How hard is the NEBDR? . . . (hardest roads ranked)

What are these roads I am ranking? This video ranks the hardest roads on the main track of the BDR as denoted in the tracks by the listed easier alternatives. BDR has not listed these harder roads as separate tracks, so the way you know you are on a harder road is when there is an easier alternative to that road. Wherever there is a track listed as “easier”, then what it is bypassing is a “harder” segment. EXCEPTIONS: 1) there are a couple roads that are not considered harder, but have alternate tracks because of seasonal closures. I did not rank these. 2) There are also a few expert sections in Maine that are separate tracks and not part of the main route.

may not be the kind of videos you enjoy making but it is the kind of comprehensive videos i look for if I'm planning on riding it. Thanks. I want to know ahead of time if I want to risk the road.

I did most of the NH and Maine route on a Honda PCX 150 scooter -because it was funny. No problems.

Liked, subscribed and commented. Good work.x

Great job on this, loved the justification of rankings and the 5 factor ranking system. Narration was on point!

Awesome video man! Ready for that iron mountain footage!

Great video. I live reasonably close to Ice Bed. Did the first bit now I’m stoked to complete it!

Thanks for making this. Going to be doing this route one day and it’s helpful.

Great info!

Great video and narration!

Good info!

Really well done video! You earned a subscription from me!

I am looking at the NEBDR and the MABDR. Thanks for the information.

It appears that the difficulty is almost solely dependent on how wet/muddy the conditions are at the time you travel. There doesn't appear to be much in the way of actual "technical" terrain (aside from #1-3), at least not in the traditional sense. Looking back on the available BDR's I never thought I'd have any interest in the MA BDR or the NE BDR but here I am considering both on my bigger adventure bike. If nothing else I find it exciting to explore the NE parts of the country in a way that most never thought possible, "off-road".

Pepper Rd can vary a LOT in difficulty depending on how wet it is. When I first rode it a several years back it was sucking mud over the wheel axle depth, submerged logs, waterbars that you would bottom out on in an enduro. Just nasty. I've been down it a few more times since and it has been a bit drier and a lot easier.

Looks like a Blast!

Thanks for sharing, aids in our planning for 2024

awesome edits. thank you for creating them. glad i found these videos while researching my bdr trip this season. may i ask what time of year you guys did this ride? sorry if i missed it.

I wish I was the impression I thought most of these roads were unmaintained which means don't be no one repairing them unless the local does it on their own accord

What would a 5 ranking be? Impossible? Were there any short sections within the hardest sections that you would rate a 5? How would the hardest sections of the NEBDR rank in comparison with other BDRs? That was almost as fun to watch as it was to ride.