If You Could Ride Any Road In North America....

[Quick281]

Perfect weather, no traffic, and you can ride what ever you want. Which road(s) would it be and why?

I would like to compile a nice long list of roads worth riding here and in Canada.

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[Curb]

I'd have to go with the PCH...

I have no real reason why, its just one road I've always wanted to ride

[Particle Man]

No traffic? Blue Ridge Parkway.

[Papa_Complex]

Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia. I'd prefer if they repaved it too though.

[Mr Lefty]

No traffic? Blue Ridge Parkway.

I've got plans to ride that end to end... this year... visit DC when I'm done...


PHC would be nice... but it'd have to be good weather too... Oregon coast gets a lot of rain...

[Katana-750_lady]

I've got plans to ride that end to end... this year... visit DC when I'm done...


PHC would be nice... but it'd have to be good weather too... Oregon coast gets a lot of rain...


Route 66 .. I dunno, just always thought it would be cool to go cross country on a bike..:rockwoot:

[Leon]

The Gap, no traffic=using both lanes :rockwoot:

[marko138]

I haven't been on enough roads to know which is best...but I've heard some things. I guess the Gap would be my choice, having never been on it, only seeing and hearing things.

[fnfalman]

Highway 2 Angeles Crest Highway from one side to the other. It's like 60+miles of curves. The curves are not as tight and intense as Deal's Gap but they do go on for 60-miles.

[Rider]

Highway 2 Angeles Crest Highway from one side to the other. It's like 60+miles of curves. The curves are not as tight and intense as Deal's Gap but they do go on for 60-miles.

You ever ride Mullholand Drive or Glendora Mountain Road? I can't remember the name of the road but there are some cool switchbacks in Monrovia. Rim of the World in another cool road on the way up to Big Bear.

[cuttle]

the "road" would be the western half of the Trans American Trail:

http://www.transamtrail.com/

[Dragonpaco]

Route 66 .. I dunno, just always thought it would be cool to go cross country on a bike..:rockwoot:

plus a billion

[z06boy]

PCH...just because.

[ericr]

ANY back road in the Rocky Mt's would work for me. After 4 days riding the Denver area in '06 I can't wait to go back again.

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PCH1... again :D

[Riceaholic]

The Gap, no traffic=using both lanes :rockwoot:

That or the Cherahola Skyway....:rockout:

[WARputer]

The "Kanc" Highway ....White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire.....w/no cops & no traffic ! :rockout:

[fasternyou929]

That or the Cherahola Skyway....:rockout:

I managed that one time - caught is right at dusk and didn't see but 1 other car along the entire 70 miles. Freakin' incredible.

[Dragonpaco]

i'd like to get on an enduro and follow the trail lewis and clark took. but thats more of an offroad/ camping type thing

[G-Rex]

There are a bunch of the popular roads I've ridden, and a few I haven't been on.

Of the ones I've ridden, I'd recommend the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton first and foremost, for fun road and beautiful scenery.

The Pacific Coast Highway honestly isn't all that fun. It's dotted with little towns, a million RVs, idiots crossing the yellow line, and wind that is so ferocious it could knock you smooth over the guardrail if you got caught not paying attention just once. I've ridden all of it, but I doubt I will again unless whoever I'm with just insists. Sorry, California. You've got the roads, just way too many people on the coast.

A particularly fun road I remember is Highway 120 in California, between Benton and Lee Vining. It's just east of Yosemite. FUN road.

Highway 189 just south of Jackson, Wyoming is pretty nice too. Can't forget Highway 152 in Gila National Forest in New Mexico either.

Of the roads I have not ridden, these are the four at the top of my list.

Blue Ridge Parkway and the Gap for obvious reasons.
Lolo Pass in Idaho (Winding Road next 77 miles sign) :D
The Haul Road to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. This one is by far the most dangerous, and the one I want the most! ETA: My reading comprehension sucks. The weather on this road is anything *but* perfect. :lol:

[Tmall]

Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia. I'd prefer if they repaved it too though.

I'm gay.


I'm doing it this summer. There'll be plenty of pics.

[Papa_Complex]

I'm gay.


