I'll be the first one to tell you I don't follow speed limits 90 percent of the time. But it's a Sun morning at Red Rock. I'm with a friend who's riding an adventure BMW 1200 GS. And traffic is outragious and filled with dumbasses who jogg and ride bicycles the wrong way. So I just kick back and enjoy the scene. Then sirens fill the air and soon there's 2 ambulances and 2 firetrucks moving through the loop. My buddy and I hang out in 1 of the turn-outs as they go by. We start riding again and we see what looks like an F4i torn all to hell in the second cement wash. WTF!? Of course I am assuming he ate shit due to speeding..not a mechanical failure. that loop is filled with way too many cages and morons on the weekends to haul ass around there. A little common sense will go a long way :asshole
Agreed... But unfortchantly there are a lot of newbies out there who couldn't ride there way out of a paper bag.. You know the guys who roll up with shorts and a
t-thirt.. Just frickin sad to see..
The Red Rock loop is not a race track. If I were riding a bicycle or jogging out there I'd want to go against traffic too just to keep an eye out for Joe Squid trying to drag his knee through a corner.
The Red Rock loop is not a race track. If I were riding a bicycle or jogging out there I'd want to go against traffic too just to keep an eye out for Joe Squid trying to drag his knee through a corner.
EVIL, I am an avid cyclist. it is my preferred mode of transportion. I can assure you if a squid was dragging a knee around a blind corner...facing traffic would not save you. Ive been spooked on my motorcycle by an unexpected jogger and or cyclist in the wrong direction. anyway, besides the point. you are totally correct on the fact that red rock loop is not a track. It was totally dissapointing, and gives the government yet another reason to come down on us.
Although I know its not a track it is fun to exceed the limit around some of those corners. However its best to only do it on the visible corners, not the blind righties. Have your fun but do it safe. And its ridiculous to ride fast on the weekends through there. Too much traffic, too many pedestrians and cyclists and too many rangers.
EVIL, I am an avid cyclist. it is my preferred mode of transportion. I can assure you if a squid was dragging a knee around a blind corner...facing traffic would not save you. Ive been spooked on my motorcycle by an unexpected jogger and or cyclist in the wrong direction. anyway, besides the point. you are totally correct on the fact that red rock loop is not a track. It was totally dissapointing, and gives the government yet another reason to come down on us.
yeha but wouldnt you want to get one last look at the sad sack draggin knee around that corner before you got plowed? Pretty sad that redrock place.
You guys should come out my way to enjoy stress free riding We got canyons galore wihtout too much traffic and "manageable" speed limits!! Just dont take it too crazy or the chp's bust your ass down if your in the wrong side of the tracks ie: the crest...
Yeah, I got a $400 ticket for entering a carpool lne in a non-designated area, never even heard of that shit?! That, the dirty air, crime, cheezy fake people, insane taxes and ridiculous property values. Gotta love LA.
Yeah, I got a $400 ticket for entering a carpool lne in a non-designated area, never even heard of that shit?! That, the dirty air, crime, cheezy fake people, insane taxes and ridiculous property values. Gotta love LA.
Same with Palomar and Laguna this summer...not going to be fun playground with all the heat around that place. On top of that you have locals setting boobie traps because too many people go up there and treat it like a track. It's going to be a field day for the CHP!
I know what you mean though, the whole city feels like a california suburb to me. Nothing but slapped together stucco houses and strip malls as far as the eye can see. Urban sprawl to the max. The only character this city has is the strip and thats..... well..... the strip.
All this place has going for it is easy jobs that pay well (50k a year for dealing cards 3 days a week, WTF?) and cheap housing. But even the housing prices are getting californized.
I crashed out there the 2nd day after having my bike. Whoops! I was going a little to fast too. The twisties get you amped! I've already gone out there 2 times this summer! It's great!
Ouch. Amped is not the way to be when riding twisties. You wanna be in the flow.....
mastersixx said:
I crashed out there the 2nd day after having my bike. Whoops! I was going a little to fast too. The twisties get you amped! I've already gone out there 2 times this summer! It's great!
I went with mastersixx on his second and third time through the RR loop. I can say that in the corner he went down in, we stopped there and I found no less than plastic to at least 6 bikes in the corner. So stay inside your own personel envelope. Have fun but be safe.
Is that the righty about 2/3rds of the way through that tightens up near the end? If so it is deceptive. Gotta be careful out there, it really isn't a track.
Yup, I had a pucker moment on that corner myself. Had to REALLY lean it and I was very close to the outside of the corner. I imagine you're not the only person to go off the road there.
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