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State of the roads

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 16, 2024, 9:01 pm

The only thing that spoilt my evening ride is the state of some of the roads.

Not seen any top dressing on any of the local roads this year, as a result on a couple of my favourite roads the surface has worn down to the "planing" - you know what I mean, those gouges in the road when they plane off the old surface and top dress.

Despite all my bikes have decent tyres, and the correct pressure riding over these planed surfaces makes it feel like you have a soft tyre, the tyres just want to follow the grooves, and it is very unerving / unsettling.

One road in particular I daren't not go over about 40, as it feels like you are going to get thrown off.

One of the blokes at the bike night will not ride a couple of the local roads, he calls them death roads - can see how an inexperienced rider could end up in the ditch.

Guess it is only going to get worse.

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: State of the roads

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 16, 2024, 9:08 pm, in reply to "State of the roads"

The concrete section of the Honiton road wore out so they have used a scrabbler to break up the surface for more grip. Extremely noisy now. Not much affects my heavy bikes and the use of radial tyres on the T120r are good and i will not track the white lines.
Its time to be very careful out there which is why i rarely ride on the weekends when the cabbage heads begin driving cars

Re: State of the roads

Posted by Sparrow <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Sparrow' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 17, 2024, 4:47 pm, in reply to "Re: State of the roads"

Yeh, it used to be mirror, indicate, manoeuvre.
Now it’s just manoeuvre and indicate (occasionally) when the manoeuvre is half done 😖. Where has that method come from. Are they taught like that now. And another thing (saw it twice yesterday). Positioned and indicating left as if to take the first exit but then sailing on round looking holier than thou to take the third exit. Wish I had an HGV. That would cure them.

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