Mountain Meander - Upper Slice of Route 28 - By FJR2010

This review is actually what many consider the middle segment of Route 28. The upper segment goes from US19/74 to Deals Gap, the lower segment is south of Highlands into South Carolina. No matter, for my money, this stretch of pavement is by far the best in the East and in my top five for the entire U.S. And I've ridden extensively in the West. Why it's great: several reasons. First, it has a lot of short distance elevation change. Second, the pavement surfaces are good, with little gravel and a lot of bite. No off cambers and no winders. It drains well--I've ridden it in the pouring rain--and so the surface is tight. They know how to build roads in the Carolinas. There are some blind turns, but a lot of them have good sight distance right through the apex so you can really tear if you want. Some traffic, but not too bad. Mile for mile and curve for curve, it beats everything else in the area, in my view. You gotta ride it. Repeatedly.