Alabama Mountain Biking Thread

oh duh haha, I was thinking about Brian asking to ride...oops.

 

@Brian422 if you are brave enough to night ride, I’ll probably start doing that at Tannehill now that it’s getting dark quicker.

I have been going there atleast once a week after work

 

Might have to learn how to day ride first lol.

 

It’s called a chamois. Just FYI. Makes riding much more comfortable.

 

You aren't a fat poser, Mark. You're average sized.

 

my legs don’t do tight things.

 

They're just compression shorts with a pillow for your taint. Its a wonderful thing.

 

Go get some padded football underwear from walmart lol

 

Definitely not the same. Wouldn't want to sit on a tailbone pad for any extended period of time. Could be useful for hip padding though if you remove the tail bone pad.

 

@stronghammer I'm trying a new trail today. Going to hit the top of Mountain Mist then dip in to Goat trail. It runs parallel to MM but its lower on the mountain. Still rated as a black diamond. Never done it before. Apparently SORBA has done some work on it, so I'm curious to see it.

 

I've done it, in the very beginning of my riding. we suckeddddd and walked it. let me know how it is

 

What was it like?

 

all I remember was it was goat trail. steep edge off the side, and it was winter so leaves were all over the trail and we could hardly follow it. that's all I remember.

 

Oh. Was it similar to mountain mist at all?

 

yes, but more difficult.

 

Hmm. Is it worth my time then?

 

I really can't answer that, I'd say yes.

Remember, this was 3 years ago when I first got my bike...we accidentally got off on that trail, after we tried warpath haha!

 

Yeah, you were totally unprepared if you went down Warpath on accident. Lol. I'll give it a try. Pictures look good for it. Its rocky, but that's fine. From what I'm seeing, there's a lot more up there that wasn't really rideable until SORBA got involved. I'll report back. I bet it'll be fun.

 

and it very well could have been before SORBA touched it. I just don't know. eager to hear your report, I want more trails to ride at Monte Sano...if you go down MM maybe go out and try Jeff Trail and whatever the others are out there? idk how much you're trying to do.

 

I'm climbing to the top, hitting the Family Bike Trail, to the point, then down MM to Goat Trail and back to the truck. Not too long of a ride, but it's something.