Well Ive read your comment Mr T, and by the sound of it you must have fell off your motorcycle a fair few times and bumped your head, as you appear to be babbling incoherently .Just goes to prove what happens when you ride like a lunatic,you end up talking like one.

   This is a public road ,not a private race track,if you wish to use it to travel from a to b within the legal speed limit & with due care & attention to other road users I cannot see anyone having a problem.But when it is being used by a minority of motorcyclists riding their machines at speeds that would put the Wintertons racing to the bank to deposit their expences, to shame. I do have a problem .This problem could be solved by fitting on the road surface, approx 10 yards of rumble strips befor every bend to & from Buxton to macc. This would cure the buggers & may even save a life or two !

   It seems some motorists consider the A537 to be a dangerous road, a comment which is totally justifiable to an average driver! However to an experienced motorcyclist its great fun and allows the superb technologically advanced 21st century bike to be used safely. Part of owning a motorcycle is taking your own life seriously, lets face it who really wants to crash a £10,000 machine and end up in hospital, the answer obviously is nobody. Statistically the ratio of bikers who use the road to those that have an accident is low, furthermore given that a bike could slide easily if the road surface had a hazard eg: mud off a tractors tyres or diesel spilled from a overfilled lorry then how many deaths or accidents were recorded where this was the cause as opposed to rider error?

Every road user knows, somebody someday will have a crash, fault or no fault but blaming bikers every time is just an excuse. Recently I was on the A537 and enjoyed the ride up to the pub it gave me the opportunity to experience my bikes superb handling and braking and get me safely to my destination.

Once there I was surprised to see so many 2 seater sports cars, Lotus, Vauxhall X220, caterams even a Subaru impretza. I chatted to some of these drivers and they said it was great fun and let them push the cars to the limit; a number of them had sports exhausts (not just bikes) and various mods to make the cars handle better.

I haven’t heard much in the way of how these guys cause problems, with cars much wider than a bike and can go faster round bends plus would cause much more damage in a crash, is it because they have four wheels so become exempt?

To summarise, this road is used by bike and car enthusiasts who pay their road tax and have every right to use it, the people who enjoy it do so because they know how satisfying and enjoyable it can be.

To be branded ‘hells angels’ just goes to show some people have no idea who the riders are or the type of bike they ride, we live in a world where you choose if you want to have fun or not, be boring or not, what a dull, boring planet this would be if you couldn’t have fun because a few do-gooders who have never liked bikes tried to spoil other peoples fun……….get a life, better still a BIKE. 

   I was dismayed by the quality of this report.

Everyone in Macc already knows it's a twisty if picturesque road, and plenty of camera crews have been up there since the 1970s covering the bikers. There are so many floral tributes along the road during the summer months it resembles a petrol station forecourt.

So, why not go to the Cat and Fiddle to ask a few bikers about why they do it, or even how they know about the place. What other roads do they use in this way? Have they had accidents themselves? How about their friends? Why not contact the likes of Fast Bikes, Backstreet Heros, MCN, and other mags for quotes. Do their editors feel they encourage their readers by publicising these places? If not, do they do anything to dissuade them from tearing about like maniacs? Why not sit by the side of the road one fine Sunday morning and see if you cna film a few crazy bikers going far too fast, or cruise the road and capture footage from the passenger seat? Why not knock on a few doors along Buxton Road and ask what it's like to be woken every Sunday morning by bikes sporting excessively loud racing exhausts? What does it do to property prices, people's health and well-being?

It's really frustrating. No offence to Rhiannon McDowall , but there's a good local interest story here not being told...

   Bikers are to blame, reckless thrill seekers with no regard for the road, passengers or their fellow road users. There should be a blanket ban on all bikers on that road. I remember in my youth seeing 20/30 bikes in convoy hurtling up Buxton Road for a day of risk taking, life threatening, vile behaviour. Then intimidating other folk who dare venture into the bar of the Cat & Fiddle. These "Hells Angels" need reigning in. As for Pete111 who suggests legalising drugs, can you imagine all the bikers, on more amphetamine than usual, intimidating & bullying the poor folk who share this planet with these oafs.

   I recall hearing about a Bike magazine telling its readers that it was THE BEST road to test out your new bike. Also having lived on Buxton Road (by junction to Buxton Old Road) for over 20 years it was normal to hear the police/ambulance sirens racing up the road to clear up the mess every weekend.

   A marvellous road. Unfortunately giving it this reputation is likely to draw more unskilled bikers to it, and perhaps lead to more ugly and unnecessary road signs detracting from the scenery.

If you can't see the road ahead then the chances are there is a bend there and as long as reflective edging is present for use in bad weather, the massive boards proclaiming a corner are superflous.