2018-03-24 Highland Park Diamond Hunt

[Fencejumper09]

Post up below with your choice:

A. Hollytree with light rain beginning at 10AM

B. Highland Park hitting all the 4 and 5 diamond trails

C. Other Option

[kylepeterson]

Highland park drains better (trails) once you get past the red ring of slide.

[Fencejumper09]

Rain keeps pushing earlier. Making the move and changing this thread title!!

[Mulley]

Post up below with your choice:

A. Hollytree with light rain beginning at 10AM

B. Highland Park hitting all the 4 and 5 diamond trails

C. Other Option

C. Highland Park and crush the 6 Diamond trail  (They still have a 6 diamond right?)

I'm in. Let's do this. I'm leaving from Springville so my route is a little different from the BHAM guys. So unless anyone is heading up 59 through Gadsden, I'll see you guys there.

I really need to get my radiator fan working.

[Fencejumper09]

@jrou111 and @SpeedyR

Do you Georgia boys want to meet us at Highland Park?

[SpeedyR]

I'm out. Wife's out of town for a few days so just rachel and I.

[kylepeterson]

David picked me up at six am, and we met Mulley at HP.. Rode every 5/6 diamond trail we could find, didn't break anything, and only dropped the bike twice. I was so happy to get a flat tire the last time we went out, I was toast at that point anyway. 32 miles  at the park , whew!

:-)

[Fencejumper09]

It was a long and difficult day of riding but what a good time! The only diamonds we could find were Pucker Diamonds we made every time we came up to some off camber roots!

Pictures and videos should be posted in ride report sometime this week!!

Great ride fellas!

[Mulley]

Highland Park has some great trails. We didn't ride any double track other than the main loop road. We hit, I think, all but one of the 4 thru 6 diamond trails. Even doing the 6 diamond twice and a few of the harder 5 diamond trails multiple times. I'm still sore today and I had multiple muscles cramping up during the ride. Pickles and mustard couldn't even stop the cramping.

They are going to have to do some major repair work on some of the trails. They have some pretty good ruts and dug out roots that will just beat you silly. This is good if that's what you are into but I imagine most of their customers like to have less of their dental fillings jarred out and to maintain cartilage in there knees. All three of us have recently been working on hard enduro type riding so it turned out to be a pretty good practice day for us. Riding wise we all did pretty well, taking turns in the lead. My cardio is lacking tremendously. I need some time on a row machine, stationary bikes and such to really push myself. Losing a few stones would help too (a few stones sounds much better than the equivalent in pounds).

I didn't take a single picture. Sorry guys.