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The north end of Black Canyon Road is a nice straight downhill to the "T" intersection at Cedar Canyon Road

5800-black-canyon-road.jpg I ride through the shade of a dark cloud as I descend Black Canyon Road toward Cedar Canyon RoadThumbnailsI watch a small RV rattle its way up, at about 5 miles per hour, the washboarded hill of Black Canyon Road that I just descendedI ride through the shade of a dark cloud as I descend Black Canyon Road toward Cedar Canyon RoadThumbnailsI watch a small RV rattle its way up, at about 5 miles per hour, the washboarded hill of Black Canyon Road that I just descendedI ride through the shade of a dark cloud as I descend Black Canyon Road toward Cedar Canyon RoadThumbnailsI watch a small RV rattle its way up, at about 5 miles per hour, the washboarded hill of Black Canyon Road that I just descendedI ride through the shade of a dark cloud as I descend Black Canyon Road toward Cedar Canyon RoadThumbnailsI watch a small RV rattle its way up, at about 5 miles per hour, the washboarded hill of Black Canyon Road that I just descendedI ride through the shade of a dark cloud as I descend Black Canyon Road toward Cedar Canyon RoadThumbnailsI watch a small RV rattle its way up, at about 5 miles per hour, the washboarded hill of Black Canyon Road that I just descended

I'd love to take this downhill at a good speed... However, with the washboard texture of the road rattling my teeth as I ride, and destabilizing patches of surface sand here and there, I grandfatherly coast on the 10-ton bike, with brakes often on.