Those shitty gravel roads?

[dransy]

So that fucked up cheapo re-surfacing they do with the gravel plastered all over the road and 20mph limits put up.
All the roads up by squires have been re-surfaced in this shit

Whats it like to ride on after its been down quite a while? i still ride on like a granny just wondering if there is any form of grip at all?
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[c_dug]

It's not too bad once the gravel fucks off, time-scale depends on how much traffic uses the road, even a very quiet residential road will be un-gravel-y in a year at most.
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[Fowlersrs]

[reed]

It does seem grippy after a while. But run your foot along it and shudder at the thought of coming off and sliding on it, it's like sandpaper.
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[-Matt-]

Hate that stuff. Brilliant shiny fairing scratcher

[Snorty]

They've put a load of it near The Sun Inn too. Seems like they have put it on roads bikers like to use. The thing is, there are far worse roads I can think of, it wasn't even in a bad state, couldn't have been the speeds we've done.

Probably a nice side-effect that we go slow when we see it. Fucks me off though.

I discovered a really nice road a few weeks back, it was absolutely awesome, probably averaging about 100mph on it, tight bends, long radius bends, everything, went on for ages. I went back to do it again... fresh layer of gravel SHITE.

Good if you've got some c**t behind you though, drop a gear and twist the throttle to spray their cockmobile in stones.
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[doggone]

It's not like it's something they just started doing - most roads have this surface treatment every few years and the loose stuff mostly beds in when the tar is warm.

A layer of proper tarmac is good for smoothing undulations and potholes but not so good as wearing surface, it does not have enough grip especially when wet, so they apply this surface tar and chips layer.

[pinkyfloyd]

[Irn-Bru]

They did that last year at the lake district, if I accelerated even slightly on my old 690 the back end would kick out and forget about brakes, better off putting your feet down

I would probably leave it a week of cars driving on it before its grippy again, but even then there might be loads of crap in the centre of the lanes.
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[Nexus Icon]

I mentioned in another thread that they'd done my road. Bear in mind that my road is marked with green dots on an OS map and you get some idea of the traffic flow - negligible. However, I took the bike out yesterday, after only 6 days of the surface being down, and it was actually alright.

I was careful, of course, but I didn't have any moments at 20 mph.

I did hear a few stones score the inside of the mudguard though.
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[Cunnington]

Surface dressing is not new - they have been doing it for decades. The main driver is to seal the road surface to stop water getting in to cracks and causing potholes in the winter. The gravel improves the friction that would be non existent if it were left with a spray applied sealant.

Once the road has settled, be aware that any loose chips settle in between the tracks of cars, which requires care on bends - my brother had an off back in the late 80, when our bikes were our sole mode of transport, and we lived in the sticks where they treated the road past our house every few years. Now, I avoid them if I can.
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[Alpha-9]

Go crash up their and sue the council. Say you were doing 15mph but it was still too dangerous.

Cunts.
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[Islander]

[Sako]

3 out of my favourite 5 roads have recently been done, as the council don't sweep away excess, nor does the road get heavy traffic use it takes a while to get properly reusable again.

[J.M.]

Hate this stuff. Although luckily I care not of stone chippings and such on my paintwork.

I was on one a few days ago. Another decentish road ruined. Was stuck behind a bike and a car doing 10mph. Seriously, 10mph on a straight in a NSL area? After a minute or two I got annoyed and overtook, buggering off at NSL. It's not that slippy.

I got off the road as soon as possible though and found a brilliant country lane as a result. Booyah!
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[Gazz]

Ride the road like a boss!

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[J.M.]

[metalangel]

Just take it easy, try to avoid places where the chippings would collect. It's preferable to when they do the road 'properly' by tearing it up, as the layer underneath is incredibly uneven. I tried to ride on that once before turning around and finding another route.
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[Davenaylor]

I turned off the sun in road a few weeks back and came into otley on the other road instead. Riding today from aysgarth to kettle well and this stuff was all over.
My mother in law lives in Sherburn so I go for my Sunday lunch after a cheeky ride. I think I'll leave hat a few weeks.

I used to think the councils were been lazy till I read this thread but no more. I shall stop moaning about it!

[Dave70]

They've just started to do the annual "let's screw the roads up" thing over here, on large sections of the TT course too.

Came off on this stuff last year, when the lights changed to red. I knew I wouldn't make it through before they canged, so was forced to reluctantly use the brakes. Used them extremely gently with buttocks tightly clenched and thought I'd made ut without coming off, until the very last second before coming to a full stop, when I heard the sound I didn't want to hear, the noise of grinding gravel. Front wheel went and down came. Smashed front indicator, brake lever bent, bar end and panels scratced on the right

Supposed to be going on the Joey Dunlop memorial ride out on Tuesday, around the course. I'm having second thoughts due to them covering the roads in tar and chip now.

[Mr Hammers]

They've been busy around our way doing it too, mostly on roads that were perfectly good beforehand. I wish they'd spend their... sorry.. OUR money on sorting out the roads that desperately need it first.
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[keggyhander]

They've just tarred and chipped the street between mine and the main road. There was nothing wrong with it before.

Yet come January and it'll be under a foot of snow, and see neither hide-nor-hair of a gritter. When the main road is clear my street is still under two inches of compacted ice.

Derbyshire council: fucking the roads up winter AND summer.

[Islander]

[pasword]

The A169 from pickering to whitby was getting done with chippings today at the whitby end .Who ever gave the go ahead for it done today wants shooting cars must have been stuck in the ques for hours

[Fizzer Thou]

We were heading south towards Yalding along the southern section of Seven Mile Lane this morning,when we exited the roundabout.No signs anywhere saying 'Skid risk 20 mph max' so all we could do was to guess where the shallowest of the piled up gravel was and to ride along that.

A few years ago we were on our way home form the coast and one of our group hit a pile of gravel that had collected in one particular place by the side of the road between Sissinghurst and Goudhurst.And down he went.About 5 minutes later two council road sweepers arrived to clear the road of all of the loose gravel.
Paul successfully sued the council for repairs to the bike,new bike gear and personal injury compensation.
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