Rest up your Hammies, new mountain bike race coming to Trussville

By Joshua Huff, sports editor

TRUSSVILLE — Birmingham has a new mountain bike race and Trussville is getting in on the action.

The Hammies, created by Max Klein, eschews the typical if you ain’t first, you’re last mindset around most competitions and introduces a race that is open for those more inclined to embrace the leisureliness of riding through nature, albeit down rock faces and through hairpin turns on narrow trails.

The event is a four-day race that takes place in four different locations: Red Mountain Park, Oak Mountain State Park, Trussville Sports Complex and the Tannehill Ironworks Historical Park. The races are all a week apart.

Racers will have the option of choosing to race one lap or two laps. The first lap will be based on age division; however, the second lap, or “Super Hammies Championship” as it’s called, is optional. Racers under the age of 14 are not eligible for the “Super Hammies Championship.”

The Hammies does not have an award ceremony, but, for racers itching to add to their medal collection, the event gives out sprocket medals to the top three finishers of each age group.

There will be other activities such as: cornhole, raffles, “slow” bike races and much more.

Register here.

Round 1

Location: Red Mountain Park (7 miles per lap)

Address: 2011 Frankfurt Dr., Birmingham, Ala., 35211

Time: 1 p.m.

Date: November 3

Price: $35 Adult ($27 Youth)

Round 2

Location: Oak Mountain State Park (6 miles per lap)

Address: 200 Terrace Dr., Pelham, Ala., 35124

Time: 1 p.m.

Date: November 10

Price: $35 Adult ($27 Youth)

Round 3

Location: Trussville Sports Complex (4 miles per lap)

Address: 4621 Riverbend Rd., Trussville, Ala., 35173

Time: 1 p.m.

Date: November 17

Price: $35 Adult ($27 Youth)

Round 4

Location: Tannehill Ironworks Historical Park (6 miles per lap)

Address: 12632 Confederate Pkwy., McCalla, Ala., 35111

Time: 1 p.m.

Date: December 1

Price: $35 Adult ($27 Youth)