bloody grit!

[donniemateno]

Riding to work today on my normal route through Bognor regis and Just before I hit a NSL single lane road theres grit everywhere !

I have only had my cb500 for about a week and I just bought some new racing bike boots , but my god that was probably my scariest experience on the bike yet!

the tyres are brand new bridgestone tyres but once I rode over that grit I dropped my speed down to 15/20 mph and my bike was just sort of drifting from left to right

Anyone else had a horrible expereince with grit like this before?
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[R6 Wilson]

Once I was at a mates house, put my Xena alarm on while my keys were at home (idiot)

Once I'd got a lift home and came back the roads had started to get icy, my front tire couldn't have been any balder if it tried

Ride home was like ice skating, every time I hit grit I'd be all over the place :/
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[donniemateno]

pretty scary

but I dont quite understand the gritting of the roads in mid April?
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[TheSmiler]

[donniemateno]

snow but not here :S its been abit chilly in the morning and dare i say it might of reach 3/4 C here in the morning but I havnt seen any ice here in bognor

as you say just a waste of cash ( now ill be proven wrong and they'll be a nice thick sheet of ice to greet me for my journey to work 2morrow)

ON your CBT!? didn't that put you off at all? I found my CBT scary enough riding a yenka 125 they dont seem to want to go straight.....
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[anthony_r6]

The gritter was out last night up our way. I can't understand why, it's not been cold enough for it to be a problem lately. Especially up here. Roads were fine this morning at 8am and have been since they proclaimed snow was on the way, three weeks ago.
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[yen_powell]

[Tenantry13]

Went to the IOM last year after the racing was done and dusted. Parts of the course had been gritted getting it ready for the following year? which was a bit shit but at lest the mounting section was fine.

Going again this year but when the racing is on. TBH I don't expected I'll be riding around it as much as last year. As It will be closed for the racing when thats on and busy when it's not.

[donniemateno]

well I have to ride back through it to go home after work unless i want to add a good 15minutes onto my journey

but after this morning I wouldnt dare touch the brake it any I would very very very gently apply the rear
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[J.M.]

[Rogerborg]

I'd suspect it'a budget or contractual issue - use it or lose the budget, or they've got a new supply booked at cheap spring prices and need to dump some of the old stuff.
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[donniemateno]

cars were a pain this morning they could see I slowed right up as I wasnt confident flying through this grit and they were trying to swerve onto the other side of the road to overtake.

bastards!
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[fireyphoenix1...]

one of my mates was posting about snow yesterday lol we had bright blue skys here
he only lives about 30 miles away !
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[UrbanRacer]

The gritters wont fuck off until the temps stay above 4c.
A roundabout near my house looks like a beach because they have been spreading like its going out of fashion.

[donniemateno]

but its dangerous !

i mean i cant be the only biker who felt a lack of grip and some cars must be experiencing the same

plus with all this grit on the road gonna fuck someones car or bike up sooner or later cause they cant b arsed to clean it ( fair enough that may be the owners fault )

but i mean with all this loose grit flicking all over the round I can only imagine windscreen damage is going to go up
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[iooi]

[Kwakki Si]

[Jayy]

Not grit but came round a corner that I know well, only to find they had put loose gravel type shit all down the road. I was going fairly quick and I almost did a total noob move and grabbed a handful of brake lever but thank fuck my brain said "NO DON'T DO EEEET".

[Kwakki Si]

[Rogerborg]

[salty21]

most annoying part is all the rain we had at the end of last week cleaned the roads up a treat and there were awesome grip levels for about 1 day untl the gritters came out.

Just need it to rain real heavy again now and hope they dont ruin it again, there's no need for it this time of year.

If they come out again i'm gonna go down to the depot and sabbotage their trucks
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94 CB400 Super Four ---- 2000 VTR SP1 (sold) ---- 08 ninja p8f(sold, meh) ----05 CBR600rr

[bognorgaz]

They seem to be resurfacing every road round Bognor except the ones that need it!

[donniemateno]

[donniemateno]

[robbieguy2003]

I've never really liked the loose chippings/grit, occasionally i've went towards it quite fast and the bikes felt like it's done a slight 'drift' going into the corner. I do tend to ride with positive throttle in these situations though, it makes me feel like the backs doing more work!
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