Ben Hawes - Rudy Mine Photos

[ricdix]

Link to Alex Stewart's photo's. (Spectrum Trail Design)

http://alexmtb.smugmug.com/Other/Ben-Hawes/15709563_bKBhhX#1595621857_HLCPF2R

[Billy Davis]

From the pics it appears Alex put in a ton of sweet bermed turns and rollers.  Trail looks super fun.

[wkumtrider]

Any idea if this trail will be rideable on turkey day?  I know we are getting rain, but if it doesn't rain Wednesday I didn't know if it would be dry enough to ride Thursday morning. 

Thanks!

[ricdix]

@ Billy, a high fun factor was our goal. The property is land locked and there's zero rock so we'll never be known for mileage or being technical. So we incorporated as many berms and rollers as we could to help make it as fun as possible.

@ Jason, Great questions. We've received several inches of soaking rain over the last few days. My guess is that it will still be too slick to fully enjoy. There's talk of a day after turkey day ride (like we used to do before the park was closed) Friday at 9:00 am cst.

[wkumtrider]

Keep me posted on that Richard.  I want to bring the mt bike but don't want to pack it if the trails are too wet.

[ericoneal]

Keep us posted.  I think Im actually going to be in Owensboro that day, and will bring my bike just in case.

There's talk of a day after turkey day ride (like we used to do before the park was closed) Friday at 9:00 am cst.

[DavidHood]

Here is a picture of my 26" Nimbus (disc brake) Oracle Unicycle at the TrailHead.

This is what I like to call "Spaghetti Junction" where the green, yellow, and blue trails intersect.

Finally, here is one of the many rock gardens that (as you all know) look smooth in the picture but are far from smooth in real life. There is a reason that I stopped here and, I assure you it was not (i.e. UnPlannedDismount) out of choice.

[ricdix]

Heard there was a uni spotted on the trail. Would've loved to have seen you in action. That's crazy.

[ericoneal]

We traveled to Owensboro from Louisville to visit the inlaws and I was able to slip away for a few hours with my bike and had a blast!  The trails were really fast and I ended up doing two loops, but could have done alot more.  Really think I could have rode there all day without getting tired and I dont even remember pedaling that much.      Anyway, great job, I'll be back for sure.

Funny story.  I was trying to find the trailhead and ran in to a group of  five Japenese guys (in the outskirts of Owensboro!) near the golf course who only spoke broken Engrish.  "Bike twail?  No, uh,  understand: Where bike twail."

[ricdix]

Thanks for the review Eric. Think I'll start a Topic for others to share thier thoughts as well.
Look me up when you're in town.

[ricdix]

Link to some great BH race photo's on Professional Photographer Gary Emord-Netzly's site:

http://genphoto.zenfolio.com/p295285326/h35e57400#h35e57400