Gravel drive

[Tomzo47]

So we're moving house soon into somewhere that ticks all the boxes, part from the fact it has a gravel driveway. Took the bike there today and the gravel was that deep it got stuck and I couldn't get to the garage! It's rented so we can't put tarmac or anything down instead. Anyone got any thoughts how to get around this? Thought of laying a few concrete slabs under the gravel but not sure how drainage would work?
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[P.]

Paving slabs, bang em on top or stack em 2 high.

Old railway sleepers too, nice cheap way to create a bike path.

[Freddyfruitba...]

Yeah simply lay a path of paving slabs to the garage; dig out/move away a bit of gravel and spread it around, in order to let the slabs down into the surface of the gravel, so it looks neat. Drainage really won't be a problem!
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[recman]

Deep gravel you say?
https://i.postimg.cc/vZ9Cdghh/96851cdebfead704a11b0834e27dd264cad7272ccee5cbd422f0da32437dbbfd.jpg

[Ste]

Wtf are you doing to get the bike stuck on gravel?

[grr666]

[hedgehugger]

Shop around and you can get stuff like this
https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p89578?r=googleshopping&rr=marin&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=CjwKCAjwxILdBRBqEiwAHL2R86tJYZ204rM1y08hJvCN7AOrDsVAlfePPqt0AcgmaT5lsN7w-GMNwRoCQgAQAvD_BwE

We bought ours on ebay and did a whole driveway with it. Bike traverses it no problem. Lot of weeds in ours now though.

[ADSrox0r]

I have a gravel driveway, it just takes practice. The trick is don't stop pushing till you get it where you want it because shunting it from a standstill is difficult. And I have two of the lardiest sports tourers going, but I am a bit of a gorilla.

I did drop the VFR when I very first brought it home though, totally wasn't prepared for the tonnage hitting the gravel.

That gravel grid stuff is good though, you could bed a run of those in and it would certainly help.
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[Freddyfruitba...]

[Arfa__]

Was just gonna suggest the plastic grid things too. Been meaning to buy some for our drive. We got a section of gravel beside the drive (where car is parked) that's not too deep, but it's 2 inches lower than main drive way which makes it a right pain to manoeuvre the bike around in the area half on drive-half on lower gravel. Good to hear they work well grip wise.
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[Skudd]

Just put a line of flags on top of the gravel straight to the garage, yes it will only be 2 foot wide, but how much room do you need?
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[Wonko The Sane]

flags set into the gravel gets my vote.

I ride over 100 yards of limestone chippings every time I take the bike out including a sharp 90deg turn out of my gate onto them and an S wiggle backwards off paving over the limestone chippings to get through my gate and onto my paved area.

You get used to it, no sudden movements and it's fine, if the gravel really is that deep though, either rake it (easier than shovel) to drop some paving flags in and re-cover with a thin layer of gravel or in as a path you can see the top of with the gravel around it like the rocks on a railway line around the sleepers.
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[Val]

Google: interlocking grid for gravel

It's cheap plastic grid you can install yourself. It can be removed later easily.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdhg_ZfznQQ
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[DrDonnyBrago]

I've never had much of an issue riding on gravel. Bit of a bitch to push a bike over, but then as a rule it is better to burn dinosaurs than exert oneself unnecessarily.

[Tomzo47]

should probably explain a bit more, also looking for a stable surface to park the (very heavy) bike on. Gravel is currently VERY deep and not compacted very well, so like driving on marbles! I've been looking at gravel stabilising grids, would these be any good for the side/centre stand?
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[rpsmith79]

[Johanna]

I'm also renting and have a gravel drive. I got the bike stuck once and since then I always ride over the gravel instead of pushing the bike.
I guess the problem arises if you have to reverse across the gravel (unless there is a slight slope to assist you). I'm lucky in that I have a patch of grass to turn around on. It's something like an 8-point turn but it's better than walking a bike backwards in gravel!

[Hawkeye1250FA]

Had the same problem a few years back. Ended up turning the bike in the garage on its sidestand and riding out forwards.

Wish I'd considered slabs now!
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