Diamondback MX

442 Lykers Road, Central Bridge, on the grounds of The Ranch at Carlisle: Diamondback Motocross spreads over some 129 acres and is a fixture of the north-eastern US race calendar - MSC rounds in AMA District 34 are part of it, as is a Loretta Lynn area qualifier; the John Coen Memorial carries the name of a man who helped build the place. The main track has a starting gate, big triples and tabletops, and properly banked berms. Open practice runs Saturday 09:00 to 15:00 rotating the rider groups, and Sunday morning from 09:00, at 40 dollars per rider; spectators pay 20 dollars from age seven. Camping is primitive, electric and water hook-ups cost extra, and the water on site is expressly non-potable. The group rotation in Saturday practice is your metronome. Spend every gap between your own sessions wrenching rather than resting and you will ride the second half of the day worse than the first. Decide in advance what the day is: a test day or a riding day. Big triples expose the usual setup problem quickly: the bike kicks off the face. Top of our cause list is rear rebound returning too fast and throwing the rear up on the lip - slow it down.