Rating Scheme Explained
More about the rating scheme. I believe most riders fall within the bell curve as they say, we are all various levels of Intermediate in some form or another. On either side of the bell curve you have your expert riders who have not only logged miles, maybe have raced or ridden in all sort of conditions for years if not decades. We don't worry too much about the expert rider being able to handle most conditions. Many of the routes I consider expert have yet to be mapped and are more hardcore off road, single track stuff.
What we are concerned with are the beginner riders on the other side of the curve. When I think of a true beginner I think of someone who just graduated their MSF course and have owned a motorcycle for maybe a month. These are the riders I think about when I rate roads, riders who are extremely prone to panic and target fixation, or locking up the brakes. When I think about roads with decreasing radius turns, off camber turns, dirt / rock and bad pavement, or even extreme shelf roads these are the type that I personally would avoid bringing a beginner rider on. I've seen it when they ride these roads, they lock up, go 20 mph under the speed limit and are absolutely terrified (sometimes they wreck). I realize this rating scheme is purely subjective but it is consistent across all routes.
**The Routes Below are Clustered, ZOOM in for your convenience to get a look at all the data. Use the SORT function below or click on an individual route or marker for more detailed information!**
Minnies Gap
- Distance 50 miles
- Time 47 min
- Speed 64 mph
- Min altitude 6204 ft
- Peak 8146 ft
- Climb 3698 ft
- Descent 3839 ft
St. Joe River
- Distance 92 miles
- Time 2 h 34 min
- Speed 39 mph
- Min altitude 2123 ft
- Peak 5745 ft
- Climb 12326 ft
- Descent 11873 ft
Route 12
- Distance 95 miles
- Time 2 h 5 min
- Speed 48 mph
- Min altitude 1243 ft
- Peak 5240 ft
- Climb 10420 ft
- Descent 6460 ft
Route 13
- Distance 24 miles
- Time 35 min
- Speed 41 mph
- Min altitude 1243 ft
- Peak 3402 ft
- Climb 564 ft
- Descent 2713 ft
Route 14
- Distance 47 miles
- Time 1 h 7 min
- Speed 43 mph
- Min altitude 1660 ft
- Peak 3973 ft
- Climb 4990 ft
- Descent 2697 ft
Route 95
- Distance 78 miles
- Time 1 h 21 min
- Speed 58 mph
- Min altitude 1470 ft
- Peak 4275 ft
- Climb 4964 ft
- Descent 5427 ft
Route 71
- Distance 38 miles
- Time 54 min
- Speed 43 mph
- Min altitude 1804 ft
- Peak 4131 ft
- Climb 2733 ft
- Descent 3550 ft
Route 93
- Distance 57 miles
- Time 1 h 4 min
- Speed 54 mph
- Min altitude 3953 ft
- Peak 5121 ft
- Climb 1703 ft
- Descent 2864 ft
Salmon River
- Distance 30 miles
- Time 1 h 39 min
- Speed 19 mph
- Min altitude 3671 ft
- Peak 5187 ft
- Climb 2927 ft
- Descent 4413 ft
Warm Lake
- Distance 33 miles
- Time 58 min
- Speed 35 mph
- Min altitude 4751 ft
- Peak 7323 ft
- Climb 4790 ft
- Descent 2877 ft
