Who would try unicycling the world's most dangerous road

[tholub]

@SEoF

I’m guessing you have never been on buses in some third world countries. Granted, this isn’t a third-world country, but the road is no better than roads in third-world countries.

Wrong: I’ve ridden buses (and unicycled) in Honduras. The roads are bad by our standards, but there’s still nothing that’s going to force you off the cliff on a unicycle. They’re certainly a lot better than the jeep trails that we ride in Moab.

[jogi]

I always try to be carefull with rating while not being there

• but at all I think it is what it is:
  the most dangerous road - for road traffic!

we are not talking about a single trail, XC or DH…
and I guess most danger for unicyclists will be the traffic - as common on roads:(

[Hazmat]

Its funny cause the Road of Death is no longer the world’s most dangerous road. I forgot where i read which 1 is now though.

But yeah, i wouldn’t mind speed unicycling the road in Bolivia.

[Kartochitatel]

about dangerous road

@Hazmat

Its funny cause the Road of Death is no longer the world’s most dangerous road. I forgot where i read which 1 is now though.

But yeah, i wouldn’t mind speed unicycling the road in Bolivia.

First dangerous road is located in in Yakutia.
Road Yakutsk-Magadan.

From this site you can read that on 4-th place= road Moscow-Yakutsk

The Russian Federal Highway connects Moscow to Yakutsk, where the coldest temperature ever recorded outside Antarctica was recorded. Yakutsk is also the largest city built on continuous permafrost. Most houses are built on concrete piles because of the frozen ground.

What does all this have to do with being one of the world’s most dangerous roads? Well, during the winter, which is approximately ten months long, driving in and out of Yakutsk is subject to heavy snow, ice, and reduced visibility. However, winter road conditions are a picnic compared to trying to navigate the Russian Federal Highway on July and August. Though many Siberian residents will tell you the highway is not paved to keep the Germans out (a tired World War II era joke), the truth is because of the permafrost there is no asphalt, creating a mud induced traffic jam every time the summer rains swing Yakutsk’s way. Near thousand car traffic jams are not unheard of and during these back ups and travelers might pass the time while stuck in Siberian traffic by looting, beating, and kidnapping other travelers. Siberian mud pirates.

moscow-yakutsk it’s not so danger than road Yakutsk-Magadan.

I saw in Yakutia here many extreme tourists.
Much of them on cars or on bycicles.
And they said “There is no ROAD”

[SEoF]

@tholub

Wrong: I’ve ridden buses (and unicycled) in Honduras. The roads are bad by our standards, but there’s still nothing that’s going to force you off the cliff on a unicycle. They’re certainly a lot better than the jeep trails that we ride in Moab.

Fair enough. The roads I’ve been on in Zambia were back-braking in any kind of vehicle. I’m imagining the road up there to be like that, with a cliff edge on one side, with a cliff wall on the other, and crazy drivers (like those in India, Egypt or Zambia) that will always try to get past you regardless of the room.

I think what makes it most dangerous, is the lack of space with the vehicles coming in the other direction and the black and white outcome (either you make it, or you die). Still, a free-wheel uniride would add to the excitement.

[tholub]

@SEoF

Fair enough. The roads I’ve been on in Zambia were back-braking in any kind of vehicle. I’m imagining the road up there to be like that, with a cliff edge on one side, with a cliff wall on the other, and crazy drivers (like those in India, Egypt or Zambia) that will always try to get past you regardless of the room.

That’s the way this road used to be, and that’s how it got its name. But now there’s a new road that bypasses it, so there’s almost no vehicle traffic anymore.

[bmxcolby]

I would say I would have to pass,but maybe on a 2 wheeler