Chip Sengravy

Came home this way today, what a mint stretch of road this is , never been on it before, its like pike's peak but downhill!

Also a good blast was the stretch to it between the roundabout at chatsworth, and the A6 into Buxton..racetrack flat A619 I think.

Got into Mac, and the brakes on the van stunk like the clappers..I'll go that way home again, puts another 30 mins on the journey, but it's only work

Apparition

Don't want to be there in winter tho'
Yve

ChrisB

It's over-rated and over-policed

CharlieWhiskey

^^^ Wot he said

The Chief

Loads of unmarked police cars/bikes plus helicopters and angry farmers tipping drums of diesel on the corners.

There used to be hordes of bikers up here in the 90's now seem to have buggered off in there droves!

CharlieWhiskey

It would be the worst road in Derbyshire, but it's not in Derbyshire, thank ****!

Shellgrip on corners, lots of low cloud, abismal weather, stray sheep, Plod vans, helicopters, what more do you want?

dannytwo

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I broke down up there,bloody sigma alarm packed in on mecould'nt switch the immobiliser off

Daft Lad

Can be quite entertaining can't it

Poor Guy

winter rules there http://media.putfile.com/CnFslide

The Chief

Was that an old 911 he was lucky to catch it.

btw i tried it on my bike and bloody well fell off!

Dont ride a bike up there in the winter!

Poor Guy

no, thats was me in my GT6

r32

Good road but you have to stick to 50, so easy to get caught, better these days on Snake Pass.

tmo

used to be a nice road before the dibble got involved

CrisPDuk

If you want a good road, try turning left when the road forks away to Congleton that'll tell you whether you've got proper brakes, or enough suspension travel

Chip Sengravy

yesterday was everything but...and not a copper in sight

They would have never caught me anyway

CharlieWhiskey

Now THAT is a much better road

Snake is OK if you do it at 6am or on a weekday evening in winter, otherwise it's far too crowded.

There are plenty of decent roads up there, Whalley Bridge-Buxton is still one of my favourites

brickboy

Still plenty of bikes up the Cat & Fiddle on a sunny weekend. Hint -- plod usually only comes out to play on a Sunday. Saturday is quieter traffic and usually hazard-free.

Like Charlie Whiskey says, from Macc to Buxton on the Cat & Fiddle, then Buxton to Whaley Bridge. Great for a weekend blast

Edited to add -- Congleton road ... **** me, that is scary if you do it Buxton -Congleton

My 70s Suzi triple does NOT like that road. Do you know what wallowing, weaving, head-shaking and brake fade is? I bloody did after going down there once ....

ChrisB

Even the light plane Plod have used for speed traps up there?

Andy S.

Cat & Fiddle all depends on when you go on it, Mid week usually noting on ot and no police, personally I think it is a superb road. As CW says Buxton to Whaley (Long Hill) is the best, and I have to drive it everyday to and from work


Its is killing me that my car is ill at the minute! so no fun this week!

Focusbird

That road scares me, too many sheer drops off the edge - once cycled from the bottom of Buxton Road in Macclesfield up to the Cat n Fiddle for a time trial when I was 16

CrisPDuk

Try it in a fully laden '80's E Class Estate I bet you wouldn't try it twice Even the Scoob's out of breath by Bosley Lights

J4CKO

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Like the video, you gotta love oversteer, especially at 20 miles per hour !

chrome

C&F was lovely until plod invaded...
I got stopped myself once on there.. gotta love the severe camber on some of the bends buxton>mac way.

CrisPDuk

Went over the C&F last night in MrsD's MX-5 on my way to Sheffield Hardly anybody on it and some nicely damp corners 50mph my ****

JTaylor

Well held Sir