[crazy8ight]

So i am taking a bike trip to Loveland CO next week for the Thunder In The Rockies. Some of the rides that are being escorted out have been told to us that if we go are deemed "Level 5" roads.

what is a Level 5 road?

 

[Texastryker]

I would assume (yes I know what that word means) its like the rating for white water rapids. Where 1 is a nice refreshing trip to 5 which is holy **** we gonna die.

And dont forget they use the same scales (1-5) for tornados and hurricanes.

 

[JDSchreiber]

from looking through the web site for the Thunder in the Rockies it would appear that the level 5 ride would indicate possible bad to severely messed up riding conditions.

 

[Michael88997]

I went up to estes park, Co in june and didn't hear anything about level #'s for roads but I know once you get into the mountains some of those roads are tiny and pretty messed up, then they get to just dirt and gravel road

 

[nogard]

I would say road 5 means it is completely unpredictable of what the road condition will be. It is most likely a very intense twisty, curves road that is for experienced riders only.

 

[Silkentek]

I would say road 5 means it is completely unpredictable of what the road condition will be. It is most likely a very intense twisty, curves road that is for experienced riders only.

LOL oh yikes! You mean like the roads I learned to ride on... around here...
These roads are very technical and you never know what shape they will be in from one ride to the next even if you ride every day... Our road gnome community is very large and extremely active. I think someone feeds them after midnight