Oak Mountain Bike Trail – Birmingham, Alabama
By Mike on February 25, 2010, 12:33 pm
Mountain Bike Ride in Oak Mountain, Alabama
Mountain Bike Ride in Oak Mountain, Alabama
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Overall this is the best bike trail in the bham metro area and by far the nicest park for family and friend gatherings,kayaking and many other outdoor activities. decent fishing also.
what shop, may i ask?
I have ridden this loop multiple times and it’s a fun ride. Many parts challenge a rider’s physical endurance.
I do prefer Swayback Trail though. It’s exciting parts happen with less time between them, so there’s more “bang for your buck.” Both are great trails though. Definitely worth checking out if you’re anywhere in AL.
Looks like fun!!!!!!!! I love mountain biking.
ryano77 I totaly agree …… they always come look at the most expensive and most of teh time Dad give me some Money
yeah…lol i have a transition dirtbag (i still take it on the am rides b/c im not a rider that has enuf for 2 bikes) and i rarely ride my bike around town. The only town i ever take it out is for a trail ride or like hitting a jump we just built, etc. My bike rarely sees road time except for when im doing maintenance and want to see how it does. I can understand.
Yes I agree down hilling does require skill…I guess I am really getting tired of uneducated riders, who think that full suspension is the only way to go, it’s kids like nagelk I see ridding down the street on their $2000 Kona dual susp….and thats all they do, they ride around showing off their expensive bike, but I guarantee 90% of them have never rode a technical trail in their lives!! I’m sorry, but we get these kids all the time at the shop, and it’s hard for me to bite my tounge!!!
if you think this trail isnt exciting enough then just go find other videos that give you a little chubby for some of us who have mortgages and families we would rather stick to less suicidle trails so we make it home in one piece. It should be required that parents keep their kids from making comments on here.
Hi, i’m a dh/freerider. Its true that xc takes highly technical riding such as propr shifting and just gettin over sketchy places with min travel bike, but no need for bashing us dhers. I do AM riding so I understand the mostpart of xc-ish riding. downhillers have skill to like jumping, proper weight placement, high speed control, and the most important we take some of the harshest impacts whether its a rock garden or a road gap. Plz dont bash all of us just the idiot tht made fun of xc.
Dude you are the definition of idiot. Do you know how much more skill it take to do a downhill on a hardtail? I think they are called moutainbikes for a reason, not downhill bikes. I own both hardtail and full suspension. I prefer my hardtail in 95% of situations, downhills are fun, but do not require as much all round skill as a technical cross country…I bet you don’t even understand proper shifting. Stop posting moronic comments, and go learn how to ride for real.
so did u read all the posts? this was a spirited conversation between me and one other person. I’m not a man and I’m not an elitist. Reak nagelk’s posts. he sounds like a moron
Wow, calm down man! I kind of agree with SRAMblur, there was no reason to drop a foot on the first bit, nothing technical and not really a huge uphill either?!
Yes I agree you can’t judge a course from a short video, but at least post some exciting stuff, and get others pumped to ride it who haven’t before! From this video, it looks like a course my grandma could ride!
So chill out, and don’t get mad because someone has an opinion bout the vid.
Unfortunately, you are stuck with rollers in the southeast. You could go down the Red Road at Oak Mountain for some downhill but it won’t be like you see out west or in Europe.
hey, does anyone know of any good down hill trails in the montgomery area?
i’ve been riding swayback a couple times but too much up hill for me : )
hey! how long it took u to rode the 17 miles! my friend and i had a flat tire in the very top and took us like 3 hours lol. nice trails!!!!!!!!!
i rode this trail last year thought it would easy found out i was wrong but that was becouse i was riding it for the first time. i’m only 12 and have a trek 220. could probley go back and do it again and be alright.
I ride this trail on a regular basis. Very well mantained
whats the tune peps
You have to read this!! you won’t believe it!!! don’t stop now!! make a wish
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Now that you have your wish it will happen! in exclatly 4 days. just copy this? and paste it to 4 videos!! only one wish use it wisely and it WILL HAPPEN!!! but if you break the chain your wish will be the opposite
Who the f**K is that idiot. If you don’t like it, then stay then stay your ass away. It seems like you have a small dick complex.
oh my god i wish people who have never been to oak moutain would just shut the f up!!! You should know damn well you can’t really tell what a course is like from a few minutes of a helmet cam! it’s an 18 mile course and obviously only a little bit of it is shown here. I think the beauty of posting these kinds of videos is that people like me who have been there but don’t live there can watch and relive their last trip and get excited about the next one.
No offense, but that doesn’t look that technical to keep dropping your foot all those times at the beginning of the video. I wouldn’t recommend Hamilton Creek in Nashville. If you can’t make it up those rocks then you are definitely hiking most of our local trail.
Nagelk…the “I’m so core” talk is stale and pathetic. No one cares. I promise. Most XC riders like being in shape and the challenge of a good climb – - and the fact that you have a problem with this tells us how ignorant you are…so stop acting all tough sittin at the computer and go clean your room like your mom told you to hours ago. Us adults are happy little idiot phucks like you dislike XC trails.
those are NOT mountain bikes! they are gay old men bikes. A MUCH MUCH MUCH larger portion of the world likes real mountain biking more that this shit
how would you possibly know what my bike looks like? i don’t even own a road bike! and i am not in the video idiot. and guess what–the guys in it are riding MOUNTAIN BIKES! geez you must be about 12 years old