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Glad to you guys are posting the trail conditions as I'm probably coming there Friday, from West Milford, if the weather doesn't turn bad.

I gave up and edited the post.

It's an age thing. Things go much slower for me these days, so for me it's still 2019.

Conditions on bike trails were great as the photo shows. Trails were firm and not muddy. Jeep type roads, of which there are many, are another matter since vehicles make a mess of them. I road from lot C to Ryerson Schoolhouse via the short Duck Pond trail and up the Red Trail to Cat's Nest and...

I remember that like it was yesterday. Also you were ahead of the group and successfully cleaned it once or twice before the fail.

The carving depicts Jim in his trail building attire. His trail hat and ever present hiking sticks, that he talked me into buying, which he also used as a grass whip. His family obviously thought a lot of him to engage a craftsman for that project.

Nice ride that I use to do way back with my bike buddies. The shuttle is a smart way to do it.

I remember that solo like it was yesterday. On another occasion, Jim and I were retuning home, from Stewart Park, and stopped at Laughlin's Pub for fuel and beer. The place is real Irish, as is Jim, out of nowhere he is moved to sing " Danny Boy " at the top of his voice. You could hear a pin...

The trail he was working on at any given time was always going to be his most "amazing " creation. Yes. As you say, adventures wete his specialty. All day, in the night with a just a full moon lighting the way. Amazing stuff that lots of people wouldn't imagine. Jim even started extreme snow...

His 1st Trail attempt was Pickle Trail as we now know it. It's the logical extension of Fisherman's Trail which was only a hodgepodge of paths leading to the small lake.

Some years back I had signs at the beginning and end of all his trails. Unfortunately, vandals or people wanting souvenirs removed them which is why many are now unmarked.

You're correct in describing his trail building skills. Some don't realize the work he put into a trail design to make it fun to ride and not damage the forest in the process. He stayed high whenever possible and was a master hardening softer ground with rock, much of it done by himself. He...

Thanks for uploading these pictures. I've not seen them anywhere before. I had no idea how many in the club knew him and his trail building efforts. Check his obituary on the website of Richard's Funeral Home in West Milford. It's written in words anyone in this club would admire

My friend and maybe yours too passed away this past Sunday from brain cancer. He was a mountain biker, trail builder and outdoors-man. Any of us riding the Southside of Wawayanda State Park have probably ridden on trails he built, about 12 in all and all of them great. Nature Jim will be missed...

Of course it had to be sanctioned from my bride.

My Pivot is beautiful matte black with blue markings. I'm hoping not to show to much dirt if I don't wash it.

I'm 75 as of October 11 and celebrated with a new Pivot Mach 29 SL. I don't have the snap of my youth when I was in my 50's but I just can't seem to settle into a rocking chair. My riding areas are Waywayanda, Ringwood, Jungle and I venture to the Tourne. Thinking of CR for a change of pace...