Colorado canyon ride

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:11 am

Canyon carving through Colorado (St. Vrain Canyon)

streaming video of the ride
http://www.cbr1100xx.org/temp/xxvrain.wmv

Green line on map marks the route

Don

ExupElvis · Post by **ExupElvis** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:49 am

Sweet road there Don, I would take a ride (to take a ride) on that one

Copperslip Cowboy · Post by **Copperslip Cowboy** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:08 am

Hi All,
now that is a bueatiful set of sweepers.
I could just feel myself getting into touring mode.

That is what I call THERAPY.

Good clip Don,
yours Slip.

drcn · Post by **drcn** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:44 am

WOW

Nice find Don

David

trailer rails · Post by **trailer rails** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:32 pm

Those hills all around there are filled with sweet roads. Left Hand Canyon Rd is not too bad either. I wish I owned a street bike when I used to live in that area.

LoveToRide · Post by **LoveToRide** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:22 pm

That's about an hour north of me. I'll have to make it up there this summer. Who's coming?

ExupElvis · Post by **ExupElvis** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:57 pm

And 22 hours S.E. of me, hmmmmmmmm..................sounds like your riding with who LTR.........

Of course I would like to go.
Maybe while the rest of the nut cases are at Laguna?

[b]Copperslip Cowboy[/b] wrote: That is what I call THERAPY.

Yup, agreed on that Slip. :cool

LoveToRide · Post by **LoveToRide** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:53 pm

Come on down, man! Just wait for the sand to get blown out of the corners. It's still pretty hairy this time of year.

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:43 pm

Blaine,

Some of the riders from Loveland. CO use that road to start a ride they call "ride of a thousand corners". Here's their description of the route ...

Start in Lyons and ride the road in the video to Hwy 7/Peak to Peak Hwy (south) to just before Ward. Take Lefthand Canyon Drive to the bottom, turn around and ride back up to Ward (note: be sure to go the posted speed limit thru the little town just after leaving HWy 7 until you get to the pipe with the water running from it). Then back on Hwy 7 (south) to Nederland...East down Boulder Canyon, then Hwy 93 to Coal Creek Canyon (West) back to the Peak to Peak Hwy towards Blackhawk, then go east at Golden Gate Canyon and end somewhere in Golden.

Don

LoveToRide · Post by **LoveToRide** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:08 am

Thanks, Don. So many great roads in Colorado. Maybe I should take the day off and go inspect this route. I'm sure my boss would understand.

dragracer1951 · Post by **dragracer1951** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:19 am

Mine would.....

Oh yea...that'd be Me!

drcn · Post by **drcn** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:58 pm

Guys,

Would someone tell me who povided the sountrack on that clip.

Thanks

David

Yoniboi · Post by **Yoniboi** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:08 pm

I haven't done it yet, but I've been promised a 100km ride with not one single straight. That'll be in couple of weeks.

Two mates found it at the end of last year when my bike had already been laid up.

Can't wait. Going for a 300km shakedown ride on Sunday to see if everything works after all that spannering.

I fired her up last Sunday and she sounded good but dripped petrol from number four float bowl so four new 'square rings' (they're not 'O' shaped) ae on order. Hope they come through tomorrow.

John

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:32 pm

David,

The soundtrack is two songs from a band named Jars of Clay
The song titles are "Weighed Down" and "Fade to Grey".

Don

drcn · Post by **drcn** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:14 pm

Thanks Don, I will try and find some of their albums this side of the pond. If not I have family visiting this weekend from "over there!!"

Ride safe

David

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:51 pm

David,

The two songs on the video soundtrack are from their album titled "Much Afraid".

If you already subscribe to any of the internet music services you can listen to their songs/albums before you buy. I subscribe to Rhapsody because it's free with my Comcast internet service.

Don

drcn · Post by **drcn** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:26 pm

Don,

Thanks for the info, the album is available here, but on cassette only. I have someone who will try and find it for me on CD as they are off back to Virginia tommorow.

Cheers,
David

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Colorado canyon ride

Colorado canyon ride

re canyon road.

"ride of a thousand corners"

The soundtrack

Much Afraid