Show us what kind of roads you ride on!

[Stantdm]

I live in a rural area and have to travel a bit to get to pavement. I ride a lot on these places:

Here a some of the roads.

 

[MileageMonster]

 

[fac191]

Roads? Where we’re going we don’t NEED roads. (Name that movie?)
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Back to the Future.

 

[Sierra1]

Man, I thought that was a rhetorical question. I assumed that everybody knew that line. He was saying it as he was loading garbage into the Mr. Fusion.

 

[Ss1]

Today, we left for the Lipetsk region, which is 500 km from Moscow. A treasure trove of apples, potatoes, sugar beets, cereals.

 

[fac191]

Man, I thought that was a rhetorical question. I assumed that everybody knew that line. He was saying it as he was loading garbage into the Mr. Fusion.

Whatever happened to Mr Fusion ?

 

[Sierra1]

Apparently still in the future.

 

[StefanOnHisS10]

Man, I thought that was a rhetorical question. I assumed that everybody knew that line. He was saying it as he was loading garbage into the Mr. Fusion.

Not a single clue…

 

[Sierra1]

Not a single clue…

 

[Sierra1]

You were born about then, so . . . .

 

[cyclemike4]

Part of my daily ride.

 

[DamonS]

I live in the north of ontario. where I am, the pavement is either tar on gravel, just gravel, or whatever dirt is shown through the grass from the lifted pickup trucks and ATVs.

i have to go about 20 miles to get to a municipal paved road, but mostly my toys see graded motocross tracks for roads

 

[RCinNC]

Here are some favorites....

 

[Sierra1]

Here are some favorites....

I want to go to those parts of NC.

 

[Sierra1]

I'm constantly bitching about my roads. To give some perspective, each "patch" that you see, has about an inch of loose gravel. "Back in the day" they would put signs out warning of the loose gravel. No more. Now you can see why I'd rather have some of y'alls dirt roads. And, for the record, my 90/10 Bridgestone A41s. . . . . suck in this type of gravel. Even going slow, gravel is getting thrown up through the gap around the triple tree, and hitting me.

 

[DamonS]

I'm constantly bitching about my roads. To give some perspective, each "patch" that you see, has about an inch of loose gravel. "Back in the day" they would put signs out warning of the loose gravel. No more. Now you can see why I'd rather have some of y'alls dirt roads. And, for the record, my 90/10 Bridgestone A41s. . . . . suck in this type of gravel. Even going slow, gravel is getting thrown up through the gap around the triple tree, and hitting me.

thankfully my area bypassed the driveway sealant under pea gravel approach and went straight to what looks like coal tar with gravel, which makes these wonderful black tar stripes on your paint that look similar to a 3 yr olds shirt after an ice cream.

my road is still graded flat and calcium chloride is sprayed down to keep dust at bay. nothing like driving through a river of liquid salt after a rain storm.. ugh

 

[14kmtnman]

I have to ride pavement to get to the dirt, which is more exciting.

This is the base of Hancock Pass


This is the east side of Mosquito Pass


This is outside of Buena Vista by the COBDR route.

 

[pilleway]

I have to ride pavement to get to the dirt, which is more exciting.

This is the base of Hancock Pass
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This is the east side of Mosquito Pass
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This is outside of Buena Vista by the COBDR route.
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I see what a stone road looks like! for sure is a chalenge to drive through, correct?

 

[14kmtnman]

They do tend to keep you on your toes. In the first picture, the rocks and trail are all covered in talcum powder like dust, making them move under you like marbles, not much fun for any distance. I think the section in the 2nd photo is about 1/2 mile long with several steps tossed in for added pleasure.

 

[Mike112358]

I live in a suburban area of southern Ontario however I can make it to gravel roads within 30-40 minutes. Gravel is my preferred road of choice and so long as it's not posted "No Trespassing" or "Private Property" I will give it a try. That being said I do all of my riding alone so I tend to not venture too far down logging roads or muddy trails because there is often no cell phone service and if I dump the bike and break a leg it would suck. Once a year I manage to take a couple of days off work and drive the 6 hours to northern Ontario around Sault Ste. Marie - the roads up there are a blast.


Logging roads north of Aubrey Falls ON


A road that goes nowhere - potions were dug up to prevent access to a nature preserve. Near about Luther Marsh ON.



Pump jacks near Oil Springs ON


The bridge is not distorted due to the camera lens - it has been distorted by a large vehicle and subsequently closed. Near Belwood ON



This was a bad idea. After crossing the bridge deck I realized that there were hundreds of exposed and loose nails. No phone service and I could have been stuck here quite awhile until another vehicle came along.



Just one of those touristy signs you see. Still in Ontario though.



Beaver Valley ON - Nice gravel switchback with a 15-20% grade.



Excitement averted here - I walked out onto the bridge and bounced on it a few times. The deck was quite spongy and would spring 4-6 inches. Definitely wouldn't support the S10 and I. - Some place near Big Creek / Long Point ON