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Title: What's the best biking road you've ridden ....
Post by: Kwackboy on April 12, 2021, 11:12:23 AM
Come on .... What's the best road you've ridden. .  vrrr
Title: Re: What's the best biking road you've ridden ....
Post by: Fat Rat on April 12, 2021, 12:48:35 PM
I enjoyed Hardknott Pass, although, I did it on a brand new bike that I wasn't completely used to (Tiger 1050) and I should have thought that through  :crazy:
Title: Re: What's the best biking road you've ridden ....
Post by: Hugo Magnus on April 12, 2021, 01:04:50 PM
Yes, The Hardknott is a great ride on an adventure style bike; my sister didn't thank me for leading her up there on her CBR600RR  :)))
Title: Re: What's the best biking road you've ridden ....
Post by: Mick B on April 12, 2021, 01:07:04 PM
Too many to mention. Along with some great roads in the UK we have ridden some cracking roads & passes in The Pyrenees & The French Alps.
If I did have to pick I'll go with Col de la Bonette or Dol de L'iseran, both in the French Alps.
Title: Re: What's the best biking road you've ridden ....
Post by: Keith60 on April 12, 2021, 01:34:31 PM
My home road and driveway, when I got caught in a snow storm!!  OMG I was so grateful to get home without a fall!!  lol  😳😳😳
Title: Re: What's the best biking road you've ridden ....
Post by: Kwackboy on April 12, 2021, 03:36:28 PM
For me, there's many however, If I was to pick one that stood out,  Italy's Amalfi coast road .. best 40 or so miles of road in Europe ..
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Post by: welldc on April 12, 2021, 07:30:16 PM
Blakey Ridge, from Hutton Le Hole to Castleton in North Yorkshire.
Great road, fantastic moorland views and  great sightlines with hardly any straights.
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Post by: mr_diver on April 12, 2021, 08:44:23 PM
I'll agree with Kwakboy. The Amalfi coast road is one of the best I've ridden and on scooters like the locals.

Abergwesyn pass is another and so is many of the roads between Loch Lomond and Otter Ferry we rode as a group from V-Strom forum in 2014. Just dont stop and take your lid of or the midges will get you.

I have a list in my head of the great roads around Wales, but that's a trade secret or I'll loose the following hoards from another forum.  :lol:
Title: Re: What's the best biking road you've ridden ....
Post by: Javier on April 12, 2021, 09:54:29 PM
Obviously this is due to my personal experience,  some of the best rides I ever had were in the North of Spain. Smooth tarmac and twisted mountain roads.
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Post by: Brockett on April 12, 2021, 10:22:55 PM
Any road that leads away from London
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Post by: maccy on April 12, 2021, 11:19:33 PM
   It would be a toss up between,The Pyrenees,The Picos and The Hartz mountains, but I think the eventual winner would have to be the N240 through the Pyrenees.👍
Title: Re: What's the best biking road you've ridden ....
Post by: The Slow One on April 13, 2021, 06:43:06 PM
In my opinion most of the B roads in Devon and Cornwall are brilliant, sad though that every winter ruins the surface a little more. God knows when our roads are going to be resurfaced propperly.

Still, if the road surfaces get so bad that we have to ride slower than the speed limit, the views are usually very nice too.   :)))
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Post by: NorthumBryan on April 13, 2021, 07:40:54 PM

If I did have to pick I'll go with Col de la Bonette or Dol de L'iseran, both in the French Alps.

Ditto, both stunning roads with spectacular scenery  :thumb:
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Post by: Hugo Magnus on April 13, 2021, 07:53:12 PM
The Little St Bernard Pass has stunning views and is unspoilt by tourism (or was til I wrote this).
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Post by: kissofdeath on April 14, 2021, 09:34:36 AM
Any of the roads in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors and even the M62 (heading out of Hull)