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Old 02-04-2010, 01:47 AM   #1
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Default Does everyone know how to ride this?

Marko posted this road in another thread. Super steep, plenty of curves, and tons of switchbacks (hairpins). Because it's so steep, the switchbacks are blind when you are going uphill. But when you're going down, you can usually take a quick glance down to see if the road is clear in the next section.

Going uphill is great. You get to go WFO after coming out of each hairpin curve. Going downhill is completely different. To go quickly and safely, you have to trail brake into each hairpin since it's basically a U-turn with gravity-assist. Does everyone know how to trail-brake?

The reason I ask is that Lookout Mountain is just like this road. But instead of going up one face of the mountain like this road, Lookout Mountain's road circles around three sides of the mountain to reach the top. Less switchbacks, but more curves around ridges and valleys. If someone comes out here, I'll take them up (and down) Lookout Mountain and a couple canyons.

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