The 6 Best Biker Roads in the World

The Best Biker Roads in the World 66 Route 66 WATCH Length: 2,541 miles Start: Finish: Chicago Corners: Los Angeles Straights: © Scenery: Cast your mind back to the days of Cadillacs, roadside motels and live country music. As a piece of tarmac, Route 66 can be more a test of your bike's suspension than its acceleration. But, as iconic roads go, it's unbeatable. Refuel with the best ice cream going, courtesy of Sweet Sally's in Otman, Arizona. Grossglockner High Alpine Road Length: 30 miles Start: Corners: Straights: e Finish: Heiligenblut Scenery: Bruck Pay the €24.50 toll to enjoy 36 sweeping hairpins as you ascend to an altitude of over 2,500 metres! Start in Salzach Valley and end up at the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs Glacier, where the pancakes are almost as good as the view. Enjoy 10 nature trails en route where you can recreate The Sound of Music. SS38 SS 38 Length: 224 miles Start: Corners: Piantedo Straights: e Finish: Bolzano Scenery: This state highway on Italy's border with Switzerland traverses the Stelvio Pass, with an elevation of 2,758 metres. Between Glorenza and Bormio you'll tackle 48 hairpins across 27 miles. Celebrate negotiating one of the world's most demanding alpine passes by enjoying the world's best pizza! (500 Bundesstraße 500 Length: 145 miles Start: Corners: Freudenstadt Straights: ee e Finish: Baden-Baden Scenery: ©©© A highway of two halves! Construction of this tourist road was interrupted by WWII, leaving two stretches which have never been joined. The Black Forest is the scenery as you ride the northern half: 40 miles of perfect tarmac and cambered bends. Stop off for schnitzel and Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte! 8 D8 Length: 400 miles Start: Corners: Rijeka Straights: Scenery: © e Finish: Dubrovnik Relax into 4" gear with the Croatian coast as your backdrop. Ride on brand new tarmac that winds through traditional fishing villages, enjoying Mediterranean cuisine, seafood and local wine (when you're not riding). En route you'll cross the 56 metre high Maslenica Bridge, loved by bungee jumpers! I 206 Length: 15 miles Start: Corners: Kranjska Gora Straights: © Scenery: Finish: Trenta O O Looking to feel the air in your hair? If so, this stretch of road from Slovenia to Italy isn't for you. However, if you want to test your bike's handling and ride comfort, 50 cobbled hairpins through Triglav National Park (with no room for error) will be tough to beat. Plus, the mixed grill is to die for! O GETGEARED GEAR FOR BIKERS The independent motorcycle clothing outfitter www.GetGeared.co.uk Photo Credits Zager, CC-BY-SA 3.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Route66-Watch-For-Rocks.jpg Holger.Ellgaard, CC-BY-SA 3.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grossglockner_road_1997a.jpg Gabri80, public domain http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stelvio_tornanti.JPG Carsten Frenzl, CC-BY 2.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_on_the_black_forest_high_road_%2814815875445%29.jpg Ex13, CC-BY-SA 3.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Maslenica_Bridge_1.JPG SI-Ziga, public domain http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vrsic2.JPG fifty Designed and produced in collaboration with