Originally Posted by anotherbrian

Slightly hijacking Joel's thread ... but given he should be riding right now, it shouldn't be too much of a distraction.

Back before getting married and having kids when I still rode a motorcycle, Mosquito Rd and the curvy bits of 193 between Georgetown and the river (isn't that Chili Bar, as a bit of tie-in?) was a favorite. At the time a good source of Gold Country'ish roads for bicycling was pashnit.com. Back then it was only a web page with the authors favorite (motorcycle) rides, but I looked at it a month or two ago and it's a big forum now, and still seems to be a great source for local (plus much further) road information.