<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SackWack @ Jul 9 2009, 12:00 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yup, it's a two way road. It's more technical than you think or the video did justice. Not gap style or anything but there is some sections that will put your stomach in your mouth. I ride it every Mon and Fri to work. The problem is as you can see in the video is the blind corners and it's a two way road. On top of that there is a small little Rodeo gathering place about halfway down the road so sometimes you get a lot of trailers on the road and it can be real dagerous. Also, as you saw in the end there, that dude crashed. When the trailers and bigger vehicles get on the road they cut the corners and offroad a bit and put a fine powder like dirt where the apex would be, you could see Polen getting squirly a few time when he hits those patches. It doesn't take much and it's more slippery than other dirt and gravel I have hit. I have learned where these corners are. Every month there is a street cleaner that cleans it up, and then it's full gas
About 95% of the time I won't see anyone on that road. There is a ssection in there that is just like the corkscrew although a little smaller. Everyone that rides it talks about that section as their favorite.
That suprises me that a former world champion bike racer would be a part of riding in such an irresponsible manner. Remember the video of the kid i posted on the gap. He stayed in his lane the whole way thru except for a couple of turns that you can see thru.There must be more visibility than that video shows but the first thing i think of is another rider going equally fast in the other direction.As far as technical, i did notice the many whoop sections that looked to be a hoot but the corners all seemed predictable. The gap is not as fast as that road but probably 10 times more technical. The road i have the most fun on is the Cherohala Skyway,it is super fast and has everything,including a special corner that kills many. A fast entry into what appers to be a nice sweeping 70-80mph sweeper that decreases dramatically and requires you to brake midcorner from 80 to about 40. The locals no how its done but the visitors tend to panick and do either one of two things. They panick and stand the bike up and shoot across the oncoming lane,where they either hit an oncoming vehicle if there is one there of if no one is coming,they hit the 2 foot high guardrail that catapults them over a cliff. The second choice that many make is grapping a panicky handful of brakes which results in a nice lowside but also into oncoming traffic. If you dont hit another vehicle coming the other way,at least this option usually stops rider and bike at the guard rail. It is a wonderful road though,but like any road a twisty rider likes,its dangerous.
