>
> Have fun!
>
>
>
> --- In jack_brooks_trails@yahoogroups.com, "Josh Cools" <jcools07@> wrote:
> >
> > Don,
> >
> > By decent, I mean something compared to Memorial Park on the
not-so-technical side.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for the info. I will check out the trails next week. If you
need help maintaining the trails, I'm sure I can help. And I should be able to
bring a few guys with me.
> >
> > Josh
> >
>