BLOODY GRAVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[b1hrider]

Is it just me, or does almost every decent biking road, in north yorkshire at least, have to have a 'new' road surface laid by the lazy tight arse council method of, 'throw a few tonnes of gravel on the road, and lets see how many bikers we can have off' approach?
Seems everywhere i go it's the same. Even a stretch of road between skipton on swale and bedale, yesterday, no chippings down, other than probably a 25kg bags worth dumped half way round a bloody corner. Came closest I've ever been to falling off, and that includes hitting a deer 3 years ago!
Seriously not amused. If i thought any counciller would give a crap it wants taking up in bloody parliament before someone gets killed.
Rant over.
For now.
Hi by the way lol.

[stinkwheel]

They've been resurfacing roads like this since they've been making tarmac roads.

It's nothing new. The council aren't interested, neither are parliament.

The only issue would be if they had put loose chippings down without warning signs, in which case complain to the council for country roads and the highways agency for trunk roads.

Slow down, smooth up. Be thankful for an intact, grippy surface when winter comes.

At least you know where you are with surface dressing. It's asphalt bitumen mastic you need to watch out for. Looks like a racetrack, grips like black-ice for the first year.
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[b1hrider]

It's not like i ride like a maniac, and don't slow down, just that A, it seems to be everywhere, B, they never clear up the loose stuff afterwards, cars are fine, us? C, once winter comes, it'll all come adrift and just create more gravel and pot holes.
Anyone would think they do it to stop us going out on our bikes...

[Dave70]

They've been and still are putting that tar and chip stuff everywhere over here too. I agree that they should stop using it also.

Came round a corner this evening only to come across this stuff. No warning sign prior to it, only sinage was to say there were no road markings

I understand tbe reasons for doing it, which is basically because it's cheap but, I'd rather they did a proper job of resurfacing roads, rather than this cheap cowboy work they do. It's far too dangerous for two wheels, no matter how slow you go.

[Walloper]

They make roads for the sake of a transport network not a bludy playground/race-track.

Grow up.




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[reed]

This stuff is everywhere here too, however there are one or two roads that for some reason have been done properly with lovely smooth Tarmac, it is so much nicer and gripper to ride on.
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[Walloper]

[b1hrider]

maybe not on my push bike lol

[Imperial_Maniac]

Yeah they've just put it down my road to work as well, was pretty scary when I first hit it.

[G]

Are you around the Tour de France route?

As you'd expect, a lot of roads around the route being resurfaced in West Yorkshire.

[b1hrider]

Yeah, but roads I ride and am on about are all north yorks and richmondshire.

[Scythe]

They're in the process of resurfacing the A500 near Crewe + Nantwich with what must be a ton of gravel per meter.

I don't know why as it's one of the best condition roads in the area..
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[mpf1959]

all over the shop here too. if i remember right, a good many years back theyd send out a road sweeper after a few days to get rid of the excess, not any more tho.

[-Matt-]

Haven't noticed much of this at all in the south, is it just a temperature thing up north 'preparing' roads for winter or something - not that loose grits probably an ideal preperation

[supZ]

it's infuriating.

if they just spend a couple of quid more for a steamroller, did a once over and swept up the loose then everyone would be happy.

it's not just bikes that have issues with this.. this crap causes chipped paint, windscreens etc.. from the stones cars in front inevitably kick up

plus there's so much room for error. they had to redo a main d/c where i live 3 times! first because it chucked it down straight after and washed the gravel away, and second because they didn't embed it AT ALL and normal traffic just pushed all the gravel off the road. they finally re-did it and rollered it and now its perfect. if they'd have just done that in the first place it would have saved them a tonne of cash.
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[-Matt-]

Christ only places i recall seeing it in bristol is odd side roads literaly tiny avenue/closes, and one 20 metre section they literally dug up entirely for road works for a few months. Maybe im just missing the spots theyve done on my common routes

[Entertwainer]

luckily for me in Brighton, they do fuck all, so no loose chippings around here, just swiss cheese roads

[mysterious_rider]

I love it. Around plumton the other week me and a mate found a road with lots of gravel on it. Hooned it right up to 65 and had the rear wheel slipping out a lot.

Try not to use front brake though.
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[Bigmal]

It is everywhere in Cambridge at the moment. I does my head in. Signs saying loose chippings 20 mph. The cars never stick to it and Ive been undertook by cars not obeying the new speed loads ogf times. Slipped a few times as well because of it. I get the idea it's just shoddy work from council workers who could not give a flying toss if the chippings caused an accident.
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[jaymos]

Around ours it seems to be potholes that are the problem, especially after the bad winter. Some have been patched up (poorly by the looks of it). Also why does every bloody bend have to have 3 random manhole covers?