I'm doing it this summer. There'll be plenty of pics.

I've driven on it many times (lived in Glace Bay as a kid and have relatives in GB and Sydney Mines), but never ridden it.

[julie j]

the "road" would be the western half of the Trans American Trail:

http://www.transamtrail.com/

That one is on my list too. I would not mind the trail from Canada to Mexico either!:rockwoot:

[Trip]

Cabot

[z06boy]

The Pacific Coast Highway honestly isn't all that fun. It's dotted with little towns, a million RVs, idiots crossing the yellow line, and wind that is so ferocious it could knock you smooth over the guardrail if you got caught not paying attention just once. I've ridden all of it, but I doubt I will again unless whoever I'm with just insists. Sorry, California. You've got the roads, just way too many people on the coast.

My reading comprehension sucks. :lol:

Well I did pick the PCH....BUT the original post said this...

Perfect weather, no traffic, and you can ride what ever you want. Which road(s) would it be and why?

:lol

[Rsv1000R]

Mt Hamilton Rd, from Alum Rock Rd to the Lick observatory, and back.....

[nhgunnut]

A place I would love to go again and I have never ridden there but when I was driving through I thought "what a great place to ride" The Area around Banff and Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies

[G-Rex]

A place I would love to go again and I have never ridden there but when I was driving through I thought "what a great place to ride" The Area around Banff and Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies

Crap I forgot that area! I've ridden there, and it *is* absolutely amazing! :D

[fnfalman]

You ever ride Mullholand Drive or Glendora Mountain Road? I can't remember the name of the road but there are some cool switchbacks in Monrovia. Rim of the World in another cool road on the way up to Big Bear.
Mulholland Highway, not Mulholland Drive. Back in the fifties and sixties when Mulholland Drive was not inundated with houses, the road would have made a heck of a twisty, but nowadays, you'll get your ass ran over by drunken Hollywood stars and rich hoity toities.

And yes, GMR/GRR/Mount Baldy/Azusa Canyon combo is a great runm, as is Rim of the World in the summer when the snow melted.

[fnfalman]

Pacific Coast Highway is more of a cruise than a sport ride anyway. It's just cool because it hugs the ocean at most places and the weather is almost always nice.

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[Rider]

And yes, GMR/GRR/Mount Baldy/Azusa Canyon combo is a great runm, as is Rim of the World in the summer when the snow melted.

I used to live literally 2 miles from where GMR started and would cruise that over to Azuza canyon every week in my Camaro.

[Tmall]

Pacific Coast Highway is more of a cruise than a sport ride anyway. It's just cool because it hugs the ocean at most places and the weather is almost always nice.

That's the beauty of living here. The roads hug the ocean, and they're quite twisty. :dthumb:

[Archren]

If we're assuming there's perfect weather and no traffic, then my choices would probably be:

1) Three Sisters (335, 336, 337).. since it's right in my back yard.
2) PCH.
3) Blue Ridge Parkway
4) That stretch of I-70 that runs from south of Salt Lake City, UT into Denver, CO... not terribly twisty (except maybe in a couple spots,esp. going through the mountain pass in the Rockies), but very scenic and very beautiful.

[ceo012384]

Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia. I'd prefer if they repaved it too though.

That's where it's at. At least if you're not considering racetracks.

[Quick281]

A place I would love to go again and I have never ridden there but when I was driving through I thought "what a great place to ride" The Area around Banff and Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies

Good one! I have driven it via car and would have loved to do it on a bike.

[JoshuaTree]

CO-550, from Durago to Montrose - The most scenic chunk of road I've ever been on.

Did it in the car before I learned how to ride. I would love to go back, spend time again in Mesa Verde, then loop through Durago, Montrose, and Gunnison, then back home. I'd have to take the time to ride the train from Silverton down to Durango and back... ;)

[tached1000rr]

No traffic? Blue Ridge Parkway.

Me too!

[Racerboy]

Up and down PCH

Route 74, The Ortega Highway in Orange County

Route 66 coast to coast

Blue Ridge Parkway

Mingus Mountain and Yarnell Hill in Northern AZ