Friday and Saturday, I spent time with my family at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia. I left the trainer at home, so there was no need to throw my bike up on the rack. That will change the next time I head down to the big rock.

It was somewhat of a surprise to find a number of riders on multiple lane roads that circumvent a large portion of the park. I stopped one rider to ask about the loop. He said that there was a five mile inner loop and a ten mile outer loop. He said it was easy to get a 20 mile ride in by combining the roads.

As I drove on and off of the park during the day, I continued to see a number of riders out. Saturday morning you could tell was made up of the regulars — probably a group ride. Later in the day I saw more riders on TT bikes and some others on recreational type hybrids. It gave me the urge to come back myself and give it a try some day.

It wasn’t the road around the rock that interested me the most though. We rode the cable cars up to the top of the rock and once there I got a glimpse of the trail running down the mountain. My immediate thought was, “Wow, next time, I’ve got to hike this!” Then the next thought was, “Wow, wouldn’t it be cool to ride my mountain bike up this thing… and better yet, ride it back down!”

Of course, the very next thought was, “Yeah, right! No way are they going to allow me to bring my mountain bike up here.” Sure enough, the official word is, “No. Bicycles are not allowed on the walk-up trail or on any of the hiking trails. We do not have any mountain biking trails inside the Park.”

Well, they can’t keep me from dreaming…

 

Tags: Mountain Biking, Stone Mountain

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