Recommend a hairpin bend

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:45 pm

The B869 Clicky for map from Lochinver, via Stoer and Drumbeg is mental, loads of really sharp twists, gradients and hairpins.

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:49 pm

Know the road well Kenny, but there is only one maybe two proper hairpin bends I can think of on that road. It did use to have a section with several hairpins in it, one was called "the Devils elbow" it was that bad

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:05 pm

Not much in my area, but tut and I often do the coast road from fraserburgh to banff B9031. It has a few hairpin bends with brilliant bits between, good thing is that the first set are very tight even requiring first with the second lot quite fast above 50mph. Other than that I quite like the quering (I think) in the north of skye. It was shown in last months evo with an elise half way up. Cheers Craig.

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:24 pm

hairpins arent that great

mac · Post by **mac** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:35 pm

Too slow and you end up with a scuffed nose.

Mac

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:38 pm

yep, the elise is best at 40 - 80 mph corners, not crappy slow hairpins.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:38 pm

Bawbags, hairpins are great fun.

Burnetto · Post by **Burnetto** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:08 pm

Another decent road (not with any hairpins but a few decent turns) runs from comrie through to the A9 or vice versa past the Culty Bragan army training zone. Cant remember the road number but if anyone is interested I'll find out.

Its single track stuff and theres not much more than fields and a couple of sheep and occasionally the army will practice their shooting. But for most of the road you can see far enough ahead to take the racing line round the corners. Certainly one of my favs and passed a few elises there in the past.

Skyenet · Post by **Skyenet** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:17 pm

The B822 from Lennoxtown to Fintry over the Campsie Hills is a nice stretch of road and includes fast and slower bends, straights, a chicane and at least one hairpin (1/2 mile from Fintry) which is better going in the Fintry to Lennoxtown direction. Also home to seagulls with excellent marksmanship after getting hit in the visor by a lump of sh*t

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:33 pm

Skyenet wrote:The B822 from Lennoxtown to Fintry

Thats a great wee stretch of road but have you been on it recently? Pot hole city! I broke a wheel on the CTR on that road. I make it at least 4 or 5 hairpins on the way out of Fintry.

Another good one is the road from Oban to Lochgilphead, quite a few hairpins, although can be busy in summer.

kerryxeg · Post by **kerryxeg** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:49 pm

How about this one, unfortunately in Spain, I didn't have a Lotus to use, but still good fun in the hired Focus an even better on a Quad.

Kerry

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:10 pm

kenny wrote:
Skyenet wrote:The B822 from Lennoxtown to Fintry
Thats a great wee stretch of road but have you been on it recently? Pot hole city! I broke a wheel on the CTR on that road. I make it at least 4 or 5 hairpins on the way out of Fintry.

Another good one is the road from Oban to Lochgilphead, quite a few hairpins, although can be busy in summer.

They have recently re-surfaced a lot of it. One of my mates lives in one o the cottages just before Fintry, and travels the road every day. It is scary what he can do on that road! He says it's like a race track now

. I find his tails of overtaking porsche boxters in his 1.2 corsa very funny.

A good route from Glasgow west end:
Take B8049 out the back of Bearsden (Boclair Rd) to roundabout at Dobbies, then onto A807 to Bardowie, turn left in Bardowie onto Craigmaddie Rd, (great bit of twisty road) to end, and join A81 to Strathblane, then turn right to A891 to Lennoxtown, then onto B822 over the campsies to Fintry, follow onto B818, then A875 to Killearn, then B834 to join the A809 (Stockiemuir Rd), back into Bearsden. That's about 1 hours blast... ideal to blow the cob webs away. There are many extra wee loops you can add to the North of Fintry, towards Kippen, Port of Menteith & Dukes Pass

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:31 pm

Yeah thats regular summer evening blat routes for me Dom, must have a run over the Fintry road as soon as its dry

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:39 pm

kenny wrote:Yeah thats regular summer evening blat routes for me Dom, must have a run over the Fintry road as soon as its dry

Trying to resist temptation to head out on it now

... I need to pop over to my parents at Bardowie anyway!

Clarkie · Post by **Clarkie** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:00 pm

Remember a few years back I came over the A686 from Penrith to Newcastle and it was a storming road with everything from quick stuff to hairpins. Dan from JPS will probably know it well!