ReconRat Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 S Grade Rd, Mt Polomar, CAHere's a road I'd like to do. I've done mountain roads, but nothing like this one. This one is about two miles as the crow flies, but maybe 5 miles of road. And the elevation change is 2400 ft to 5400 ft. A grade change of 3000 feet!It's in the news today, because somebody crashed there. Riding alone. Bad idea. Somebody else crashed in the same spot a few hours later, and when walking back to the road, found the first rider.Imperial Beach Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash on Palomar Mountain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Wow. That'd be fun to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Definitely need to make it to Cali for some riding sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usafstud Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I done that route many times. It even connects to palm springs. Hundreds of canyon miles. I miss cali. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_silverfox Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 That's a fun route and an extremely technical one at that. I miss those canyons and mountain routes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 sorry to hear the first rider passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motociclista Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Palomar can get crowded during prime riding hours, not only with motorcycles, but bicycles as well. Can get a little hairy. That's why there's more than a few crashes.Funny story. First time I rode Palomar, I was in a loosely strung-out group that included Walt Fulton, who won an AMA national back in his time. Walt's got a few years on me, but I'm not ashamed to say he can still kick my ass on a motorcycle. Since he knows those roads by heart, he offered to let me follow him. He hustled up Palomar and I was riding that technical, strange-to-me road as hard as I could to keep up with him. We get to the top, pull over, and Walt says, "I hope that pace was OK with you. I hope I wasn't holding you up. I don't like to push too hard on the street." And I say, "No Walt," -- pant, pant, wheeze -- "that pace was just fine." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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