Longest down hill ride.
07-08-14, 01:55 AM
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Longest down hill ride.
Like a ski lift. Take me and my bike to the very top and I'll just coast downhill for a few hours...
Where can a guy go for that without going like a bat out of hell downhill for a long period of time? Without risking his life.
Where can a guy go for that without going like a bat out of hell downhill for a long period of time? Without risking his life.
07-08-14, 06:47 AM
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The Continental Divide?
07-08-14, 07:13 AM
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If you don't ride up the hill you don't deserve to ride down it. Sorry.
07-08-14, 07:27 AM
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On Maui there are companies that haul tourists to the gate of Haleakala NP to coast down on cruiser bikes. It's expensive and sad.
07-08-14, 07:28 AM
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On crazy guy on a bike, many rider that ride cross country tell of down hill runs that run into double digits.
07-08-14, 07:51 AM
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If a free ride downhill is what you want why not just buy a scooter and ride up too then you never have to pedal.
07-08-14, 08:56 AM
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Foyers To Inverness , on the south shore of Loch Ness is mostly down hill.
Its in Scotland ..
some of those roads coming back down to the valley floor from Sierra summits
should count, You know the ones , off Donner Pass & so Forth ,
with the gravel traps for run away Trucks with overheated brakes, to bog down into.
Its in Scotland ..
some of those roads coming back down to the valley floor from Sierra summits
should count, You know the ones , off Donner Pass & so Forth ,
with the gravel traps for run away Trucks with overheated brakes, to bog down into.
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07-08-14, 10:33 AM
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I once got a free downhill ride.
Drove Angeles Crest Highway and stopped at Dawson Saddle where I chained my bike to a tree (a bit off the road and out of sight). I then drove on to Vincent Gap. From there I hiked to the top of Mount Baden Powell and then instead of hiking down and wrecking havoc on my knees I went on to Dawson Saddle.
The downhill did not last all that long. It was fun.
Drove Angeles Crest Highway and stopped at Dawson Saddle where I chained my bike to a tree (a bit off the road and out of sight). I then drove on to Vincent Gap. From there I hiked to the top of Mount Baden Powell and then instead of hiking down and wrecking havoc on my knees I went on to Dawson Saddle.
The downhill did not last all that long. It was fun.
07-08-14, 10:38 AM
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A friend in the 80's used the Swiss Public Transport, PostBus, to get a lift to the crest of roads,
then rode back down.
then rode back down.
07-08-14, 11:08 AM
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The Grand Mesa.
30 miles one way. 6000 feet of climbing. Starts at 5000 feet elevation at the Colorado River. Top is 10,800 feet elevation.
Last time I rode this it took me 4 hours to climb it but only 30 minutes to come back down.
Awesome.
30 miles one way. 6000 feet of climbing. Starts at 5000 feet elevation at the Colorado River. Top is 10,800 feet elevation.
Last time I rode this it took me 4 hours to climb it but only 30 minutes to come back down.
Awesome.
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07-08-14, 01:29 PM
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Never quite understood the point of this - wouldn't a motorcycle be preferable to such riding?
07-08-14, 04:39 PM
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Speaking of Pikes Peak...about 20 years ago I rode an unpaved Rampart Range Road up from Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs to Woodland Park. It's about a 2,200 foot elevation change, 6200 feet to 8400 feet over approx 25 miles. For the trip down I rode the mostly wide shoulder of Highway 24, with a corresponding drop of 2200 ft over just 19 miles. The only pedaling on the way down was about an 8th of a mile by the Rocking X Hotel. Felt like a motorcycle ride. I think it took about 35 minutes down. BTW...the Pikes Peak Highway spills out onto Highway 24 between Woodland Park and Manitou Springs. I wouldn't do it now. First, I don't know if I could pedal up all that way again. And Highway 24 has way more traffic than before.
07-08-14, 05:12 PM
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07-08-14, 05:15 PM
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[QUOTE=Looigi;16920245]^^^+1. Get a motorcycle.[/QUOTE
motorcycles are dangerous.
motorcycles are dangerous.
07-08-14, 05:21 PM
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The longest "mostly downhill" ride I've ever been on has been leaving Crater Lake (Oregon) and heading towards the ocean. It was "fast downhill" for the first five or six miles, and then it's "more or less" downhill for about 60 more miles. We'd be coasting along at ~25mph and then we'd start pedalling and get up to low-30mph range for a bit and start coasting again, etc. We covered the whole thing in about two hours.
And, for the purists out there, yes, we had ridden to Crater Lake in the first place. Different route but same basic thing -- 30, 40 some miles at 2, 3% grade.
The other one that comes to mind is Beartooth Pass on the Montana / Wyoming border near Yellowstone. The Montana side is 33 miles long. I forget how long it took to get down... probably the better part of an hour.
And, for the purists out there, yes, we had ridden to Crater Lake in the first place. Different route but same basic thing -- 30, 40 some miles at 2, 3% grade.
The other one that comes to mind is Beartooth Pass on the Montana / Wyoming border near Yellowstone. The Montana side is 33 miles long. I forget how long it took to get down... probably the better part of an hour.
07-08-14, 05:22 PM
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07-08-14, 05:24 PM
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The descent from Mt Evans to Idaho Springs takes me about an hour.
First half is terrible pavement and hairpin turns.
Second half is pavement in decent condition and wide, sweeping turns.
First half is terrible pavement and hairpin turns.
Second half is pavement in decent condition and wide, sweeping turns.
07-08-14, 05:25 PM
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07-08-14, 05:25 PM
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How long it would take me to get to Sacramento from Reno on I80 riding on a bike? I wonder how fast I can cruise downhill before i start freaking out.
07-08-14, 05:27 PM
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Close by you, Cumming Skyway down through Franklin Canyon and out to Martinez Shoreline. Takes some up hill to go down...
07-08-14, 05:29 PM
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07-08-14, 06:01 PM
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