The best corners in Calgary?

[Panic]

if you take highway 8 to lower spring bank road then turn onto 85th street, thats a really cool curvy road.

[you&me]

Originally posted by Panic
if you take highway 8 to lower spring bank road then turn onto 85th street, thats a really cool curvy road.

Careful for inattentive cyclists!

[rockanrepublic]

Originally posted by you&me


Careful for inattentive cyclists!

if you send a friend ahead of you to make sure the coast is clear its amazing

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by HiSpec

Stoney Trail -> 16th ave (both directions)

16th onto Stoney if no one's around and you can use both lanes is amazing if you know how to pick the apex's but slow down for the bump going onto the bridge.

I find a lot of the places people mention are pretty bumpy. What are you guys driving? Obviously not stiff suspension.

[Tomaz]

Keeping control from SB Deerfoot -> NB Barlow (Flying J) can be difficult. If it wasn't so bumpy, that makes for a good turn!

I am hoping that the ring road has some good curves to it too!

[rockanrepublic]

Originally posted by bituerbo
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&sourc...76904&z=14
Only Left turns are Highfield -> 12 Street and 12 Street to 46 ave and 61 Ave -> Ogdendale Rd.

i tried this last night and god damn it was kinda hard to find/follow the first time but there are some very nice corners
i did however run into one police car luckily it was in one of the turns so i wasn't exactly speeding.

[rockanrepublic]

also what are the hours for the "cop switchbacks" im pretty sure you cant go there at night right?

[sidewaysD]

There are some pretty crazy corners.. two to three in combination that is tight and narrow to the road that leads to upper Elbow valley.

also the area in lot creek that is under construction also has some curvy roads.

[sneek]

one of my favorites is bow trail onto Sarcee

[PremiumRSX]

Crowchild S -> Glenmore E

Anybody drifted that bridge before?

[Go4Long]

Originally posted by civic_stylez


on the bike that road is HEAVEN!

ride vancouver island for a day and you'll think it sucks...even the highways on the island are twistier than Old Banff coach road.

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by sneek
one of my favorites is bow trail onto Sarcee

Which direction?

Originally posted by PremiumRSX
Crowchild S -> Glenmore E

Anybody drifted that bridge before?

There's that big dip on that corner right before the decline. It's been there since I can remember. Saw a guy almost lose control of his Z28 back in high school on it. Outside lane too.


I see the province is planning on upgrading the 1A to Banff.... that had some good corners but it's since gone to crap IMO.

[prae]

Originally posted by PremiumRSX
Crowchild S -> Glenmore E

Anybody drifted that bridge before?

definitely kicked my tail end out a few times last winter because if the ice.


DORRIFFTOO

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by rockanrepublic
also what are the hours for the "cop switchbacks" im pretty sure you cant go there at night right?

Depends. It seems like they lock it up around 11 at night, but ive gotten in at 4 in the morning before. Pick off-peak hours and try not to run into security. Im unfortunately on "probation" from security, because I work at the ski-jumps, and I always bomb up there.

[JordanEG6]

Some of these have been mentioned already, but I love these corners and little roads

16th Ave Cloverleaf
Sarcee --> 16th EB
John Laurie --> McKnight EB transistion
17th ave EB --> Crowchild North (if the light is green)
Crowchild South --> 9th Ave Downtown


Late night I like

The downhill/uphill at Canada Olympic Road from the top of Cougar Ridge back entrance/85th to 16th Ave. No steel rails or concrete on the apex's. Lots of trees and sharp turns, so you can't see on-coming traffic, so drivers be careful.

Can't really use the full advantage of the wide road or hit the apex's properly during the day because of on coming traffic and mountain bikers, but its nice at night.


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The downhill on Edworthy St. to the park by Bow Trail is nice too, with large dust margins incase you happen to understeer. Nice beginner stretch of road to practice lines. Again, do so at night. Never during the day, there may be people hiking or riding bikes.


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[ATARI]

flyover onto deerfoot near douglasdale,
anything over 80 catches air

[waiwai]

I would say corner 2 and 3 at race city

[whiskas]

Originally posted by JordanEG6
Crowchild South --> 9th Ave Downtown

Had a BMW poser with a boosted M3 follow me into this corner, poor lil cupcake couldn't keep up with me. If you have good summer tires (<200TWR) you can take this safely at around 80kph.

A warning though, it is a mildly decreasing radius corner, and it just so happens the road becomes less cambered as it slightly tightens. Don't get too happy on the throttle after the exit because right now there's a 50kph construction zone after it and cops are ALWAYS there during radar.

[mutsuraboshi]

center st northbound > 40 ave NW westbound > 4 st NW northbound > McKnight Blvd.>>John Laurie Blvd. westbound >

[rockanrepublic]

Originally posted by JordanEG6
The downhill on Edworthy St. to the park by Bow Trail is nice too, with large dust margins incase you happen to understeer. Nice beginner stretch of road to practice lines. Again, do so at night. Never during the day, there may be people hiking or riding bikes.

i like this one but there is a big pothole halfway down but yea great practice at about 5-6am its dead literally no one.