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!**
Banks Rd
- Distance 33 miles
- Time 43 min
- Speed 46 mph
- Min altitude 2825 ft
- Peak 4055 ft
- Climb 2756 ft
- Descent 1749 ft
Route 55
- Distance 48 miles
- Time 57 min
- Speed 52 mph
- Min altitude 2631 ft
- Peak 4911 ft
- Climb 3317 ft
- Descent 1293 ft
Route 21
- Distance 116 miles
- Time 2 h 35 min
- Speed 48 mph
- Min altitude 2795 ft
- Peak 7044 ft
- Climb 11742 ft
- Descent 8524 ft
Route 75
- Distance 110 miles
- Time 2 h 4 min
- Speed 55 mph
- Min altitude 5026 ft
- Peak 8704 ft
- Climb 5322 ft
- Descent 6178 ft
Fish Creek Loop
- Distance 52 miles
- Time 1 h 29 min
- Speed 36 mph
- Min altitude 5308 ft
- Peak 7671 ft
- Climb 3570 ft
- Descent 3346 ft
Route 26 / 31
- Distance 43 miles
- Time 49 min
- Speed 53 mph
- Min altitude 5279 ft
- Peak 6772 ft
- Climb 3163 ft
- Descent 2736 ft
Route 34
- Distance 53 miles
- Time 56 min
- Speed 57 mph
- Min altitude 5755 ft
- Peak 6841 ft
- Climb 2293 ft
- Descent 2467 ft
Route 20
- Distance 31 miles
- Time 30 min
- Speed 62 mph
- Min altitude 3235 ft
- Peak 5538 ft
- Climb 3533 ft
- Descent 1329 ft
Route 61
- Distance 18 miles
- Time 25 min
- Speed 42 mph
- Min altitude 4193 ft
- Peak 5548 ft
- Climb 659 ft
- Descent 1923 ft
Route 89
- Distance 38 miles
- Time 49 min
- Speed 47 mph
- Min altitude 4642 ft
- Peak 7795 ft
- Climb 3917 ft
- Descent 2631 ft
