Next morning after a thunder and lightning storm in Waynesville, I headed
for Deals Gap. Via the ‘real’ biking roads that span the Appalachian
Mountains. The approach is on The Blue Ridge Parkway a 500 mile
switchback route that goes north to south in some of the best biking
countryside in the USA . The king of them all is the Dragon’s Tail, a n 11 mile
B-road that boasts 318 bends and is at a height of over 5500 ft above sea
level. On wet roads, the Dragon lived up to its name, offering very few
straight bits, and some really crazy bends that last for ever. No police, a
few bikes, and some great video later, I was ready for more. 50mph speed
limit, Not quite!