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    Default The best corners in Calgary?

    This isn't a street encounter per say, but in a way it is. I try to take the funnest drive on my daily commute, and sometimes even cruise around just to find some good corners around the city. So what are some of your favourite so I know for next time where the fun ones are? Some of my favourites:

    Glenmore->Deerfoot southbound
    If you're lucky enough to not hit traffic, the right left right merging onto Deerfoot is pretty fun, gives you sufficient room to find a couple different apexes and power out without having to worry about cops too much when you step on it coming out since you end up on Deerfoot and you have your own lane once you're on Deerfoot.

    Deerfoot->Glenmore westbound
    similar consecutive turn section to the last one, though I don't take it nearly as much so its a little sketchy sometimes going fast here since I don't know where the bumps are.

    Anderson->Macleod northbound
    Another right left right, though the reverse camber and hump on the first right makes it slightly sketchy, but they recently fixed the bump at the top of the little hill where the manhole is has made it a little less sketchy. Probably one of my favourite corners to push in that I know of.

    Bow Bottom->Canyon Meadows
    Its just one corner, but is cambered and is a merge, so if the perpendicular light isn't green you can take it fairly quickly and still stay in your own lane.

    These are the only ones I can think of, and the ones I take most often. Anyone know of some other ones?

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    Deerfoot North onto Anderson. A few nice corners there.

    Crowchild South onto Glenmore East. Awesome at 3 am when there are no cars around.

    84st before/after 22x. That stretch of road is what wakes me up on my way to work.
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    corner of 3rd ave where the tall, leggy hook ...

    Crowchild - Glenmore (elevated left turn). It's a thrill coming back from school in the left lane.

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    3rd ave and 2nd St SW!!

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    Originally posted by Kona9 3rd ave and 2nd St SW!!
    He wins

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    16th ave EB -> Sarcee Tr SB

    Stoney Tr SB -> 16th ave EB (very wide and very fast)

    Blackfoot Tr SB -> Glenmore Tr WB

    17th Ave SE (E or W Bound) -> Deerfoot Tr SB

    Mission Rd, but too residential to do anything fun

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    Sarcee -> 16th ave eastbound.

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    Originally posted by JTC180
    Sarcee -> 16th ave eastbound.
    Also 16th ave eastbound on to Sarcee.

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    Can someone compile this into a KML/KMZ file or GPS waypoints? Purely for information purposes, NOT for making your GPS yell out "WAYPOINT!", arcade style, at each turn of awesomeness.

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    old banff coach road

    everyone says there is always cops on that road but i live beside it and never see any..
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    - Deerfoot S > Barlow (The southern intersection/fly over)
    - Memorial E > Crowchild S > 12th ave exit
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    John Laurie onto McKnight Blvd (EB) all the way to Centre Street is a nice stretch of road I like.

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    Originally posted by Kona9


    Also 16th ave eastbound on to Sarcee.
    Correct

    Old Banff is great, only saw a cop opnce and drove that road too school everyday last year.

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    Not in Calgary but old Trans Canada is great.

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    Anderson or bow bottom onto deerfoot north nice long high speed corner. Once seen cops shooting radar there. But its a fun one. My fav is deerfoot south to glenmore west. Little s curve

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    Deerfoot S onto 22X West is a Right-Left-Right where the Rights are banked and the left isn't, it's probably my favourite. Goes into a flow-through lane too.

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    Default Re: The best corners in Calgary?

    Originally posted by buh_buh

    Glenmore->Deerfoot southbound
    If you're lucky enough to not hit traffic, the right left right merging onto Deerfoot is pretty fun, gives you sufficient room to find a couple different apexes and power out without having to worry about cops too much when you step on it coming out since you end up on Deerfoot and you have your own lane once you're on Deerfoot.

    My favorite... I always slow down and make sure the road is open in front of me. Plus there's no real mid corner bumps to worry about.



    Originally posted by buh_buh

    Anderson->Macleod northbound
    Another right left right, though the reverse camber and hump on the first right makes it slightly sketchy, but they recently fixed the bump at the top of the little hill where the manhole is has made it a little less sketchy. Probably one of my favourite corners to push in that I know of.
    Last time I took this one it was pretty sketchy.... big ass dip in the road. Dont' take it often, sounds like it might be fixed.


    Another fav is Deerfoot southbound onto Bow Bottom westbound once you get off the clover turn which is bumpy as shit. Nice big right-left sweeper.

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    Originally posted by D'z Nutz
    John Laurie onto McKnight Blvd (EB) all the way to Centre Street is a nice stretch of road I like.

    yes...but I like driving them the other direction better.
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    Originally posted by D'z Nutz
    John Laurie onto McKnight Blvd (EB) all the way to Centre Street is a nice stretch of road I like.
    DISlike
    that turn needs to be MUCH wider from JL to McKnight

    I love going down 14th St N right after you go uphill by CWC.
    Turning from JL West to Shag North is always cool when ppl don't try to cut right going NB on Shag if the light is green.

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    Good suggestions guys. These do somehow need to be compiled for the next time I go for a spirited drive around the city. Just one long cruise from one side of the city to the other hitting all these routes

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