Westcoast rides worth doing

[Catimann]

Transfered in from general:

I think we will need to have several of these because each Province will have many good places to ride.

I just got my bike but can't wait to ride the following route: Lytton - Lillooet - Cache Creek and back. I just wish some of this stretch would be repaved. In Cache Creek is a Herbie's diner just north of the DQ that has great burgers and other stuff like root beer.

Where do you like to ride?

Catimann

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If you ever get over to the Island, try the Gold River Highway. It's very twisty, pretty schenic with good pavement and not much traffic.
John.
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Okay try the West Side Road north from Kelowna to Vernon if you want a great road. Then go south to Penticton and take East Side Road to Okanagan Falls south to Oliver then west and north through Willowbrook to Twin Lakes and up to Apex and down to Penticton again. Fine roads clear of police and very little traffic.

Have fun.

Brent
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can someone mail me some pics of that routes/points to get an idea...(of what i'm missing)
would be very kind
Petzi
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The first two posts are self explanitory, just look up the towns on a web site like Mapquest and then you can look at Google earth. to get a better idea as to the view.

"The West Side Road north from Kelowna to Vernon" talks about the west side of the lake so again you can figure that out with Mapquest. "Then go south to Penticton and take East Side Road to Okanagan Falls south to Oliver then west and north through Willowbrook to Twin Lakes and up to Apex (This is a ski mountain on the west side of the Okanagan valley) and down to Penticton again."
You'll see there are several big lakes in the okanagan valley so that iswhy there are east and west sideroads. As far as pictures go It will be best to google under images becasue you will get thousands of shots.

Does anyone know the name of that book detailing the best rides in BC? They also made one for other parts of N.A.
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hey catimann,

ok, everything's clear and self explanitory but i thought about hand-made pics of an individual tour. not that google and mapquest stuff. this is good for a general view.

but maybe you can give me your personal impressions of your the next tour on these roads...
Petzi

[Rocket Rick]

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For those interested in what the area looks like from the headlights perspective:

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[Brian_Lees]

One good source for BC roads is http://www.destinationhighways.com They have a comprehencive list of good roads. However that said BCs new traffic fine system is not really condusive to fun riding. One speeding ticket per year for three years will net you $350 per year for three years. With this new legislation apparently also comes a new quota of 5% up from 1.5 % which means The Revenue Collecting Motorized Patrol will no doubt looking to meet this new challenge with there unmarked pickuptrucks, minivans and other secretive HP vehicles.

As for the Gold River Road, # 4 in Destination Hiways its policed to death now and not really in the greatest shape. Food is still great at the Ridge Pub in Gold River. You can still get out there some evenings during the week for a good run.

[bafflebrain]