Can anyone give a description of the mountain bike course at Shelby Farms in Memphis?
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Mostly fast single track with some gravel roads. There aren’t any tremendous climbs on the course.
Map of Bike Course:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/view_route?r=770210411804
is the drainage good? If it rains the day before will the course be very muddy or decent. I’m asking because if I come it will probably be the first time I’m on trails for a few months, because ours are just too much mush now from freeze/thaw to ride. And mud for my first trail ride of the spring doesn’t sound like a great idea.
They will be fine.
tridawg. What kind of soil is out there by Memphis? Is it the Tennessee red clay, or is it loamy or sandy?
You will get different conditions throughout the race. There are several trails which the race will be on, The tour de wolf trail is hard packed dirt trails, the yellow & blue trails which run by the river are a combo of softer trials with a sandy soil.
I notice the race course comes back on itself in the opposite direction in some places. Surely they can’t do that in a single-track section? What are those 2-way sections of race course like?
Gravel road
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Thanks for the information. Are you going to be participating in this race?
So on a scale of 1 (beginner) to 5 (expert), how would you rank these trails? From what I have read, I would give it a 2.
What do you expect the water temp to be? My guess is upper 50’s.
Can you tell me if there is any camping available in the park? Is it safe to camp there? I don’t see that info on the website.
Thanks!!