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I'm heading to Asheville, NC next week on a mountain biking trip with my friend. His uncle lives there and has offered to put us up for the week while we rip the epic trails in Pisgah and Tsali forests. So we're loading up the van with bikes and gear and heading driving down from MA next Sunday.
Thing is, Asheville is like 110 miles from Deals Gap. And my buddy just got a bike and is learning to ride (took the MSF yesterday as a matter of fact). So when I mentioned looking for sport bike rentals he was all ears.
So there are 2 issues to cope with, the first is that all I've been able to find are cruiser rentals and one place that does KLRs. The second issue is whether the Gap is too much for a newb rider to handle. Seriously, he's been riding like 4 weeks and is still getting used to the basics. I'm sure he would be safe but he would also be slow, and I'm wondering if that's dangerous in itself given all the speed freaks zipping around in Dodge Vipers and what-have-you.
So it is nuts for a newb to ride the Dragon? Should we just stick to our pedal powered adventures and maybe revisit his uncle next year on the motos?