Now you want to talk about a tight road.... (video)

[thirdgenlxi]

I'll show you a tight road!

DISCLAIMER: This is not a fast paced video or ride, so if hauling ass and cheating death is your thing, then this video may bore you. You've been warned! This is most definitely not a haul ass road, plus I'll fully admit that super tight and technical I'm not really that great at anyways, so I just took it slow and steady. Lots of debris on this road too, and alot of drop offs so you've gotta be real careful. This is most definitely NOT an area you'd want to go down in, especially when you're by yourself (which I was)

Anyways, was out last weekend riding with some buddies and they took us up this road. We weren't gonna go up it originally but then decided to after all once we got there. This is definitely one of the tightest, steepest roads I've been on in quite some time. Definitely a challenge even at slower speeds, between the steep grades, completely blind curves, and wet leaves and other debris in the road in the middle of a steep hairpin. Still fun though. I busted out the ol' video camera and headed back there yesterday to try it out again. This SR 1151 near Saluda, NC

Sign at the beginning... I told you it was steep. Video definitely does it no justice



This is the road on google maps. Last weekend we came at it from the north-eastern direction and it's just smooth easy sweepers for miles and miles and miles, then BAM... this

SR 1151, Saluda, NC - Google Maps

Going up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17oRELQrzac

And going back down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeIz37q5QrM


See why I love living here?? LOL All kinds of roads like this right in my back yard, although I gotta say this one is definitely one of the tightest I've been on in some time!

[rockscaler]

I think i have been on that road


Speed limit 55 since its not otherwise posted

[YZFHEFF]

It looks like the road surface was terrible. No lines either. Do you guys have a lot of back-roads like this?

Reminds me of the switchbacks heading up to Mt. Baker around here, but the road is good enough to rail. A little sand in a corner just raises your attention that last little bit.

[rockscaler]

if its the one im thinking of it leads up to the brp

[thirdgenlxi]

Originally Posted by rockscaler

if its the one im thinking of it leads up to the brp

This one doesn't go to the BRP... you may be thinking of Town Mountain Road on the NE side of Asheville.... that's another steep twisty road (though nothing like this one) that ends at the BRP up near the Fold Art Center north of US 70. It's a fun ride.... I take that way home from work sometimes

[Unconnected]

Roads like that make me nervous, they tend to be loaded with road-toppings, aka debris of all sorts, too few vehicles to really blow any of it off the road, or to be tended to.

I find it funny you have nearly ONE HUNDRED times as many miles as me.
My first car was an 89 Honda Prelude that may have given your accord a run, I donated it running perfectly fine at 280,000 miles, all original baby.... miss it every day.

[RickA]

The electric scooter sound was driving me nuts ;)

[brickerenator]

0:51, skid marks?

[dsmgixxer]

it would make me nervous to go to fast on that road.

a car could easily go wide in a turn